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How to reset the ESXi root password?

Posted by: Karl Widmer Categories: Karl Widmer
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This post was originally published on this siteWhen I check my blog, I can see the last post from February 2022. That’s a long time ago already! Time to write something, isn’t it? Back in the days when I was working as a Systems Engineer for an IT service provider, it was much easier to […]

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Deploying a Windows VM using vRealize Automation & configuring with SaltStack Config – Part 2

Posted by: admin Categories: Dean Lewis
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This post was originally published on this siteThe first blog post of this two part series covered getting our vRealize Automation and SaltStack Config environments prepared, a Windows Server template prepared, and a testing a successful deployment that has the SaltStack minion installed. In this second part, we’ll now focus on setting up out state […]

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Deploying a Windows VM using vRealize Automation & configuring with SaltStack Config – Part 1

Posted by: admin Categories: Dean Lewis
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This post was originally published on this siteIn this two-part blog post series, I’m going to detail what I consider a basic customer use case when deploying new Windows Servers in their environment. Deploy a Windows Server Virtual Machine Add to the Active Directory Domain Install software Configure some system settings To achieve this, I’m […]

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A debugging example of Salt Win-Repo issues

Posted by: admin Categories: Dean Lewis
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This post was originally published on this siteThe Issue I was hitting issues when trying to use the Salt Win-Repo to install software. Below is a copy of my state file. ensure_malwarebytes_installed: pkg.installed: – pkgs: – malwarebytes It would fail with the below helpful error messages. But most importantly, I’d check the minion, to find […]

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