Just a really quick post about a feature thats due to come out soon likely when NSX-T 3.2 drops. I recently updated my vCenter to the latest release 7.0.3 with it you will see a new feature in the shortcuts menu. Thats right NSX from inside the vCenter, if we click the shortcut we get […]
Category: vCenter
vCenter Patching
Intro I’ll confess I don’t recall ever patching a vCenter in this way before but since I’ve been doing design and build work now for nearly 15 years it’s not surprising that normal BAU work has eluded me. The Steps The first step before is obviously to acquire the patch to do so go to […]
Appliance (OS) root password expired
I’m in the process of upgrading my lab vCenter appliances to 6.7 U3a, part of the process is to run a pre-upgrade check, the result of which gave me the following warning. So how do I change the root password? I am still able to login to the Appliance web portal via https://FQDN-or-IP:5480 for example […]
Configure vCenter Backup
Intro I thought I’d post a quick guide on how to configure backups on a vCenter, this is not particularly complicated but since I will be updating my lab and this is a necessary step for obvious reasons I figured there was no harm in blogging the process. In order to backup my vCenter I […]