You should always know the root password for your VMware vCenter. Fortunately, if you don’t remember your VMware vCenter root password, there’s a way to reset it. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to reset the root password for VMware vCenter. The Process
The root password for VMware vCenter expires every 90 days by default. Depending on your vCenter setup, you may want to disable the root password expiry. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to disable the root password expiry for VMware vCenter using the GUI and the CLI. GUI Way
This year, I had the exciting opportunity to attend VMware Explore 2024 in Las Vegas from August 26th to August 29th. I set a few goals for myself for VMware Explore. Those goals were to learn as much as possible about AVI load balancer, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), NSX, Kubernetes, and network with other VMware…
By default, with Onyx (MLNX-OS), when you export the switch configuration, it is exported as a bin file rather than the regular text-based config files we are all used to. Fortunately, there’s a way to export the configuration as a text file. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to generate and export…
The default theme for Company Portal is fine, but it always looks better when you customize it to match your origination’s theme. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to set a theme for Company Portal. The Process The default color for Company Portal is blue. I will be selecting Organization logo only…
With Windows 11, many visual elements have changed, and one of the most noticeable ones is the Start Menu. With a new star menu comes a new way to manage it. With Windows 10, you can control the start menu with an XML file. Now, with Windows 11, you can control it with a JSON…
The Company Portal application is a wonderful tool for Microsoft Intune. If you come from the world of ConfigMgr (Microsoft Configuration Manager aka SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager)), it is the Intune version of Software Center. Company Portal allows users to install programs you publish on the Company Portal. My favorite part is that the…
Usually, when you want to control the Windows Update settings, you create a GPO to manage the settings or tweak some registry entries. Both methods alter the registry values in the registry key To reset any custom Windows Update settings, I nuke out that registry key or reverse the GPO or both, and restart the…
There’s not a lot of information about what happens when an Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) term license expires, specifically what end users will and won’t see. In this post, I will detail what happens when an Omnissa Horizon Term License expires and the messaging that administrators and end users will see. Starting with Omnissa…
Palo Alto Networks firewalls often require a device certificate. A device certificate is needed for items like device telemetry and for some of the CDSS (Cloud-Delivered Security Services) items, such as WildFire, DNS and URL filtering, and others. In this post, I show you step-by-step how to check if a device certificate is installed and…
