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How To Reset ESXi Root Password via Microsoft AD [vladan.fr]
When you’re in front of a host where the ESXi root password has been lost, how to reset an ESXi root password might be the first question you’re asking, right? A while back we have posted a way of doing it via VMware Host profiles. But not everyone has Enterprise Plus licensing which includes host profiles.
First vSphere Client (HTML5) update in vSphere 6.5.0b! [VMware vSphere Blog]
With the release of vSphere 6.5.0b, we are proud to announce the first update to the vSphere Client!
vSphere 6.5 VM Encryption
vSphere 6.5 VM Encryption enables protection of virtual machine files by the hypervisor, and works with any supported OS without modification to the guest.
vSphere 6.5 Secure Boot
Secure boot helps ensure that only a trusted version of OS software is run
vRealize Network Insight 3.3 Feature Walkthrough — via VMware Cloud Mgmnt Blog
vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) continues to enhance the visibility and management of overlay and underlay networks. With the launch of version 3.3, a number of new features were introduced. In this blog post, I will cover four of the new features, including new event management options, user-defined event enhancements, improved NAT visibility, and new IP address space support.
VMware vSphere sizing — via opvizor
Markus Kraus wrote a Power CLI script in order to make it easier for him and his colleagues the recurring task of the data collection in order to make a VMware vSphere Sizing. This collects some information in an existing VMware vSphere environment as a basis for a new hardware sizing.
Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.12 on VMware vSAN 6.5 All-Flash — via Virtual Blocks
Recently we published the Reference Architecture for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.12 on vSAN 6.5 all-flash. Since I spent that past few months testing, validating, and writing the RA, I just wanted to highlight some aspects of the RA for our customers and partners.
How to verify vCenter server 6 is prepared for virtual volumes? — via via Virtual Maestro
via Virtual Maestro
What’s New: VMware vRealize Operations 6.5 — via VMware Cloud Mgmnt Blog
VMware’s latest release of vRealize Operations delivers new capabilities to accelerate time to value, manage deployments at scale and collaborate with other data center tools.
vSphere 6.5 Encryption – How to configure encryption for VMs — via Enterprise Daddy
There were a lot of features that were introduced with the vSphere 6.5 and vSphere 6.5 Encryption of VMs was one among them.
