Issue with Consistent LUN ID in ESXi 6.5Issue with Consistent LUN ID in ESXi 6.5Having consistent LUN IDs for volumes in ESXi has historically been a gotcha–though over time this requirement went away. For example: 2012 https://cormachogan.com/2012/09/26/do-rdms-still-rely-on-lun-id/ 2013 https://cormachogan.com/2013/12/11/vsphere-5-5-storage-enhancement-part-7-lun-idrdm-restriction-lifted/ These days, the need for consistent LUN IDs is mainly gone. The lingering use case for... Continue Reading →

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Operations guidance for vSAN administrators using vRealize Operations and Log InsightOperations guidance for vSAN administrators...In the data center, “integration” is more than just an advertised feature of a solution. Integration between solutions can help solve real problems, and streamline day-to-day operations for the teams responsible for the environment. VMware vSAN users have benefited from the... Continue Reading →

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Verify Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation (Spectre) patches using PowerCLIVerify Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation...VMware recently published a new knowledge base (KB) article 52085 that outlines instructions for enabling the Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation (CVE-2017-5715), also known as the Spectre vulnerability. This KB also provides steps to verify the updated microcode (included in the ESXi patch) has been applied along... Continue Reading →

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Mitigate Spectre and Meltdown impact with vSphere ESXi - The VirtualistMitigate Spectre and Meltdown impact with...As most of the folks in the IT, I've spent last couple of days researching about famous Spectre and Meltdown attacks and their possible impact to our infrastructure. These security flaws are especially bad, not only because they've been here... Continue Reading →

Automate VCSA 6.5 Backup crontab Issue - Find your answer for vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 on #VMTNAutomate VCSA 6.5 Backup crontab Issue - Find...I'm a basic knowledge Linux admin. Running the script manually works perfect. However, I am not able to get the crontab automatic job working. From my testing, it's not running at all.VMware... Continue Reading →

PowerCLI script : How to confirm a vCenter server, ESXi VMware hypervisor & microcode patches are applied?: Spectre vulnerability - vThinkBeyondVMPowerCLI script : How to confirm a vCenter...Some time back, VMware has released one of important KBs on "Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation for branch target injection". Please take a look at this KB here. In this... Continue Reading →