Updated on 2022-09-30 Mandiant discovered new espionage-related malware families—VIRTUALPITA and VIRTUALPIE—targeting VMware ESXi, Windows virtual machines, and Linux vCenter servers— to gain persistent administrative access. Read more: Bad VIB(E)s Part One: Investigating Novel Malware Persistence Within ESXi Hypervisors Overview Mandiant discovered a new persistence technique used against VMWare ESXi systems where threat actors gained access …
You are more likely using VMware or Hyper-V if running virtual machines in the organization. Due to increasing number of Hyper-V users, you will need suitable and effective method to backup Hyper-V virtual machines as preventive measure for data protection against data threats. Backup and replicate Hyper-V virtual machines allow you to roll back in …
Updated on 2022-10-04: Lazarus Hacker Group Targets MacOS Users Through Crypto Jobs North Korean hackers the Lazarus Group are now targeting Apple macOS users with fake and unsolicited crypto job ads containing malware, which then attacks its victims. The group’s phishing campaign reportedly only targets Mac users, so far… Other victims have been contacted with …
This article will guide you on how to create different types of Virtual Switches in Hyper-V host and configure VMs to use the newly created Virtual Switches as per requirement. The steps given in this article applies to Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016.
Question When migrating VMWare virtual machine from Compellent SAN to new Dell PowerStore SAN, a minimum requirement of ESX 6.7 Update 1 on the host in order to do an Agentless Import. The ESXi installation is on SD Card. I will be upgrading the hosts (three) and vSphere to Version 7 beforehand. I have questions …
Question I am running vSphere Client version 7.0.1 with VMware ESXi, 6.7.0. I’d like to know how Storage, RAM and CPU are taken away from resources from host. I want understand how to plan for future VMs and how do I know when I need to add more Host? The detail environment about 3 ESXi …
Question When I try to unmount a datastore from the ESXi host using vSphere Web Client, an error about resource datastore is in use is showing. How can I determine what is causing the datastore to be busy? How do I unmount a datastore from ESXi Host in the vSphere Web Client when getting an …
In 2020, many organizations spun up new technologies and rolled out new processes to enable their employees to stay connected and productive while working remotely for what they thought was a finite period of time. Now, however, both employers and employees are realizing the benefits that a distributed workforce model, with people working in multiple …
Problem Symptom When attempting to install Windows 11 on ESX for example vSphere 6.7, error “This PC can’t run Windows 11” will show and prevent to proceed the installation. “This PC can’t run Windows 11” error probably caused by the installation environment not fulfill the RAM, CPU, or storage requirements especially TPM 2.0 chip. You …
Problem Symptom I’ve set the PowerChute Virtual Appliance and it works. I need to shut down the VM but can’t find the way how. The Console asks for Credentials but the only ones I have are those used to access the Web Page of the PowerChute which don’t work. The Web Page itself doesn’t list …
Problem Symptom: Rebooting production servers is always a difficult and complicated process. If you upgrade the VMware Tools from vSphere using Automatic Upgrade option, it will reboot the production server after upgrade completed. This article will show you how to prevent server from reboot automatically after VMware Tools upgrade completed.
Problem: “vSphere HA initiated a virtual machine failover action” or “HA initiated a failover action in cluster” configuration issues warning message keep showing on one of the clusters. All hosts in the cluster running fine and there is no HA error in logs too. No server was rebooted and fewer chances of host isolation since …
Inside this article, discover the many different approaches to managing VDI deployments available today – and learn how the right tools and infrastructure choices can make scalability, unexpected outages, and demand spikes easier to handle.
To maintain valuable data centre infrastructure, organizations are turning to hybrid IT strategies. But before seeing the benefits, businesses must first integrate their on-premises data centres with the off-premise cloud. This article identifies and solves 5 common data centre extension challenges organizations face.
In the early 2000s, healthcare institutions rushed to the cloud—but the cloud migration rush slowed its pace in the industry due to concerns over security and compliance. Today, with a hybrid cloud environment, healthcare institutions can safely and reliably use the cloud. Learn more about healthcare’s cloud journey in this article.
