Detecting Log4j Bad Actor Connections with vRealize Network Insight
Recently (Dec 9, 2021), a critical vulnerability in the most used Apache Log4j logging library was found. This vulnerability can give an attacker full control of any impacted system. Please read here to know more about the vulnerability and here to know about VMware’s response. While there are […]
Error when uploading files to vCenter Server Appliance using WinSCP
If your vCenter server has Appliance Shell set as default then transferring files via WinSCP will not work. To fix this you need to change to Bash Shell. Appliance Shell Bash Shell RUN LIST: […]
Additional step for vCenter Server CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 workaround.
VMware just updated their KB adding additional step which needs to be run even if someone already did apply workaround. This additional step is to remove all JndiLookup classes per Apache Software […]
VMware Site Recovery Manager is getting patch resolve CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-202…
VMware just published a patch for SRM 8.5.0.2 where Apache log4j is updated to version 2.16 to resolve CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046. If you are running Site Recovery Manager 8.5, upgrade to […]
HomeLab Stage LX: New Network – VCDX #181 Marc Huppert
After completing the last episode HomeLab Stage LIX: Travel Preparation, it is now time to focus again on my HomeLab. It network upgrade time: My network equipment is from Nvidia Networking (Mellanox), Dell and Ubiquiti. I really like the […]
VMware Skyline Pro – Faster, Smarter and Simpler – Next Level SDDC
Have you upgraded your Skyline Advisor to Skyline Pro yet? If the answer is no, may I know why? Experience up to 12x faster response, historical data, end of life insights, useful host and VM information, and much more! New dashboard look (with dark theme enabled) Easy way to keep track of […]
VMC on AWS – SDDC Config Import/Export – Next Level SDDC
Did you know such fling excited before reading this? Don’t worry, me neither! I just discovered this gem last week while I was trying to find creative ways to back up all the SDDC configuration on a VMC on AWS environment, and I have to say that I am impressed at the simplicity, yet high […]
VMware Blast Extreme Optimization Guide
Learn how to optimize Blast Extreme to provide out-of-the-box configuration for most use cases, many network conditions, and even apps that require additional tuning. You can use the Blast Extreme display communication protocol to preserve color information instead of sacrificing to codec […]
Horizon Architecture
This chapter of the reference architecture covers architecting and deploying Horizon on vSphere. learn about the concepts, components and get design guidance.
How to encrypt an existing Virtual Machine or Virtual Disk
Prerequisites: vCenter server must be configured and connected with the KMS server. Please refer to this article: How to connect vCenter with external KMSESXi servers that will run encrypted […]
Downloading the Kubernetes CLI Tools
Interactive simulation (iSIM) showing how to download the Kubernetes CLI tools in preparation for creating Tanzu Kubernetes clusters.
Avi WAF and CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j 2
Avi’s recommendations on how to mitigate CVE-2021-44228 with your VMware Advanced Load Balancer (Avi). The post Avi WAF and CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j 2 appeared first on VMware Load Balancing & WAF Blog.
HomeLab Stage LIX: Travel Preparation – VCDX #181 Marc Huppert
In the last episode of my journey, HomeLab Stage LVIII: Silent Datacenter, I reduced the noise within my second datacenter to nearly zero. This time it is time to prepare once again for onsite customer workshops … I would have never […]
Unexplored Territory #005: AI Enterprise, DPUs, and NVIDIA Launchpad with Luke W…
Episode 004 is out! This time we talk to Luke Wignall, who is the Director of Technical Product Marketing at NVIDIA. We talk about some of the announcements made during the NVIDIA GTC Conference. Luke discusses NVIDIA Launchpad, AI Enterprise, and of course, we touch on DPUs aka SmartNICs. A […]
Investigating CVE-2021-44228 Log4Shell Vulnerability
This article was co-written by Sanara Marsh, Dale McKay and Chad Skipper VMware Security Update on Investigating CVE-2021-44228 Log4Shell Vulnerability A zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) publicly released on 9 December 2021, known as Log4j or Log4Shell, is actively being targeted in the wild. This blog is intended to detail how VMware Security can help secure your environment. For information on product specific impacts refer to VMware Security Advisories. What is the Log4Shell…Read More
Exciting Sessions from NVIDIA GTC Fall 2021
A list of exciting sessions of this falls NVIDIA GTC conference on data science, inference, machine learning in retail and other AI related topics.
TPCx-HCI: A benchmark for hyper-converged infrastructures with a VMware HCI solu…
VMware was a founding member of the subcommittee that developed the benchmark and has contributed significantly to the benchmarking kit used for TPCx-HCI.
Deploying Nvidia GPU enabled Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
In this blog post I’m going to detail how deploy and configure a Nvidia GPU enabled Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster in AWS.
DRaaS Implementation Checklist: Be Confident in Your Disaster Recovery
Consult this DRaaS implementation checklist to prepare your company data to weather any storm.
Set Up Let’s Encrypt with Contour Using VMware Tanzu Community Edition
Trusted certificates are necessary for any web application today. Verifying that communication is encrypted and secure is table stakes. Let’s Encrypt is one of the most popular Certificate Authorities providing TLS certificates to millions of users. Using cert-manager with VMware Tanzu Community Edition makes securing applications a lot easier. Contour is a Layer 7 application load balancer that comes as a package with Tanzu Community Edition. Getting started is easy, but let’s take the…Read More
