VMware vCenter can be a key provider, which is perfect for using a vTPM (Virtual Trusted Platform Module). With VMware vSphere, you can configure a native key provider that VMware vCenter fully manages. No external key provider is needed. The native key can even be used to encrypt your VMs. In this post, I will…
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…
VMware vCenter RDU (Reduced Downtime Upgrade (or Update)) is a relatively new feature that allows you to update your vCenter to the next version with limited downtime, just like the name indicates. It works similarly to the process for upgrading from vCenter 7 to vCenter 8, which is also very similar to doing a fresh…
I am very excited about VMware Explore this year, as it will be my first time at VMware Explore and the first large tech conference I’ve attended in person. VMware Explore is a conference about VMware products that VMware (technically Broadcom now) organizes. It used to be known as VMworld, but in 2022, it was…
When using VMware vCenter, you may only occasionally need a configuration backup of each VMware ESXi host. However, there are some situations where having a config backup of each ESXi host is nice to have. I didn’t want to back up each ESXi host manually, as it doesn’t scale well. Instead, I created a PowerShell…
I recently encountered a strange issue with Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) that resulted in a black screen presenting to the VDI users when they logged in. When you search for this issue, you will find a lot of information about various solutions to the blank screen issue. However, none of them solved the problem…
Installing an SSL/TLS certificate on the Omnissa Horizon Connection Server (formerly the VMware Horizon Connection Server) is a common task. The whole process may feel daunting if you’ve never installed a certificate on the Horizon Connection Server. Omnissa Horizon has had a few names, and some of those old names are still present at its…
The VMware vCenter root certificate is an essential part of vCenter. When you install vCenter, it also installs the VMCA (VMware Certificate Authority) in your vCenter. The VMCA is a barebones CA for vCenter that issues certificates to the various elements of vCenter as needed. You should install the VMCA root certificate on your system…
