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New NSX-T 3.1 Vulnerability (7.5 out of 10)

Team: Real quick! VMware announce a newly discovered vulnerability in NSX-T 3.1 that weighs in at a base score of 7.5 of 10 in CSSSv3, giving it an ‘Important’ label. This particular exploit will allow unauthorized privilege escalation through the local ‘guest’ account. The Workaround Luckily, this one doesn’t make you jump through hoops, stand …

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VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2  – Native Key Provider

Team! Two days ago VMware announced that vSphere 7.0 Update 2 is now generally available! This release is packed with a bunch of great features, as always! There’s one the really hit home with me too. I’ve already had a few discussions with some people about it and, for me, the introduction of the Native …

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VMware vCenter, VCF, and ESXi Critical/Important Vulnerabilities

Team! Hey everyone! It’s Monday, but for some reason I already thought it was Tuesday. Must be one of those weeks already! ? A lot of talk regarding security recently. Whether it’s additional findings and what’s to come of the SolarWinds breach, another side-channel attack in Intel processors, or these critical and important vulnerabilities found …

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vSAN 7.0 Update 1 – Shared Witness for Two-Node Clusters

Team! It’s Sunday! Super Bowl Sunday, to be exact. And what better way to spend Super Bowl Sunday than to sit down at the computer and type up an article about VMware’s vSAN. Glad we’re on the same page with that one! For those that don’t know me, I love vSAN. I vouch for this …

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vCenter 7.0 Update 1c Feature – Advanced Cross-vCenter vMotion

Team! A few weeks ago, vCenter 7.0 Update 1c was released. Let’s talk about one of the features that it contains a little bit as it’s a much needed, wanted, and anticipated feature in vCenter. I’m referring to Advanced Cross vCenter vMotion, of course! This is a productization of the infamous Cross vCenter Workload Migration …

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