For those of you who have never had the pleasure of patching ESX prior to VMware Update Manager (VUM), be thankful. Prior to its inception,…
Apache + SSL Certificates – Part 3
So, you are ready to purchase SSL certificates, did you know that not all SSL certificates are created equally? Let me start by taking a…
Apache + SSL Certificates – Part 2
The problem with supporting multiple host names over SSL on the same server is that they each require a unique, static IP address. As many…
Apache + SSL Certificates – Part 1
For those interested in using SSL certificates, I would like to bring up two very important things to keep in mind: Under most circumstances, each…
ESX + NFS Datastores
Over the last week, I have been in the process of applying the latest patches to one of the VI3 environments I manage. While looking…
Forcing VMware Update Manager to download patches
While many people may already know how to do this, I always seem to forget so I thought it was worth blogging about. VMware Update…
Using VMware Update Manager without DNS
I had an interesting challenge this past week. I had a development environment with a vCenter Server instance hosted on a private network. This private…
DCOM Error
Today, while working on a Windows jump box I received a Windows error message stating that DCOM had shutdown unexpectedly and as such the computer…
Unable to apply DRS resource settings on host
While looking for a VM on a production vCenter Server instance the other day, I noticed that an ESX host had a red exclamation point…
Macbook Keyboard Display
A couple weeks back, my wife asked me to take a look at her Macbook Pro as the display was scrambled with black and white…