In a previous article, we talked about how to get SSH command line access in ESX 4.0. Well, now that you’ve got the access, what are you going to do with it? I use VMware Sphere for most of my administration, but every now and again I like to use the command line [...]
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VMware Sphere is all well and good until you have ten or more ESX servers that you need to manage. Then it can be quite a drag to use the GUI to log in to each host and take care of business. In addition, VMware Sphere doesn’t yet support Linux… so if you’re [...]
So you’re logged into a server remotely and you have no idea what kind of machine it is… If it’s a Dell, there’s a fairly easy way to get the service tag as long as you have root or administrator access. Here’s how!
The times they are a changin’.
In the past, we’ve been told by those in the know that VMware virtual machines should allow their time updates to be provided by VMware tools instead of NTP. Not so anymore. VMware’s official stance now is: “In all cases use NTP instead of VMware Tools periodic time synchronization.”
Core Security has reported today that several VMware virtualization products allow hosts to be vulnerable to attack from guests if you’ve enabled folder sharing. This exploitation can take place whether or not the user has physical access to the machine. From my understanding, all operating systems for both hosts and guests are [...]