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HPE Virtual Connect 4.80

Today, HPE has released Virtual Connect 4.80, the release is includes lots of security fixes. Beginning with VC 4.80, HPE VC Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module is not supported having reached its 5 year End of Support period in July 2018. To upgrade to Virtual Connect 4.80, the minimum Virtual Connect Support Utility required version is 1.15.0. Supported Interconnect Modules Virtual Connect 4.80 is supported on the following interconnect modules: • HPE VC Flex-10/10D Module • HPE VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module • HPE VC FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module • HPE VC FlexFabric-20/40 F8 TAA Module • HPE VC 8Gb 20-Port FC Module • HPE VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module • HPE VC 16Gb 24-Port FC Module • HPE VC 16Gb 24-Port FC TAA Module Major Enhancements VC 4.80 contains the following enhancements: Support for lldpRemManAddrTable(LLDP-MIB) and lldpV2RemManAddrTable(LLDPv2-MIB) Added SNMP trap support for non-correctable ECC memory parity error For VC VC-Enet and FlexFabric modules in non-FIPS mode and for new VC Domains, TLS v1.2 will be the default TLS setting and TLS v1.0, TLS v1.1 will be disabled. Major Fixes VC 4.80 release resolves the following issues: With HPE Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module, FCoE high throughput traffic might see packet loss. When...

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Free Tools / News

Virtual Machine Compute Optimizer Version 2.0.0

The Virtual Machine Compute Optimizer (VMCO) is a Powershell script that uses the PowerCLI module to capture information about the hosts and VMS running in your vSphere environment, and reports back on whether the VMs are configured optimally based on the Host CPU and memory. It will flag a VM as “YES” if it is optimized and “NO” if it is not. For non-optimized VMs, a recommendation is made that will keep the same number of vCPUs currently configured, with the optimal number of virtual cores and sockets. Note that the VMCO will not analyze whether your VMs are configured with the correct number of vCPUs based on the VM’s workload. A more in-depth analysis tool such as VMware vRealize Operations Manager can make right-sizing determinations based on workload and actual performance. Changes in Version 2.0.0 Priority of the findings are captured Details on the findings are included Cluster information is captured to determine if Host HW is not consistent across the cluster Report if a VM spanning pNUMA nodes actually has the pNUMA exposed to the guest OS Report if advanced settings have been changed on the VM or host level to expose pNUMA to the guest OS Reports...

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Operating System / News

CentOS Linux 8 and CentOS Streams

Today, CentOS Linux 8.0.1905 has been released and available to download now. The version is first version of CentOS Linux 8. Same as previous version, the new version is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux source codes but it’s totally free. CentOS 8 end of life is May 2029 (10 years, same as previous versions). Improvements and fixes are same as RHEL 8 and CentOS 8.0.1905, CentOS includes all new features actually. But there is a big change! Read more on CentOS-8 (1905) Release Notes. What’s CentOS Streams? CentOS Stream is available based on CentOS Linux 8 software packages the project has been building over the summer combined with the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 development kernel. CentOS Stream will be a rolling-release Linux distro that exists as a midstream between the upstream development in Fedora Linux and the downstream development for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It is a cleared-path to contributing into future minor releases of RHEL while interacting with Red Hat and other open source developers. This pairs nicely with the existing contribution path in Fedora for future major releases of RHEL. Read more on Presenting CentOS Stream. Download CentOS 8.0.1905 CentOS 8.0.1905 is available...

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New Release, Knoppix 8.6

One of my firsts Linux experiences was Knoppix, I forget that what was exact version but I guess, it was Knoppix 3.1 or older version. After 17 years, I am still one of fans. Knoppix is one of most popular and firsts live Linux distributions on CD/DVD. What’s New in Knoppix 8.6? Version 8.6 of KNOPPIX is based on Debian/stable (buster), with some packages from Debian/testing and unstable (sid) for newer graphics drivers or desktop software packages. It uses Linux kernel 5.2.5 and Xorg 7.7 (core 1.20.4) for supporting current computer hardware. Changes in Knoppix 8.6: Updated Kernel and System software (Debian buster+sid), LXDE, the lightweight Knoppix standard desktop including file manager pcmanfm 1.3.1. Gnome 3 (Bootoption knoppix64 desktop=gnome). KDE 5 (knoppix64 desktop=kde). Accessible Adriane Audio Desktop. Wine 4.0 prerelease for directly installing and running Windows applications on Linux, also Windows 10. Qemu-kvm 3.1 as scriptable virtualization solution. Privacy-enhanced tor browser, upgradeable and startable via the Knoppix-menu. Web-Browser Chromium 76.0.3809.87, Firefox 68.0.1 with ad blocker Ublock Origin and Noscript. Libre Office 6.3.0-rc2, Gimp 2.10.8. Maths/Algebra-Software for teachers, solving equations etc.: Maxima 5.42.1 with direct integration of Maxima sessions into Texmacs, creating documentation directly during live lessions. 3D Productivity-Software Blender 2.79.b, Freecad 0.18, Meshlab 1.3.2, Open Scad...

