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vCenter 5.5 Heart Bleed Patch Released

April 20, 2014munishpalmakhija

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=

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vCenter 5.1 SSO Password Expired

April 18, 2014munishpalmakhija

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…Continue readingvCenter 5.1 SSO Password Expired

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vCenter Orchestrator 5.5 Basic Work Flows

April 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

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…Continue readingvCenter Orchestrator 5.5 Basic Work Flows

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HeartBleed Vendor URLs

April 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

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 …Continue readingHeartBleed Vendor URLs

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HeartBleed Bug

April 10, 2014munishpalmakhija

The Heartbleed bug is a bug in the open-source cryptography library OpenSSL which allows an attacker to read the memory of a server or a client, allowing them to retrieve for example server ssl private keys. Examinations of audit logs appear to show that some attackers may have exploited the…Continue readingHeartBleed Bug

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vExpert 2014 awardees announced

April 7, 2014munishpalmakhija

VMware vExpert 2014 list got announced Proud owner of the recognition for 2 continuous years (vExpert 2013 & vExpert 2014) https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2014/04/vexpert-2014-announcement.html?&src=vmw_so_vex_mmakh_407 Hurray !!!! Party Time !!!!!!

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VDP VM Restoration

March 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

Select the Image which you want to restore by navigating to vSphere Data Protection Page via web client Specify Restore Option such as Whether you want to restore to original location or different location Specify the datastore Whether you want to Power ON and You want to reconnect the NIC…Continue readingVDP VM Restoration

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VDP VM Image Backup

March 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

Navigate to the VM which you want to backup Specify the schedule Specify the retention policy Follownig tasks get encountered one backup job is created Now you need to initiate Backup Job to start backup Once completed you can notice the Last Start Time . Earlier it was never this…Continue readingVDP VM Image Backup

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vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Installation & Configuration

March 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

Configuration Https:// Ensure you test the connection before proceeding You can store the additional VMDKs on same datastores as appliance or you can choose the datastores Once rebooted. It will have 3 VMDKs added to the Appliance. Observation. It took approx. 30 minutes for it to reboot and configure storage…Continue readingvSphere Data Protection (VDP) Installation & Configuration

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View Connection Servers Installation

March 3, 2014munishpalmakhija

We will be installing 2 Servers for High Availability and load balancing First Server For the first server we need to select View Standard Server For the second server we will select View Replica Server Providate data recovery password Add local administrator group as initial view administrator as Best Practice…Continue readingView Connection Servers Installation

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