Your Beginner’s Guide to VMware
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 …
This one’s a quick tip I thought I’d share. It’s a simple PowerCLI script I’ve used during daily operations, especially when working on multiple projects. It helped me create snapshots …
I’ve recently dealt with an issue related to snapshot creation and deletion in VMware – specifically, broken snapshot hierarchies. This often happens when a backup solution like NetBackup or Veeam …
During a recent task where I had to upgrade the Distributed Switches (vDS) in vCenter, I wanted to make sure that I had a backup of the vDS configurations before …
Recently, we ran into a tricky case involving VMDK consolidation issues on a VM. Thought I’d share the resolution steps in case it helps someone else down the line, or …
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 …
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 …
vSphere has a built-in certificate authority (VMCA) that automatically provides and manages the necessary security certificates for vCenter Server and ESXi. This setup works out of the box with minimal …
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, …