Recently, I was able to get my hands on one of the VMware Cloud Solutions for a project I was working on. This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a while now, and I finally had the prefect use case. While I focused on one particular VMware Cloud Solution, there are several options …
The VMware vSphere Client is one of the key ways in which you will interact with your VMware vSphere environment. Like most VMware products, the vSphere Client has evolved over time. We are going to take a look at the evolution of the vSphere client, and what it means for you as a VMware vSphere …
When it comes to VMware vSphere as a whole, VMware ESXi, or the VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a critical component. Often people ask me “Is ESXi free?” The answer may surprise you, because it is “Yes!” Let’s take a closer look at the requirements and features of the free version of ESXi, and some use …
If you are talking about a vSphere host, you may see or hear people refer to them as ESXi, or sometimes ESX. No, someone didn’t just drop the i, there was a previous version of the vSphere Hypervisor called ESX. You may also hear ESX referred to as ESX classic or ESX full form. …
VMware’s PowerCLI can come in quite handy in a vSphere environment, especially when you are managing a large number of hosts. Sure, you can find sample scripts on the Internet to run, but it is also a good idea to at least get a fundamental understanding of how PowerCLI works. After all, you would not …
Kali Linux is a popular and powerful Linux distribution that comes with many security tools built right in. If you have ever head of BackTrack, BackTrack became Kali Linux in 2013. It is a Debian based distribution. A distribution like Kali is important for security professionals because it comes with so many tools baked …