Author Archives: brian.wuchner

PowerCLI 6.3 R1 unable to connect to vCenter after TLS change

Posted on March 6, 2017 by brian.wuchner

I recently upgraded my lab to vSphere 6.0 Update 3 and then used the vSphereTLSReconfigurator to only allow TLSv1.2 as described in this KB article https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2148819. After completing this change, I noticed that my PowerCLI 6.3 R1 machine could no … Continue reading →

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Build Your Own Two Factor Authentication Server

Posted on September 19, 2016 by brian.wuchner

I was recently working with Horizon View and VMware Identity Manager in a lab environment. To recreate a specific issue, I needed to enable two-factor authentication. I found a great article describing how to setup RADIUS with Google Authenticator to … Continue reading →

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Lab template: CentOS 7.2

Posted on September 19, 2016 by brian.wuchner

Recently I’ve been working in a couple of different / disconnected labs. This means I’m managing a couple copies of all my templates manually. Sometimes its hard to find the right section of my notes depending on when/where I’m working … Continue reading →

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Lab template: Ubuntu 16.04

Posted on September 19, 2016 by brian.wuchner

Recently I’ve been working in a couple of different / disconnected labs. This means I’m managing a couple copies of all my templates manually. Sometimes its hard to find the right section of my notes depending on when/where I’m working … Continue reading →

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Reload syslog configuration on ESXi

Posted on June 13, 2016 by brian.wuchner

I recently updated Log Insight to version 3.3.2 in my lab. After selecting the appropriate PAK file, the UI displayed a warning containing the following text: Note that certain builds of ESXi need to have their syslog configuration reloaded after … Continue reading →

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