PSOD for ESXi 5.X Due to E1000 NIC Driver
VMWare has release KB Article which states ESXi 5.x host fails with a purple diagnostic screen (PSOD) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=2059053&src=vmw_so_vex_mmakh_407 Resolution This is a known issue affecting ESXi 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 hosts and virtual machines using the E1000 and E1000e virtual network adapters. For more information about available network interface types,…
Troubleshooting VMware vSphere [V5.5] Webinar
The webinar discusses best practices using products VMware® ESXi™ 5.5, VMware® vCenter Server™ 5.5, and vCloud Director. You’ll gain knowledge on specific troubleshooting issue techniques for: SSL certificates Networking Storage VMware vCenter™ Single Sign-On™ VMware vCenter Server VMware ESXi host VMware vSphere Cluster VMware vSphere® vMotion® Virtual Machine Date: April…
Pluralsight Access for vExperts
Pluralsight is providing 1 Year access for all the vExperts Please register, Enjoy learning and Keep sharing http://blog.pluralsight.com/2014-vexperts-mvps-free-training
ESXi 5.5 Heart Bleed Patch Released
VMware has rolled out update for vCenter 5.5 which is patched for Heart Bleed Bug Looks like for ESXi they have not released major update just a patch http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0004.html?&src=vmw_so_vex_mmakh_407 You can download the patch https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch
vCenter 5.5 Heart Bleed Patch Released
VMware has rolled out update for vCenter 5.5 which is patched for Heart Bleed Bug vCenter5.5 U1 https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VC55U1A&productId=351&download=true&fileId=b0d0ebc26ed140f1b802847657d22ebe&secureParam=7741eb5c691ab9a1c94d3e336abc3bc3&downloadType= vCenter 5.5c https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VC550C&productId=351&download=true&fileId=518680e812fa45e4a3102e0fd09bb552&secureParam=92e61d3b09b25bb89ffe9737e365869c&downloadType=
vCenter 5.1 SSO Password Expired
Following procedure should be followed to reset the SSO expired password The password policies in place require the password to be changed every 365 days. You cannot use the 5 previous passwords. Procedure On the vCenter Server windows host: Open an elevated command prompt and run the command: SET JAVA_HOME=C:\\Program…
vCenter Orchestrator 5.5 Basic Work Flows
In Continuation of my post about vCenter Orchestrator Configuration following section displays my first try of basic VM Work flows http://vcommunique.blogspot.in/2013/10/vcenter-orchestrator-configuration.html I made sure Domain Admins have made vCO Admins to avoid. You can plan it out for your production I gave try for following VM Work Flows. Procedure is…
HeartBleed Vendor URLs
Vendor URLs Brocade http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/technical_support_bulletins/brocade-products-website-not-affected-by-heartbleed.pdf Cisco http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140409-heartbleed Dell http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/04/campaigns/heartbleed-remediation/ Embrane http://support.embrane.com/index.php?/News/NewsItem/View/21/openssl-cve-2014-0160-openssl-private-key-disclosure-vulnerability EMC http://productsecurityblog.emc.com/2014/04/impact-openssl-heartbleed-vulnerability-emc-products/ HP http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay&spf_p.prp_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c04239413-1%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken IBM http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004570 http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/onvdq?mode=7&heading=AIX71&path=/201404/SECURITY/20140411/datafile211157&label=Updated%20Summary%20for%20AIX%20OpenSSL%20CVE-2014-0160 Microsoft …