How to reset the root password for PhotonOS (VCSA, vRLI, vROPs, vRA, vRIDM, vRSLCM)
If your root account is locked or you simply forgot your password, I'll show you the steps needed to change your root password on Photon OS appliances. First off, connect to your vSphere Client and open the appliance virtual machine console and go to VM > Power...
Reset Admin Password in VMware Identity Manager (vIDM)
If you experience that your service admin user account gets locked from either entering the incorrect password or maybe through some automated tasks that use the wrong password, you can change your passwords with the following steps. Here you can see that my service...
Replacing of STS Certificate on vCenter Servers 6.x and 7.x
In an environment with a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5.x, 6.7.x or vCenter Server 7.0.x, you can experience that the Security Token Service (STS) signing certificates expiring as soon as two years from the initial deployment. If expired, it can cause that you...
How to fix “Unable to apply DRS resource settings on host” error in vCenter Server and ESXi
If you experience the following error: “Unable to apply DRS resource settings on Host. This can significantly reduce the effectiveness of DRS.” You can either try to fix it by enabling DRS on this cluster (if already enabled, disable it and then re-enable) and with a...
Reload the default or custom certificate in vRealize Operations
If you experience issues with your custom web certificate which has been installed from the Admin UI, you can try the following: Log into the Master node as root via SSH or Console, pressing ALT+F1 in a Console to log in. For vRealize Operations 8.x run the following...
Delete Snapshots with vROps 8.x
In this post, I’ll explain to you how to delete unused snapshots for Virtual Machines in vRealize Operations Manager and reclaim wasted space in your environment. In vROps 8.x there is a "built-in" feature that can be used to control snapshots and reclaim space across...
Free WordPress hosting on Oracle Cloud
If you reading this then you must be wondering how to install WordPress for free and trying to find a solution to host it on a lifetime free hosting server. In this post, I’ll explain to you how to install WordPress on Oracle Cloud easily without having any knowledge...