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New PowerCLI Cmdlets for VSAN and vFlash Read Cache and how to install

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VMware Flings is awesome resource of small free software applications which enhances functionality of VMware products. Recently another free “Fling” has been released, which is actually a PowerShell module with PowerCLI cmdlets for managing vSphere Flash Read Cache and VMware Virtual SAN. Those PowerCLI Cmdlets for VSAN and vFlash Read Cache allows retrieving and managing VSAN […]

Windows Update Cleanup Plugin

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This is a quick tip and good news for Windows 7 SP1 users and also perhaps VDI admins running W7 desktops in their VDI environments. Windows Update Cleanup Plugin allows to uninstall outdated Windows patches and free some disk space on the root folder automatically, without messing up with the WinSxS folder. The option presents […]

How to change the default password policies in vSphere 5.5

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I’ve recently installed vCenter server appliance (VCSA) to manage my lab environment running vSphere 5.5. It’s faster than instaling a vCenter under Windows and it’s the future. I was wondering how to change the default password policies in vSphere 5.5?  The Default vCenter SSO configuration password policy is set to expire passwords in 90 days with […]

Realtek 8169 NIC in ESXi 5.5 not detected by default – install a VIB

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I was upgrading my White boxes this weekend. I had them populated with some Intel NICs (no problem with those) and some Realtek NICs. The unsupported Realtek NIC was not recognized after a clean install, but could be installed with community-supported drivers. Read on if you have the same problem and your Realtek 8169 NIC […]

Installing and upgrading to ESXi 5.5 – Best practices and tips

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ESXi 5.1 standalone or ESXi 5.1 managed by vCenter can be upgraded to ESXi 5.5 after the last week’s GA release of vSphere 5.5. While for ESXi managed by vCenter, the upgrade process is quite straight forward by using VUM (VMware Update Manager). The VUM can also be used with Linux based (VCSA), where the […]

Disable hibernation on Windows 7 and Windows 8 based systems – standalone and GPO configs

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You’ve wondered how to disable hibernation in Windows 7 (W8) and why? Hibernation function on W7 (vista, 8) uses hiberfil.sys hidden system file for fast wake up. When activated hiberfil.sys is created at the root filesystem. Unfortunately, this file is usually very large depending on how much your system has physical memory. Example of my […]

How to Remove Cached IP addresses and hostnames in vSphere client

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If you’re IT consultant, IT guy working with VMware vSphere or just testing ESXi in your lab, after a certain time you’ll find that in your management workstation or laptop when launching the vSphere client (the Windows based) you start to accumulate the old connection settings. All those IPs and host/DNS names starts to make […]

How to enable multiple RDP sessions on Windows

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Multiple RDP sessions are disabled on Windows servers. It means that if you are working on the server and at the same time another administrator connects, you get disconnected because the other admin takes over. How to enable multiple RDP sessions on Windows? There is a simple way to do it and I’ll show you […]