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Renewing your VCSA web certificate automatically

Graham
In this article I've provided a script which can be used to replace the default SSL certificate on your VCSA with a new signed certificate by your enterprise certificate authority. Further, you can also use this same script to replace your signed certificate, prior to it expiring. Background The manual...
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Speed up your PowerShell scripts

Graham
PowerShell is a necessary part of your toolkit for anyone working on IT infrastructure. Over time your IT environment increases in size, scripts get more dependent upon and consequently need to run much faster. How can I  speed up my PowerShell Scripts? This is a common question, fortunately, with some...
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How to backup VCSA to Photon OS

Graham
Backing up your vCenter Server (VCSA) is key to being able to recover in the event of a failure. VMware provides a built-in backup scheduler in version 6.7 & 7.0 of the VCSA which is a file-level backup of the VCSA's data. Restoring the VCSA is a simple as deploying...
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Setting up and using the Workstation 15 Pro REST API

Graham
I'm a long-time user of Workstation Pro. My main purpose is for labs as I prefer to host them within software than expensive hardware. Hardware is great but there are too many limitations (Initial cost, power, cooling, maintenance, space, patching) and for me, Workstation Pro works perfectly provided that my...