VMware Compliance Checker for vSphere
Check the compliance of your IT infrastructure against specific standards and best practices that are applicable for the environment. The Compliance Checker is a free, downloadable, fully-functional product for checking compliance of your environment to help you ensure that it remains secure and compliant.You need to download Compliance Checker for…
Citrix launches XenClient 2, new XenClient XT
Citrix is a pioneer in the desktop virtualization market, and this week, the company announced its second generation XenClient and a new product called XenClient XT. What we are taking about here is a bare metal client hypervisor, which enables the kind of desktop virtualization in which multiple virtual machines run…
VMware Horizon App Manager
VMware Horizon App Manager is a pay-for subscription service from VMware ($30 per user, per year) that allows you to extend your \”on premise\” identity (like Active Directory) out to all your external cloud/SaaS apps. When you sign up, VMware gives you a \”Horizon Connector Virtual Appliance\” (in OVA format)…
How do you enable VMware ESX Server to be monitored using SNMP?
How do you enable VMware ESX Server to be monitored using SNMP? To enable SNMP in ESX Server, follow these simple steps: Connect to your server via SSH or go to the server’s console Edit /etc/snmp/snmp.conf and add a community string to the rocommunity value Enable SNMP to start automatically when the…
How do I clear the Java cache?
Clearing the Java Plug-in cache forces the browser to load the latest versions of web pages and programs. To clear the Java Plug-in cache: Click Start > Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Java icon in the control panel. The Java Control Panel appears. 3. Click Settings under Temporary Internet Files.…
KB Article from Vmware for Security bug in ESX 4.1 and ESX4.1
ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 root passwords are authenticated up to only 8 characters Details When you set a password in ESX/ESXi 4.1, the pam_passwdqc plug-in parameter max=nn sets the maximum length allowed for a password. The intended behavior is: For all max values except 8, proposed passwords that exceed the given max value length are…