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VMware on AWS Quick Hits

Posted on August 31, 2017 by josh@sostechblog.com

vSphere plus SDDC Manager (VMware Cloud Foundation) plus NSX-V hosted on bare-metal at   AWS. VMware manages hardware account and bills you (separate from any AWS account you have) 4 nodes to start – each 2 socket/36 core, 512GB RAM, … Continue reading →

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VMware AppDefense Quick Hits

Posted on August 30, 2017 by josh@sostechblog.com

Brought to you by the NSBU at VMware, home of NSX-V, NSX-T, VRNI. Cloud-based with a local “proxy” (assuming local need). Developer-focuses with tie-ins to development stream to track changes. Supports Windows 2012, 2012R2, 2016 with *nix support coming. Loads … Continue reading →

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Copy and Paste

Posted on July 12, 2011 by josh@sostechblog.com

In previous version of vSphere/ESX you could disable copy/paste when using the vSphere client by adding to lines to the advanced options of the VM: isolation.tools.copy.enable false isolation.tools.paste.enable false Note tho that with 4.1 copy/paste is disabled by default (see … Continue reading →

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ESXi Lockdown Mode

Posted on February 17, 2011 by josh@sostechblog.com

Lockdown is a new feature for VMware ESXi 4.x. It adds security by restricting access to your ESXi hosts to either the root user on the local console or from a vCenter management server. With Lockdown enabled, the vSphere client … Continue reading →

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