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It’s finally here! VMware finally allows you to leverage Azure AD as a primary Identity Provider (IdP). Today we are going to cover the steps to setup VMware vCenter SSO Integration with Azure AD (Entra ID). Using Azure AD as… Continue Reading
If you manage a VMware environment it might be helpful to know how to get ESXi server uptime. You may notice that there is a simple way to check uptime via the browser, but that only works on a handful… Continue Reading
If you’re running a VMware environment you might be wondering if there was a way to use PowerCLI To Check VMware Tools Status. The reason for checking it through the command line is so you can check the virtual machines… Continue Reading
It’s always a good idea to get a high level overview of what’s going on with your VMware environment. When it comes to VMs, the command Get-VM, has a lot of useful information regarding your virtual machines. Today we’re going… Continue Reading
Not too long ago I was setting up a test ESXi 6.0 environment on an Intel NUC, I found that I could not create a datastore using the vSphere user interface. The error: Call “HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi… Continue Reading
If you have Microsoft SQL hosting your VMware vCenter database you might have run into this problem after you’ve installed VMware Update Manager. The problem here is that the service account currently doesn’t have permissions to access the database. If… Continue Reading
I recently asked myself what was the easiest way to get all VMware snapshots and came across a quick and easy way using Powershell and the PowerCLI module. Get All VMware Snapshots using PowerCLI You’re going to have to download… Continue Reading
In this quick post I’ll show you how to find the current vCenter version using VMware.PowerCLI module for Powershell. vCenter version using VMware.PowerCLI And that’s it. Now you know how to find the vCenter version using VMware.PowerCLI. Don’t forget to… Continue Reading
The automation of vSphere tasks coupled with the power of Powershell can make any VMware administrator’s job that much easier. In this article I’ll go over step by step how to Install VMware PowerCLI module on your client machine so… Continue Reading
I ran into this problem recently on my Windows 10 laptop where VMWare Workstation Player not showing bridged network adapters. Therefore, I was unable to connect my VM to my actual network and use network resources. After searching around in… Continue Reading