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News of the week, have you been affected by Heartbleed? This seems to be the only thing on everyones mind right now, even some of my completely non techie friends have been asking me. So what is this all about Neil, I am worried about it and how it affects me. Its amazing how much interest there is in this issue and so there should be it is very serious. There has been some interesting advice from the paranoid, do not use the internet anymore or until everything is patched, however I have taken a different approach. Firstly as a techie I know that software isn’t perfect, lets face it what is. So for my entire online life which spans over 2 decades I have tarn a proactive approach, rather than being too cautions understand the risks and managing them accordingly. I use a proper password management service and try and ensure that all of my accounts have unique and as complex as they will allow passwords. This limits the attack surface of any potential hacker as we know as it means that he will not gain access to any other system based off a single system hack.
So what do I tell my customers. Well firstly they should not panic. I work with all of my customers to ensure that their systems are in good shape and adequately up to date with patches specifically security patches. As organisation do, we discuss security on a regular basis and their defence in depth approach is always looked at to ensure it is capable and adequate. When an issue such as this arises we ascertain the potential products that are at risk and then ascertain the risk level. Based on that we come up with an action plan which would take into account many factors including how important the system is, can we take it offline and many other things.
So the key is preparation, planning and above all do not have a knee jerk reaction, take a good look at the issue and analyse it with the correct intent for your organisations assets and provide recommendations based on that.
Our official KB for this issue is reflected here and I suggest that you have a look at the affected products and discuss how this may relate to your individual organisations circumstances and adopt a security posture to this issue accordingly.
VMware Response to OpenSSL security issue CVE-2014-0160/CVE-2014-0346 a.k.a: "Heartbleed" (2076225)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2076225
Have a great week everyone.
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Neil Isserow
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- VMware vCloud Blog: Hybrid Cloud: A New Way of Thinking About Disaster Recovery (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3339)Protecting business applications against outages, failures, disasters and other causes of downtime is a top priority for many organizations, but as we discussed in our last blog , not all companies have the budget, expertise, time or staff to spare to improve their IT resiliency. For organizations that do have DR services in place, the challenge lies in maintaining the solution on an ongoing basis – this has led many to look into refreshing their options, in order to cut on spending and leverage existing…
- VMwareTV: VMware Horizon Strategy: Delivering the Secure Virtual Workspace (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:lDg1X-aQeSA)VMware Horizon Strategy: Delivering the Secure Virtual Workspace IT must evolve to keep up with the explosion of applications in the enterprises to come. With VMware Horizon™ Suite, IT can provide a single, secure virtual ... From: VMware Views: 1084 2 ratings Time: 06:51 More in Science & Technology
External Bloggers
- Updating LSI firmware through the ESXi commandline (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14773)I received an email this week from one of my readers / followers on twitter who had gone through the effort of upgrading his LSI controller firmware. He shared the procedure with me as unfortunately it wasn’t well documented. I hope this will help others in the future, I know it will help me as […] " Updating LSI firmware through the ESXi commandline " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- VSAN for ROBO? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14762)I noticed this new SuperMicro VSAN Ready Node being published last week. The configuration is potentially a nice solution for ROBO deployments, primarily due to the cost of the system. Supermicro SuperServer SYS-1018D-73MTF latest addition to @VMwareVSAN vSAN Ready line-up – http://t.co/G07r0InPpspic.twitter.com/p9gz3yRF4S— Supermicro (@Supermicro_SMCI) April 4, 2014 When I did the math it […] " VSAN for ROBO? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- Love Isilon? Want to play? Merry Xmas! (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2014/04/love-isilon-want-to-play-merry-xmas.html)A partner was looking for a robust NFS server stack they could use for various nefarious purposes, and asked for Isilon. We can’t ship nodes, but it’s widely known we have a VSA version. Can it be shared? YES. “As...
- Post Top vBlog 2014 notes (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=4700)Another year, another top blog voting in the books. I’m glad I only do this once a year as the entire process from start to finish is long, tedious and very time-consuming. Now that it’s over I can finally start playing the new Diablo 3 expansion I got last week. Here’s some general notes on [...]
