News – CTOBOB

Time to update your VMware ESXi 8 for security reasons!

Everyone updates their VMware build on a regular basis. Right? Hum.. well.. maybe now is the time to get all those hosts (servers) patched! Name: VMware-VMvisor-Installer-8.0U2b-23305546.x86_64.iso Release Date: 2024-02-29 Build Number: 23305546 Latest version of VMWare ESXi fixed some USB related security holes The products affected by CVE-2024-22252, CVE-2024-22253, CVE-2024-22254 and CVE-2024-22255 include: To get…

Goodbye VMware it’s been productive!

First came the rumors. Then the sale of VMware to Broadcom. With it came a giant stick to the ecosystem’s wheel. VMware Essentials was promptly removed from the online store. The perpetual licenses sales were suspended. The manufacturers began sending it notices that vSphere was no longer a SKU for new servers. WTF, right? In…

Amazon Best Selling Author and respected technology expert, Bob Pellerin “CTOBOB”, has released his latest book, “AI Business Strategies: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence as a Competitive Advantage”

Bob Pellerin draws on his extensive experience working in leadership roles on AI projects since 2004 to provide readers with a comprehensive guide on how to use AI to gain a competitive edge, increase efficiency, and boost profitability. As an active contributor to AI innovator, Vocodia.com, Pellerin has seen first-hand the benefits of leveraging artificial…

Microsoft 365 to start rejecting emails from on-premise unpatched Exchange servers.

Back in March 2023 Microsoft quietly mentioned that it would begin actively blocking inbound emails from on-premise exchange servers in order to maintain a certain level of security. Although more or us have moved to the cloud based solutions, if you still have an old(er) Exchange server running now may be the time to read…

VMware vSphere ESXi 8 update 1 is out!

We are urging everyone to take this milestone to upgrade your VMware vSphere environment. Build 21495797 was just released! New Features Supervisor Services are now available on VDS based Supervisors – Previously the avalaiblity of Supervisor Services was restricted to NSX based Supervisors only. With the current release, you can deploy Harbor, Contour, S3 object…

Reset VCSA VMware vSphere vCenter 7 root password

How do you reset your root password for VMware vSphere vCenter 7 VCSA if it has expired on you? This appears to be common as we all mainly use [email protected] to log in, so the root password isn’t used that much. I get it. you forgot to change it within the 90 days. Now what?…