How to Fix ESXi Host Freezes and Unresponsive VMs After Windows Server 2025 Update If you’re running Windows Server 2025 virtual machines on VMware ESXi, you may encounter issues where the ESXi host begins freezing, VMs become unresponsive, or performance degrades after applying recent Windows updates. This is known issue and has reported across lab, […]
Troubleshooting VMware ESXi: Fixing the CVE-2024-37085 Vulnerability & Storage/Path Issues Introduction As infrastructure engineers managing large VMware environments (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter), staying ahead of both security vulnerabilities and storage/path performance issues is critical. In this article we’ll cover two major problem-areas The highly publicized CVE‑2024‑37085 vulnerability (domain-joined ESXi hosts) Common storage / All Path Down
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How to Upgrade VMware ESXi Host from 7.0.3 to 8.0.3: Step-by-Step Guide Upgrading VMware ESXi host from version 7.0.3 to 8.0.3 is a crucial step in maintaining a secure, efficient, and modern virtualization infrastructure. If you manage VMware environments in enterprises or service delivery setups, this upgrade ensures compatibility with vCenter Server 8.0 Update 3,
How to Upgrade VMware vCenter 7.0.3 to 8.0.3 ? Upgrading VMware vCenter 7.0.3 to 8.0.3 is two-stage process. In first stage, download the vCenter 8.0.3 ISO and run the GUI installer from management server where existing vCenter 7.0.3 and VAMI is accessible to deploy new vCenter Server 8.0.3 appliance using a temporary IP address. In
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n w Essential tools and commands for VMware vulnerability scanning VMware environments require specialized tools and commands for effective vulnerability scanning. Here is an overview of the leading tools, commands, and best practices for detecting security gaps in ESXi hosts, vCenter, and VMware Tools in 2025. Top Vulnerability Scanning Tools Tenable Nessus: Powerful for scanning
VMware Security Update: Broadcom Releases Critical Fixes for Aria Operations & VMware Tools (VMSA-2025-0015) Published: September 30, 2025 Broadcom has released a new security advisory VMSA-2025-0015, addressing multiple vulnerabilities discovered in VMware Aria Operations, VMware Tools, and related platforms including VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Telco Cloud. These vulnerabilities, reported privately to Broadcom, have been
VMSA-2025-0016, which addresses multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter, NSX including CVE-2025-41250, CVE-2025-41251, CVE-2025-41252. Published: September 30, 2025 Broadcom has issued a new VMware Security Advisory (VMSA-2025-0016) addressing multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Server, NSX, Cloud Foundation, and related platforms. These flaws could allow attackers to exploit authentication weaknesses, manipulate system notifications, and enumerate usernames,
If you are encountering the error “SSM Agent is offline” on windows instance, it usually means AWS Systems Manager can’t communicate with your instance. The common culprits include the SSM Agent service being stopped or outdated, missing or incorrect IAM role, blocked outbound HTTPS access, proxy, firewall issues, time sync errors, or disk problems. This
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What Is a Standard Switch and Distributed Switch in VMware vSphere When you set up VMware’s ESXi hypervisors and vCenter, networking between virtual machines (VMs) and hosts is handled by virtual switches. There are two main types of virtual switches in VMware environment: vSphere Standard Switch (VSS), also called “Standard Switch” vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS),
Introduction Keeping Windows Servers updated is a critical task for security and stability, but frequent reboots cause downtime and disrupt services. What if many of those updates could be applied without restarting the server? That’s exactly what hotpatching enables. In this article, we’ll explore how hotpatching in Windows Server 2025, combined with Azure Arc, lets
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