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How to reset Single Sign-On (SSO) password in vSphere

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 1, 2017

Temp password to use for reset

As you might notice, VMware vSphere has now Platform service controller (PSC) with a Single Sign-On (SSO) as a component. It is PSC which allows authentication via vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO). It is not only an authentication broker but also a security token exchange providing a more secure way of accessing your vSphere solutions, so in […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization, Videos Tagged With: How to reset Single Sign-On (SSO) password in vSphere

TeraCopy 3.0 release – A popular file transfer utility

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 15, 2022

TeraCopy 3 Released

TeraCopy 3.0 – A popular file transfer utility has been released a few days ago bringing better UI, faster copy speed, and easier usage. The product brought some significant improvements from the past releases and introduces also new file replace dialog, copy with elevated Windows Service and VSS or support for an unlimited number of files. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Home Lab Tagged With: Teracopy 3.0

What is VMware Cluster?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 27, 2017

VMware Cluster Configuration

VMware terminology differs from other IT terminologies. It is specifically focused on VMware virtualization and has completely different meaning than terminologies for other IT vendors and systems. VMware beginners should not be discouraged to learn this technology. You don’t have to manage thousands cloud-scale enterprise infrastructure to learn the basics of VMware vSphere architecture which […]

| Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: What is VMware Cluster?

What is VMware Platform Service Controller (PSC)?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 24, 2017

External PSCs with two load balancers across two sites

Several folks asked me recently What is VMware Platform Service Controller. I’ve published few guides on VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), the migration of vCenter to VCSA or in-place migration of Windows based vCenter but I think that I have not published enough information about VMware Platform Service Controller (PSC). Hence this post. VMware PSC […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: What is VMware Platform Service Controller

How to use VMware IOInsight – Free IO Testing Tool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 24, 2017

VMware IOInsight vCenter Login

Measuring performance of VMs can be a difficult task. Several tools, several methods… VMware has released a new tool which helps to monitor a performance of selected VMs, or rather VMDKs. The tool is called IOInsight. The tool is packaged as a virtual appliance, so the deployment takes just a few minutes. The title of this […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Videos

New 3CX Certifications and Training Online – Get Certified

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 23, 2023

3CX Certifications and Training

If you don’t know 3CX, you should definitely check them out. They’re developing software PBX which runs on Windows, but also on Linux (Check 3CX on Debian ISO ) and they also make their software able to run on low-cost MiniPCs (check  3CX on a $100 MiniPC – Tips ). Today I’d like to talk about the […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: 3CX Certifications and Training

What is Zerto Commit Policy?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 21, 2017

Zerto Failover with Auto-Commit Policy with 10 min option - Start Failover

I’m sure you’ve heard about Zerto before. ESX Virtualization readers know Zerto’s technology since a long time. Their “no-snapshot” technology when it comes to replication is unique. We have covered this in many posts and installed their product in our lab quite a few times. In today’s post, we will focus on something called Commit Policy – What […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Server Virtualization

Vembu BDR Suite Free Edition – Details and Compare

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 22, 2018

Vembu VM Backup

Vembu Technologies releasing new Vembu VM Backup Suite Free Edition for VMware, Hyper-V, KVM and physical environments. The latest release of their software is Vembu BDR v3.9.1 (but 4.0 is comming). We have reviewed one of the previous releases of Vembu product here – Vembu Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) Product Review. Vembu is less known […]

| Filed Under: Backup Tagged With: Vembu BDR Suite Free

How to reset root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

How To Reset root password in VCSA 6.5

The way to reset VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) password has changed every time that VMware changed the underlying Operating system (OS). Previous releases of VCSA has used CentOS or SLES, but since VCSA 6.5, the Operating system is PhotonOS. A VMware’s Own OS. This is an occasion to put down a post which might […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization, Videos Tagged With: How to reset root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

How to patch VMware VCSA 6.5 via ISO patch downloaded from VMware Patch Portal

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 14, 2017

VMware vCSA WAMI Interface connection

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 can be patched and (or) upgraded in several ways. We have already installed latest patch via ZIP file downloaded from within My VMware space, but today we’ll explore another way to patch VCSA. We will learn How to patch VMware VCSA 6.5 via ISO patch downloaded from VMware Patch Portal. […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Videos Tagged With: How to patch VMware VCSA 6.5 via ISO

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