Software is Always Broken
I’m sitting here watching my iPhone update to iOS 11.0.1. Apple says that there are just a couple of fixes: some security updates and a fix for the Exchange email problems. The update is sure taking a...
View ArticleAdvice On Downgrading Adobe Flash
VMware has a KB article out (linked below) about the Adobe Flash crashes that happen if you’re running the latest version of Flash (27.0.0.170). A lot of us were caught off guard recently when our PCs...
View ArticleFixing Veeam “Can’t Delete Replica When It Is Being Processed” Errors
I’ve used Veeam Backup & Replication for a long time now, and when we restructure storage, redeploy VMs, or change our replication jobs we sometimes get situations where we get the error: Error:...
View ArticleIntel CPU Design Flaw, Performance Degradation, Security Updates
I was just taking a break and reading some tech news and I saw a wonderfully detailed post from El Reg (link below) about an Intel CPU design flaw and impending crisis-level security updates to fix it....
View ArticleShould We Panic About the KPTI/KAISER Intel CPU Design Flaw?
As a followup to yesterday’s post, I’ve been asked: should we panic about the KPTI/KAISER/F*CKWIT Intel CPU design flaw? My answer was: it depends on a lot of unknowns. There are NDAs around a lot of...
View ArticleIntel X710 NICs Are Crap
(I’m grumpy this week and I’m giving myself permission to return to my blogging roots and complain about stuff. Deal with it.) In the not so distant past we were growing a VMware cluster and ordered 17...
View ArticlevSphere 6.7 Will Not Run In My Lab: A Parable
“Hey Bob, I tried installing vSphere 6.7 on my lab servers and it doesn’t work right. You tried using it yet? Been beating my head against a wall here.” “Yeah, I really like it. A lot. Like, resisting...
View ArticleFixing Veeam Backup & Replication Proxy Install Errors
Every once in a while I struggle a little to add a new Veeam Backup & Replication hot-add proxy. If you’re like me and seeing proxy install errors maybe some of these will fix you up. This is what...
View ArticleRetrieve an SSL Certificate from a Server With OpenSSL
I was setting up VMware vRealize Automation’s Active Directory connections the other day and I needed the public SSL certificate for the AD DCs to authenticate correctly. You can use OpenSSL to get...
View ArticleInstall the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Without Ephemeral Port Groups
Trying to install VMware vCenter in appliance/VCSA form straight to a new ESXi host? Having a problem where it isn’t listing any networks, and it’s telling you that “Non-ephemeral distributed virtual...
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