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How To Disable vSphere Web Client Inactivity Timeout

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 13, 2019

Increase vSphere Web Client Idle Timeout VCSA 6.5

vSphere web client is the principal management tool for VMware infrastructure. It is a flash based solution which is currently the only one providing functionality for configuration all features of VMware vSphere. The new HTML 5 web client is in works, but for now, not all functions are available so this client can’t be used […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization, Videos

How to Disable Auto Lock on Windows Server via Group policy

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 24, 2017

How to create a GPO

The problem with the auto lock feature is that it really slow down when working in a multi-server environment in a lab. This is especially true of lab environments. Servers in lab environments are usually used much more than usual production servers. So, in the long run, the automatic lock can be especially painful. In this post, […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab, How To, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016 Tagged With: How to Disable Auto Lock on Windows Server via Group policy

What is STUN Server?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 21, 2017

Stun overview

A while back we wrote post about WebRTC technology. Today, we’ll continue to remind some basics about WebRTC and learn few things about STUN. Web Real-Time Communication (RTC) is an open standard for embedding real-time multimedia communications directly to a web browser, via VP8 video codec, which is free. WebRTC uses a server called Web Conferencing […]

| Filed Under: How To, Tips Tagged With: What is STUN Server

What is VMware vMotion?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 15, 2017

Active - Standby config of multi-nic vmotion

What is VMware vMotion? It is THE feature, the function, which “hooked” thousands of millions IT guys on the plane for using VMware for their IT infrastructure. It is kind of a holy grail of virtualization where a running VM moves to another host without interruption of service (of with just a few pings lost). I still […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: What is VMware vMotion

How To Reset ESXi Root Password via Microsoft AD

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 3, 2019

How to reset ESXi root password via Microsoft AD

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 […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization, Videos

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

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 configure ESXi 6.5 Network Time Protocol (NTP) via Host Client?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 5, 2017

How to configure ESXi 6.5 Network Time Protocol (NTP)

ESXi host client is bundled with VMware Free ESXi Hypervisor. While we still have the possibility to manage single host via traditional vSphere Client (Windows based), it becomes clear that sooner or later the legacy client will be gone. That’s why this post – How to configure ESXi 6.5 Network Time Protocol (NTP) via Host Client […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization

How-to Create a Security Banner for ESXi

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 19, 2017

Create a Security Banner for ESXi on DCUI

This tip will allow you to add a security banner to the ESXi direct console. It can be a security message or informative message. Sometimes within an organization, there is a need to have such a message displayed prior to login. This post How-to Create a Security Banner for ESXi, was brought to you by ESX […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To Tagged With: How-to Create a Security Banner for ESXi

Debian for 3CX on MiniPC and How-to prepare an USB key for Installation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 9, 2022

Debian For 3CX

A while back we have reported on a Debian for 3CX in beta. A stripped down version of Debian Linux which runs a PBX software. Today we wanted to report on another news from 3CX which consists of installing the distro on MiniPC. Yes, it can be a low-cost alternative, to run a PBX software […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, How To Tagged With: Debian for 3CX on MiniPC

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