- Technology Short Take #40 (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3428)This is Technology Short Take #40, the latest in my series of articles with links, thoughts, rants, and raves about various data center-related technologies. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Technology Short Take #40
- VCDX Candidate Tips from Down Under Part 1 (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=3322)I read a couple of good articles recently from VCDX candidates that defended at Frimley in the UK. One successful, and one not successful on this occasion. Both articles Extra VCDX Experience Achievement Unlocked by Gregg Robertson and VCDX Recipe for Success by Rene Van Den Bedem (VCDX-133) offer valuable insights. I thought it was worthwhile repeating the comment I […]
- Using DB Replay to Test Performance and Scalability of Oracle Databases (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=3310)There are a number of tools available that can assist with testing performance and scalability of Oracle Databases and their platforms including Swingbench, HammerDB, Benchmark Factory for Databases, Apache JMeter, HP Load Runner (with SiteScope) and others. These all do a pretty good job and I’ve used them all at different times for different reasons. But if […]
- VMware announces VMware Horizon 6 (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=12261)“VMware to the power of 6” That’s how, a few minutes ago, VMware announced VMware Horizon 6, the next step in VMware VDI solutions. It is an integrated solution that delivers published applications and desktops on a single platform. Horizon 6 is a complete desktop solution with centralized management of any type of enterprise application and desktop, including physical desktops and laptops, virtual desktops and applications and employee-owned PCs. A complete solution with capabilities in application…
- Nutanix has never lost data… and here is why! (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=6182)One of the things Nutanix is particularly proud of is to be able to say that no customer data has ever been lost or damaged due to system or component failures. This is a big achievement for any storage solution vendor. However, please note that despite me personally having done the research and internal questioning … Continue reading »
- VMware vExpert 2014 (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=6175)Last week I found out I have been awarded with the VMware vExpert 2014. The vExpert program is a recognition to the contributions to those who have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others. This is the 5th consecutive year I am awarded on the … Continue reading »
- Nutanix 3450 up to half million IOPs with single block deployment (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=6162)One of Nutanix partners (DH Technologies) created this video below demonstrating a Nutanix block with 4 nodes pushing almost half-million IOPS (483,492 IOps). This is over 120,000 IOps per node, potentially achieving astonishing 3.8 million IOPs in a 32 node cluster without the help of expensive PCIe flash devices like FusionIO or LSI Nytro WarpDrive, and potentially … Continue reading »
- How to publish RDS application in Horizon View 6 (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34546)Horizon 6 announced few days back brought a clearly new wind into the desktop virtualization space. Where in the past the VDI was often subject of performance and cost, see ROI. We might see this changing, is the 2014 finally the year of the VDI? Yesterday’s post showed How to add RDS functionality to Horizon View […] Read the full post How to publish RDS application in Horizon View 6 at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere Editions - Make your choice
- How to add RDS functionality to Horizon View 6 (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34534)The newly announced Horizon View 6 flagship product from VMware brought great enhancements from the architectural point of view as you could already read about in my yesterday’s post. However from the administrator’s point of view (not from the architect’s perspective) there are some really cool features that I’d like to point out in this […] Read the full post How to add RDS functionality to Horizon View 6 at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere Editions - Make your choice
- VMware Horizon 6 – Major evolution in architecture and tighter integration of suite components (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34363)VMware Horizon 6 has been announced by VMware. This major update to VMware Horizon brings some major enhancements into the architecture, concerning Cloud Pod Architecture, which now supports global entitlements across View pods, RDS hosted apps, VMware VSAN (supported since View 5.3.1). Also new Application catalog which provides unified access to desktops and applications (previously […] Read the full post VMware Horizon 6 – Major evolution in architecture and tighter integration of suite components…
- VMware Labs updated VMware tools for ESXi (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34511)There was an update of VMware tools for nested ESXi on VMware Labs website recently. The new update allows to report IPv6 addresses as well as IPv4 addresses for nested ESXi guests. If you don’t use VMware tools for your nested lab, you should as it allows to interract with the ESXi OS the same way […] Read the full post VMware Labs updated VMware tools for ESXi at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere Editions - Make your choice
- VMware Horizon Workspace Fundamentals [V1.8] Free Training (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34506)VMware Horizon Workspace 1.8 which has been released last month is fully compatible with vSphere 5.5 U1. The product grew further with new feature and enhancements. While you can read what’s new below, I’d like to point you to New Free 2 hours training for VMware Horizon Workspace 1.8 called VMware Horizon Workspace Fundamentals [V1.8]. If […] Read the full post VMware Horizon Workspace Fundamentals [V1.8] Free Training at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere Editions - Make your…
- Software-Defined Networks (SDN) and the Cloud (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-7299258729485930085)This is a re-post of my article, originally published on The Ravello Blog. The advent of the cloud has brought with it major changes in the size and nature of networks. These changes pose new challenges for network management. Software-defined... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..
- Twelve Months for a Forklift? Check that, Forever Flash (http://www.2vcps.com/?p=1695)Recently I was speaking with a potential customer and they were planning on taking 12 months to move from one end of life architecture to latest and greatest from their very big storage provider. Absolutely amazing that customers everywhere have been living with this for years now. Pure Storage introduced a very awesome solution to […]
- #vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Thomas Brown (@thombrown) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4357)Thomas Brown joins the professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag to wrap up the VCAP-DTD mini-series, reviewing sections 5 and 6 of the the VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Desktop Design blueprint. Video You can find Thomas on Twitter @thombrown and his blog at http://www.thomas-brown.com/. You can request a copy of the blueprint in the VMware MyLearn portal. Sign […]
- VMware Support Alert – ALERT: Response to Heartbleed OpenSSL security issue (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2313)In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following Special Alert direct from VMware Support Insider. http://bit.ly/1kvpdPN This week, a new vulnerability was discovered affecting SSL, a protocol most of the Internet uses to encrypt and secure communications. The VMware Security [...]
- VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 4/5/14 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2309)In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. VMware Data Recovery Upgrading to VMware Data Recovery 2.x (2069257) Date Published: 4/1/2014 VMware ESXi ESXi 5.1/5.5 host fails with [...]
- Why did my VM reboot? (http://www.v-wiki.net/?p=486)If you have implemented VMware VM Monitoring (part of HA), and your virtual machine rebooted quickly, you may not know why the virtual machine rebooted. Most often this is due to a Windows bluescreen, but you may want to see why VMware HA took the action to reboot the VM. The good news is that […] The post Why did my VM reboot? appeared first on Virtual Wiki .
- Windows XP is dead! (sort of) (http://www.v-wiki.net/?p=501)April 8th is the date that Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP and Office 2003. This does not mean that Windows XP is dead, but it does mean that you can’t get support from Microsoft telephone support, and Microsoft won’t be releasing any more security or stability updates. For a business, this means that you […] The post Windows XP is dead! (sort of) appeared first on Virtual Wiki .
- Designing data entry for a system (http://www.v-wiki.net/?p=493)How do you work out what data you need to capture for a system? This is a question not often asked, at least not in the right way. Designing data entry for a system should be driven by the wants and needs of the output. It’s no good gathering data if it’s never going to be […] The post Designing data entry for a system appeared first on Virtual Wiki .
KB Articles
VMware Data Recovery
Upgrading to VMware Data Recovery 2.x (2069257)
Date Published: 4/1/2014
VMware ESXi
ESXi 5.1/5.5 host fails with a purple diagnostic screen during the manipulation of a Raw Device Mapping (2075387)
Date Published: 4/4/2014
Audio redirection not supported on ESXi/ESX (2074805)
Date Published: 3/31/2014
Syslog or message log displays the error: HTTP header command is notexpected (2072111)
Date Published: 4/3/2014
Adjusting software fibre channel over ethernet host bus adapter queue depths (2065484)
Date Published: 3/31/2014
ESXi enhancement for Headless System Support in ESXi 5.5 Update 1 (2075033)
Date Published: 4/1/2014
VMware Horizon Mirage
Installing the Mirage Management Server fails with error: Failed to connect to database. (2045872)
Date Published: 4/2/2014
Installing Mirage Management Server fails with error: Quiet exec failed: Failed setting default server policies (2058736)
Date Published: 4/4/2014
VMware Horizon Mirage Server and Horizon Mirage Edge Server install fails with a certificate error (2075103)
Date Published: 4/2/2014
VMware Horizon View
VMware Horizon View 5.2 Connection Server Event Viewer reports error: Session for user null timed out (2072427)
Date Published: 4/1/2014
VMware Horizon Workspace
VMware Tools out-of-date on VMware Horizon Workspace (2062635)
Date Published: 4/1/2014
VMware vCenter Orchestrator
Type error occurs when using the getVMStatusDescription option in a VMware vCenter Orchestrator workflow (2065922)
Date Published: 4/1/2014
Troubleshooting SSL handshake errors when using OpenSSL-based REST clients with the Orchestrator Appliance 5.5.x (2076046)
Date Published: 4/4/2014
VMware vCenter Server
Installation of VMware Tools becomes unresponsive on Microsoft Windows guest operating systems with Citrix Provisioning Services (2070987)
Date Published: 4/4/2014
vCenter Server hangs validating permissions with error: Unknown entity host-2748 (2044216)
Date Published: 4/3/2014
VMware VCMSDS service fails during installation of VMware vCenter Server (2063119)
Date Published: 4/1/2014
Newly created virtual machines appear as unprotected by high availability in VMware vCenter Server 5.1 (2072028)
Date Published: 3/31/2014
Users are able to log in to vSphere Web Client regardless of permissions in VMware vCenter Server (2075296)
Date Published: 4/2/2014
VMware vCenter Support Assistant
Uploading logs through VMware vCenter Support Assistant when using more than one vCenter Server in the inventory (2075584)
Date Published: 4/3/2014
VMware vCloud Networking and Security
Best practices for upgrading to VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.1 (2075146)
Date Published: 4/4/2014
VMware Virtual SAN
Migration from vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) to VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) (2068923)
Date Published: 4/1/2014
VMware vSphere Management Assistant
vSphere Management Assistant 5.5 Patch 1 (5.5.0.1) (2068711)
Date Published: 4/4/2014
VMware vSphere Web Client
Unable to change RDM compatibility mode using vSphere Web Client (2075364)
Date Published: 3/31/2014
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