Hi everyone, Here is how I upgraded my NSX-T deployment from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1. If you tried to in-place update a NSX-T Host that has multiple host switches, you will get an error. You can use this trick to get around this limitation. First, we log into the NSX-T Manager, and go to the Upgrade tab under system. Here, we …

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Hi everyone, In this post, we will be deploying a PyKMIP server that stores its keys in a database. Unlike the docker container, the keys will be saved so on a reboot your keys are not lost. So what exactly is this for? Well, in my use-case, I will be using this server to encrypted virtual machine files and drives. For …

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Hi everyone, A blog post on a different topic this time. I was a Content Engineer for the Hilltop CTF event. Write-up for the Fuzz challenge. Challenge name: Fuzz Creator: MasterWayZ Category: Analysis/Fuzzing Summary: The user is given a URL to look at: http://shellserver1.hilltopctf.masterwayz.nl:5876/ How-To: Using …

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Hi everyone, Sadly during server maintenance, the contents of this blog posts were corrupted. For now, I will link you all to a TechZone article that explain you what to do. A video on this will be coming soon once I get to it. My apologies!

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Hi everyone, Time for a new blog post about the adventure I’ve been having for the past two days. On June 2nd, my server, a DL380G6 started to suddenly take-off. The fans were roaring at 70%, and the temperature sensor near the PCI Riser was showing 110 C. Of course this is not supposed to happen, in this blog post, I …

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Hi all! This post will be about the current state (05/20/2020 06/04/2020) of my home lab. Please keep in mind that I also have two ESXi hosts that I rent from a datacenter in Germany that I partially use for my home lab (though they are nowhere near as powerful as my home server). Here are some pictures: The black …

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Hi everyone, A few days ago, I was surprised with a Twitter DM from the VMUG Advantage Twitter account. It turns out, that secretly, Heath Johnson from VMware has been in touch with the VMUG Advantage team about me without telling me. I’m not sure how he managed to pull it off, but VMUG Advantage and me and partnering …

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Hi everyone, Here’s a quick tip for the home lab people with old servers that can’t afford to get new hardware (like me). It seems like that you can override the installer terminating when an unsupported CPU is detected. What you need to do, is when booting from the ESXi ISO, press SHIFT+O, and type in: …

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Hi everyone, In this post I’d like to make a highlight of a piece of software I have been using called 4K Video Downloader. This program is very useful to download videos from sites such as YouTube and Twitch. However, it can download from many more and even playlists! You can get started with the program here. ( …

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Hi everyone, You may have noticed that my blog has gone very quiet recently. For who asked, I didn’t make it into the vExpert 2020 program. On a more recent note: COVID-19 is getting a real challenge. Right now I sit at home, in self-isolation and things are very, very boring. For now I’m still free of the virus and …

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