VMware vCenter Server VCSA Remote Code Execution Exploited in the wild – VMSA-2021-0010 CVE-2021-21985

As a reminder to everyone and the danger of having unpatched systems, it is sobering to hear that the vCenter Server vulnerability tracked as CVE-2…

Add Exclusion to Microsoft Defender

The default security by Microsoft known as Windows defender scans for every downloaded file with its virus engine. You can exclude certain files, f…

What Does Private Cloud Mean?

Private cloud refers to a model of cloud computing where IT services are provisioned over private IT infrastructure for the dedicated use of …

Anisotropic Filtering

Anisotropic filtering is a filtering technique used in 3D computer graphics in which the number of texture samples generated changes depending on t…

Bilinear Filtering

Bilinear filtering is a method of texture filtering used in computer graphic design to smooth out textures when objects shown on the screen are lar…

Automated Windows Server 2022 Packer Build

As Windows Server 2022 Preview is now officially released, I wanted to get my automated build of the Preview release in the home lab and ready to…

Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free

Recently StarWind release a totally free SAN and NAS appliance that allows quickly spinning up a storage appliance based on various types of storag…

Download and Install Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022

The Windows ADK is the goto tool used to deploy and manage images in Windows clients and Server. As each new operating system is released, you need…

Fix Outlook Error PST File Has Reached Maximum Size Limit?

An oversized PST file issue can be resolved just by reducing the size of the PST file by deleting trivial data. But if you have already tried it …

Call Stack

A call stack, in C#, is the list of names of methods called at run time from the beginning of a program until the execution of the current statement.…

Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab

When it comes to building your first home lab, there is nothing wrong with starting out with VMware Workstation. Realistically, this may be all y…

ESXi VMware Tools Update Guide

VMware tools provide a tightly integrated and fluid experience between the guest virtual machines and the VMware ESXi host. With VMware Tools, you …

Install Winget 1.0 Windows 10 and upgrade all software

Have you found yourself spending lots of time trying to keep your software on a management workstation up-to-date? If you are like me, you probab…

Find Guest OS Type ID using PowerCLI

Have you needed to find the Guest OS type IDs that are used in Terraform or other automation in provisioning VMware   vSphere  virtual machines? Th…

See which VMs were powered on before ESXi host went down

Have you been in a situation before where you had a standalone host go down, maybe a lab host, and after bringing everything back up, you are not sur…

How to Manage VMware Snapshots: A Guide

They can be one of the best features in a   VMware vSphere   environment, or perhaps the worst, depending on how they are managed and the underst…

StarWind VSAN ZFS and Linux VSA

There is no question that software-defined storage (SDS) is the way of the future. Traditional storage is not well-suited for many of the requirement…

OpenSSH Server Windows 10 Install with Public Key authentication

Remote connectivity to your Windows Servers is a prime capability that is required by administrators to be able to control, manage, and administer …

Mobile Information Device Profile

Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) is a specification for the use of Java technology for mobile devices. In the context of software development…

Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS)

The Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS) is the American equivalent of the Radio Data System (RDS) protocol, which is the standard protocol for the dis…

How to Use the PS5 Camera for Streaming

Hyper-V Critical remote code execution vulnerability in May 2021 patch Tuesday

The past few months from a security perspective have been a roller coaster of zero-day vulnerabilities and critical patches that have been neede…

Backup DNS Windows Server 2016 2019 and 2022

DNS or Domain Naming System is the heart of everything we do, on the LAN, and on the Internet. It is the phone book that maps names to IP addresses…

Windows Server DHCP VLAN Configuration: Detailed Guide

Network segmentation is a great way to compartmentalize the various networks you need to run in your environment. This provides many benefits from …

Upgrade Windows Server 2019 Active Directory to Windows Server 2022

Windows Server Active Directory upgrades are a part of administering Windows Server Active Directory infrastructure on-premises.  Currently, busine…

Packer Build Ubuntu 21.04 for VMware vSphere

If you aren’t already using Hashicorp Packer for automating builds of the various operating systems you use in your environment, you are missing o…

Ho to find IP Address detail through Registry

TCP/IP configuration information for each network adapter on machine is stored in the Registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\…

Unable to ping virtual machines even though there is network connectivity

Symptoms RDP sessions to virtual machines drop intermittently RDP sessions to virtual machines fail despite proper network connectivity When you …

StarWind HCI Evaluation Kit Released: Config Walkthrough

It is not often that you can fully try out an entire solution from a vendor in your own lab environment with all the management tools to get the full…

Terraform vSphere tutorial: Linux Virtual Machine Clone

Terraform is a great infrastructure as code (IaC) platform that allows easily spinning up and customizing infrastructure. The great thing is you can …

New Windows Server 2022 Container Image Preview Install

Just a few days ago, Microsoft released news of the new Windows Server 2022 base OS container image preview. It is built from   Windows Server 2022  …

Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) for ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Upgrade

VMware vSphere 7 Update 2 contains many great enhancements that I have written about . Since Update 2 was pulled initially due to an   error with the…

Ubuntu Server CLI Cheat Sheet

One of the beautiful things about Linux is the power of the Linux CLI. This is what draws many to Linux to begin with. Granted, Windows has come a …

VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Released for Download

Well, we have been waiting for a few weeks now for the updated release of ESXi 7.0 Update 2 to drop since the first release of ESXi 7.0 Update 2 was …

StarWind Free NAS & SAN for VMware vSphere Released

StarWind has released a new and very exciting new solution that is based on their robust VSAN solution, called StarWind Free NAS & SAN. This so…

Join Windows 10 Azure AD step-by-step

Today, organizations have evolved beyond using the simple on-premises infrastructure of traditional days. The traditional Active Directory domain tha…

Restart Management Agents ESXi Impact

Many of us have certainly been there in times past. You have a host that is not responding correctly or some other issue that is weirdly affecting a …

VMware ESXi Passphrase and Account Lockout Configuration

Configuring password requirements is extremely important when it comes to the overall cybersecurity of your environment. VMware vSphere has the confi…