VCF, backup configuration
Backup implementation for VMware component is fairly easy. Just the requirements is to configure SFTP server in proper way and make it network available to the VMware components. SDDC Manager and NSX Manager backup In VCF Operations it is possible to configure backup for SDDC Manager and NSX Manager. Go …
VCF Automation, fresh environment configuration with identity providers and access control.
Introduction Login Login as user admin to the Organization name: system or if selected manual: Check the connections (in Administration section), where you should see connection to the vCenter and NSX-t manager as those are provided automatically via VCF Operations: the same for VCF Instances: Also check your networking: Identity …
VCF SoS
SoS (Supportability and Serviceability) command can be used for troubleshooting purpose to generate VCF (per component) log bundle, massively enable/disable ssh service on ESXi, vCenter, password and certificates expiry status, verify cluster health and many other. while troubleshooting, the following commands can be helpful:
Linux text manipulation
This article will grow over time Definition Command 1 Remove all comments including empty line (comments with ; and # like in samba.conf) egrep -v ‘^[[:space:]]*$|^ *#|^ *;’ /etc/samba/smb.conf 2 Find all file with some extension and remove it one by one; works for gnu xargs; 0 argument to properly …
Migrate WordPress site to another hosting service.
IntroductionThis article details the migration of WordPress site (exactly this site you are now on) from one service provider to Amazon Lightsail. There might be various reason to do that (mine is outlined below) but in general I hope to share the message that especially with WordPress, migration can be …
VMware Workstation and Fusion can be installed and use for free (even for the enterprise)
For a while now, the VMware Workstation (and Fusion for MacOS) can be used without any additional fee for Personal use. That was a great Broadcom news and nice gesture from that software vendor. Recently Broadcom announced that the software will be available for all, even the commercial sector. This …
Salt, VMware implementation – part 1, introduction
As every IT administrator knows, the infrastructure (meaning storages, compute, VMware virtualisation stack) is just a fundaments to run various operating systems (OS) and finally (containerized) application. Therefore, installation of (let’s call it) infrastructure in the datacenter (SDDC), in that sense is just the beginning of the adventure. No wonder, …
Search for duplicated files
This will be short (but hopefully I will find more time to show entire process to search duplicated files together with some examples). In case you are searching for duplicated files I can recommend two software which actually rocks in openSource world
NFS issue, cannot be mounted or is not visible
The same kind of issue I have encountered numerous times while working across different environments and with various customers. The problem with NFS mounts connected from remote locations is so common. This issue extends beyond communication solely over WAN and also include connections between datacenters (DC) where we lack control …
Why Firefox is important and people should use this browser in 2024, my thoughts.
Can you remember the times when everyone was using Internet Explorer? Back in the ’90s and the early part of this century, Internet Explorer dominated the browser market. Software Incompatibility with Other Browsers Incompatibility issues with software and other browsers have been a persistent problem. Even in 2022, this remains …