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20 April 2021

Reset upgraded VIDM root password

Recently I ran into an issue with a customer where the vidm root password was lost. There are a couple of blogposts and kb articles that describe how to reset the root password, but in this case it was a bit different. During the upgrade from vidm 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 or 3.3.4, the underlying SLES OS is replaced by Photon....

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31 January 2021

Cumulative Security Update for vRA 7.6

Updated March 9th 2021;March 2021 Platform Security Update, Februari vRA7.6 Hotfix 20. Recently I received a customer question about the installation of a vRA 7.6 Security update. The question was related to the Cumulative Security Update for vRealize Automation 7.6, which is mentioned in VMware KB80044; https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80044 To be honest I was not even aware of the existence of these...

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1 December 2020

Upgrade to VMware Identity Manager (VIDM) 3.3.3 with vRealize LifeCycle Manager (vRSLCM)

VMware released VMware Identity Manager (VIDM) 3.3.3 on the 13th of November (yes.. on a friday for superstitious ;)). Note that newer versions of this product are renamed to Workspace One Access. In the VMware Validated Design (VVD) Documentation, VIDM is often referred to as Workspace One Access. This article describes the upgrade of a single VIDM, non-clustered deployment to...

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26 July 2020

How to setup an SSH keypair for use with vRealize Automation 8 Blueprints

Introduction I have started my career mainly working with Windows as Guest Operating system, but during the years I’ve been using Linux (mainly Red Hat and CentOS and lately Ubuntu) more and more. I am by far a specialist, but I know enough to do the basic setup, install an application, and do some simple configuration stuff. What I like...

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15 July 2020

Change vCenter Identity Source from IWA to LDAPS

Introduction Update 15/11/2021 VMware has just released [VMSA-2021-0025] describing an IWA privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-22048). There will probably be a patch, but the workaround is to use AD over LDAPS authentication or Identity Provider Federation for ADFS if you are on vSphere 7.x. So if you didn’t have time to switch to one of these methodes, now is the time...

vCenter/vSphere Comments: 6

13 July 2020

Upgrade to vROPS 8.1.1 with vRealize LifeCycle Manager

VMware released vRealize Operations Manager 8.1.1. This is a maintenance release which resolves a few important security and functionality issues identified in the product. The release notes can be found here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations-Manager/8.1.1/rn/vRealize-Operations-Manager-811.html Just like with the vRLI 8.1.1 release, you need to update vRSLCM with a Product Support Pack, which is 8.1.0.2 in this case. You may have received a...

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28 June 2020

Configure Compliance Monitoring with vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS)

Introduction Many organizations have the requirement to comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations. The fastest way to set this up for your vSphere environment is to use PowerCLI scripts. Configuring these settings is only part of the solution; after that you will have to monitor and report on Compliance. This is where vROPS comes to the rescue! The option...

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30 May 2020

Upgrade to vRealize Log Insight 8.1.1 with vRealize LifeCycle Manager

VMware just release vRealize Log Insight 8.1.1, which is a maintenance release that includes security fixes to resolve CVE-2020-3953 (See VMSA-2020-0007 and updates (see KB79258). According to the release notes, this release also helps you leverage the benefits of community supported content packs. Since I use vRSLCM to manage the lifecycle of my vRealize components I hit Check Patches Online...

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21 May 2020

vRSLCM 8.1 Patch 1

Today May 22nd 2020, VMware has released Patch 1 for vRealize LifeCycle Manager (vRSLCM) 8.1. The release notes can be found here: [link]. So what is new? Not that much to the eye, mainly some fixes around vRA that might be usefull for your situation: Scale-out of Patched Environments [link]. See screenshot at the end. Integration Improvements between vRealize Automation...

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5 April 2020

vRA8 Infoblox Integration

Update: 04-may-2020; updates links/versions. This article describes the basic setup for the vRA 8 Infoblox integration. Official VMware documentation about this topic can be found at the following link: “Add an external IPAM integration point in vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly” [link]. Infoblox has written a Deployment Guide which can be found here [link]. The new v1.1 vRA Infoblox Plugin can...

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