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VMSA-2025-0010 – Critical VMware Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know and Why You Should Patch Now

Broadcom (VMware) has just released VMSA-2025-0010, a security advisory detailing multiple vulnerabilities across vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. While not all of them are critical, one vulnerability in particular …

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vCert – Scripted vCenter Expired Certificate Replacement

A while back, I got my hands on this script from VMware through a support case, and honestly it’s been a game-changer.Whether it was checking certificate anchors between multiple vCenter …

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OVF Tool – Encoding special characters

I recently had to export multiple VMs to OVF templates. To simplify the process, I decided to use the OVFTool. However, I ran into an error: “Cannot parse locator.”Luckily with …

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PowerCLI Script to Export All RDM Disks in a vSphere Cluster

I recently had to audit a vSphere environment and identify all VMs using RDM disks.One quick method is using RVTools—just export the data, go to the vDisk sheet, and filter …

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Cloning a VM via GUI Leads to VMDK Misconfiguration

Another day, another interesting situation in the VMware world. Straight to the issue: the cloned virtual machines’ VMDK file(s) will point to the VMDK file(s) of the source machine used …

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Failed to Remove ESXi Host from vSphere Distributed Switch

Recently, I encountered an issue while trying to remove an ESXi host from a vSphere Distributed Switch in order to complete the decommissioning process of the host. The ESXi was …

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How to Download and Install vCenter Server Machine SSL to Avoid Web Browser Certificate Warnings

In this blog post, we’ll walk through the steps to manually trust the Machine SSL certificate and recognize it as valid on a Windows machine when accessing vCenter. This way, …

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