VMware ESXi hypervisor has a default password complexity turned on. It is to restrict admins using week passwords which is good. The ESXi password restrictions are set by the Linux PAM module pam_passwdqc, because VMware ESXi uses that module within the hypervisor. In this post, we will recap how to disable VMware ESXi complex passwords. […]
Nakivo Backup And Replication 9.1 Released – Download Your Trial
Nakivo Backup and Replication 9.1 is GA. You can download a free trial here. The product has yet again evolved and new features have been added. We have recently written about the 9.1 Beta here. As any backup product out there, Nakivo keeps adding new functions that are useful for data center administrators. One of […]
How to use vSphere Update Manager to update ESXi with the latest VMware Tools?
When you install ESXi host and keep the settings by default, VMware tools are “sitting” on a local ESXi. The ISO files for Windows and Linux containing the latest drivers are in “vmtools” and “floppies” directories on ESXi hosts. This is ok. But if you want to have always the latest version of VMware Tools […]
vRealize Network Insight 5.1 Released
VMware has released a vRealize Network Insight 5.1. vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) supports a large number of vendors which are switch/router vendors. We name a few like Dell, Cisco (ACI, Nexus), Arista, Juniper. Also firewalls such as Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Fortinet. vRNI has also Azure support which gives you visibility on application dependency mappings, […]
Zerto 7.5 With Elastic Journal and long term retention – Restore a VM 20 Years old?
Zerto was one of the vendors I wanted to visit during my VMworld Barcelona. As you know, Zerto can protect your VMs by replicating them to the remote site with a very low RTO and RPO. It’s because their software is able to “sit” in between a VM which needs to be protected and the […]
Most Read Posts in 2019 on ESX Virtualization
We’re in 2020 and it’s perhaps a good time to recap which posts has performed well during the past 12 months. This post is not technical but rather informative for my long-time followers and readers which I would like to share. This post’s name is Most Read Posts in 2019 on ESX Virtualization. -:) Enjoy. […]
VMware OS Optimization tool now supports Windows Server 2019
One of the very popular “Flings”, a free utility from VMware Labs got an update recently. One of the interesting updates is support of Windows Server 2019 and also two new templates for Windows 10. The VMware OS Optimization Tool (OSOT) is a powerful utility that we have already reviewed on this blog several times, […]
StarWind VSAN has a high level of customization
I don’t think that I have to re-introduce StarWind company to our readers. Their software solutions were simple but effective for many years. Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions are also provided by StarWind and since this year they are also present in the Magic Quadrant by Gartner. Gartner’s study says that “StarWind VSAN offers a high […]
VMware vSphere 6.7 U3b Released
VMware has released a new update vSphere 6.7 U3b. In this release there are no new features, however many bugfixes and security patches has been implemented. The Photon OS used for vCenter server appliance has many security patches included. ESXi has some patches as well. This patch updates the esx-base, esx-update, vsan, and vsanhealth VIBs […]
Veeam Backup for AWS Free Version Released
If you’re Amazon EC2 instances you might need to back them up, right? Good news today as Veeam has just released Veeam Backup for AWS Free Version. It is a fully featured version which integrates with Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4 via this patch enabling the integration. After installing the patch you’ll be […]
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