VCSA 6.5 -> 6.7 upgrade — Failed to authenticate with guest
Jul18

VCSA 6.5 -> 6.7 upgrade — Failed to authenticate with guest

Posted By on Jul 18, 2018

During a VCSA upgrade I came across a weird issue with the root account password being both expired and not expired depending on who you ask!

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Building a new lab host – Intel E5-2670 and 128GB of RAM
Oct09

Building a new lab host – Intel E5-2670 and 128GB of RAM

Posted By on Oct 9, 2016

Hi all!  I apologize for not posting more often!  I have been working on a lot of new, interesting things but haven’t had a whole lot of time to write about it. You might remember my previous ESXi host build: Lenovo TS140 as ESXi and NAS box – with a twist!  The transplanted Lenovo TS140 has served me well – it still performs great and didn’t break the bank.  The specifications of that server are: Lenovo TS140...

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