Not everyone uses a MAC, for the windows users out there, lets look at an alternative to store and use credentials in a safe manner. Store Credentials Use Credentials Security Notes: On Windows operating systems, “user context” refers to the…
Although SSH should be disabled on all ESXi hosts as a security standard, there are many instances where it needs to be open. Troubleshooting is one of them. To be able to start and stop the SSH service on all…
Instead of having to enter the username and passwords every time you are running a script it is a good idea to create a credentials file and encrypt it on your system. Create encrypted file This creates a file C:\vCenterCredentials.xml…
A prevalent task for a VMware admin is to power down VM X and add more CPU or RAM to the VM. Infrastructure as code enthusiasts suggest that any operation performed manually should be automated. Let us look at how…
