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Part 21: HOW TO: Deploy and Install VMware vSphere vCenter Server 7.0 (VCSA 7.0)

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

In this video, I will show you how to Deploy and Install the VMware vSphere vCenter Server 7.0 (VCSA 7.0), with some helpful tips along the way.

For more guidance and a step by step tutorial with screenshots, which supports this video, please see the following article which this video is based on HOW TO: Deploy and Install VMware vSphere vCenter Server 7.0 (VCSA 7.0)

Video Steps

1. Pre-requisites.

Download the VMware-VCSA-all-x.y.z-abcdefg.iso (DVD image) from VMware and before you start allocate a static IP Address for vCenter Server 7.0 and create an A Record in DNS

2. Mount the ISO.

Mount the ISO, and browse to the folder – vcsa-ui-installer\win32 on the DVD, click the installer.exe file to start the installation of VMware vCenter Server 7.0. There is an OVA present in the ISO. vCenter Server is not designed to be deployed from the OVA. Use the vcsa-ui-installer.

3. Follow the wizard.

Ensure to use a hostname, and FQDN, you did create an A Record in DNS before you started the installation?

4. Configuring VMware vCenter Server 7.0..

Click Continue to proceed with Stage 2 of the deployment process.

5. Connecting to vCenter Server 7.0.

Click the FQDN URL, to access vCenter Server using the vSphere Web Client..

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Part 8: HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Windows on a VMware Windows virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) Host Server

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

In this video, I will show you HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Windows on a VMware Windows virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) Host Server, using the VMware Host Client. The virtual machine has Windows Server 2019 installed.

For more guidance and a step by step tutorial with screenshots, which supports this video, please see the following article which this video is based on HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Windows on a VMware Windows virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) Host Server

Tags: CDROM, datastore, DVDROM, ESXi 7 0 U2, ESXi 7.0, ISO, MD5, microsoft, Virtual Machine, VM, VMFS, VMware Toools, VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7 0 Update 2, Windows 2019
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HOW NOT TO: Compromise your VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0 by adding to Microsoft Active Directory

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

In this video presentation which is part of the Hancock’s VMware Half Hour I will show you HOW NOT TO: Compromise your VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0 by adding to Microsoft Active Directory. I will demonstrate the exposure, and discuss how to avoid it.

In this video demonstration the ESXi servers are ESXi ARM 7.0, but the same functionality has been built into ESXi since 5.1.

On the 29th July 2024, Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in ESXi hypervisors being exploited by several ransomware operators to obtain full administrative permissions on domain-joined ESXi hypervisors.

this publication is here – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/29/ransomware-operators-exploit-esxi-hypervisor-vulnerability-for-mass-encryption/

VMware vExperts – Christian Mohn wrote about it here – VMware vSphere CVE-2024-37085 – A Nothing Burger

and Bob Plankers goes into more detail here – Thoughts on CVE-2024-37085 & VMSA-2024-0013

Please have a read of these publications.

Broadcom have issued updates and fixes to vSphere 7.0 and 8.0, and VCF 4.x and 5.x only. There is no security update for 6.7.

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505

Tags: CVE-2024-37085, Experts Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory, NSX, vExpert, VMware, VMware IT Academy, vSphere 7, vSphere 8
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17 More badges earned from @RealTryHackMe in 3 months!

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

So I’m trying to build up a 180 day hacking streak at TryHackMe, so in the last 3 months, I’ve earned a total of 17 New Badges! and here they all are!