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What’s New in Dell EMC Unity OE 5.0.0.0.5.116

EMC has released Operating Environment for EMC Unity Platform. The new version is a major version and includes some new features. Also some problems have been fixed in this version. EMC has been added support for Dell EMC Unity XT (Newest Unity family’s member). So this release is minimum version and basic requirement for Unity XT. Let’s review the new features which added to this new version. What’s New? New Drive Support With this release, all Unity Hybrid models now support 12 TB nearline SAS drives. Automatic Clean-up of Resolved Health Alerts In previous releases, the Alerts page showed all alerts for the system. With this release, the default view will show only active alerts that have not yet been resolved. Enhanced Data Reduction The data reduction feature has been enhanced to: Add support for NFS and VMFS datastores. Deduplicate uncompressed blocks for new writes or overwrites. Existing data does not change. Support the following models: Dynamic or Traditional pools in Unity 380F, 480F, 680F, and 880F systems Dynamic pools in Unity All-Flash 450F, 550F, and 650F systems All-Flash pools in Unity Hybrid 380, 480, 680, and 880 systems Drive Firmware Update After OE Upgrade After you successfully upgrade the...

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What’s RAMBleed? Steal Sensitive Data From Computer Memory

RAMBleed is a side-channel attack that enables an attacker to read out physical memory belonging to other processes. The implications of violating arbitrary privilege boundaries are numerous, and vary in severity based on the other software running on the target machine. As an example, in our paper we demonstrate an attack against OpenSSH in which we use RAMBleed to leak a 2048 bit RSA key. However, RAMBleed can be used for reading other data as well.

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News / Server Virtualization

Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 4

Veeam has released update for Veeam ONE 9.5. The new update came with new features and improvements. Veeam ONE 9.5 update 4 is available for download from January 22, 2019 on Veeam website.

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News / Operating System

Say Goodbye to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 (R2)

Windows 2008 was born on February 2018 and Microsoft released Windows 2008 R2 on October 2009. I think, Windows 2008 R2 was one of most popular Windows servers in history.

Now, Windows 7, Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 are old men. We have to say goodbye to these guys in this year and next year.

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What’s New in VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.2

What’s New in VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.2 New version of NSX has been introduced by VMware and NSX for vSphere is now known as NSX Data Center for vSphere. VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.2 adds usability and serviceability enhancements, and addresses a number of specific bugs. Networking and Edge Services Multicast Support: Adds ability to configure L3 IPv4 multicast on Distributed Logical Router and Edge Service Gateway through support of IGMPv2 and PIM Sparse Mode. Default Limit of MAC identifiers: Increases from 2048 to 4096 Hardware VTEP: Added multi PTEP cluster capability to facilitate environments with multiple vCenters Security Services Context-Aware Firewall: Additional Layer 7 Application Context Support (EPIC, MSSQL, BLAST AppIDs) Firewall Rule Hit Count: ​Monitor rule usage and easily identify unused rules for clean-up Firewall Section Locking: ​​Enables multiple security administrators to work concurrently on the firewall NSX Application Rule Manager: Improved scale to 100 vNICs per session, further simplifying the process of creating security groups and whitelisting firewall rules for existing applications. NSX User Interface VMware NSX – Functionality Updates for vSphere Client (HTML): The following VMware NSX features are now available through the vSphere Client: TraceFlow, User Domains, Audit Logs, Events & Tasks. Operations and Troubleshooting Authentication & Authorization: Introduces 2 new roles (Network...

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News / Security

E1000 NIC Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability

VMware has detect vulnerability on some products against E1000 NIC. The issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. If you have any running virtual machine on VMware Workstation 14.x and Fusion 10.x, you must stop them and apply patch to the mentioned products before running any other virtual machine.

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[News]: VMware Tools HGFS Vulnerability

VMware Tools HGFS Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability VMware Tools contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on guest VMs. Note: In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must be enabled. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6969 to this issue. VMware Tools must be updated to 10.3.0 for each Windows VM to resolve CVE-2018-6969. The new version is available at the below link: VMware Tools 10.3.0 It’s recommended that upgrade VMware Tools if you have enabled sharing but I think, it’s better upgrade VMware Tools anyway. Other resolved issues in this release are as follows: Repair option is removed from the Control Panel of VMware Tools installer.Repair option is replaced with Change option in the Control Panel of VMware Tools installer.This issue is resolved in this release. Process ID of a discontinued VMware Tools service might get reused immediately by the system.On Linux and UNIX like operating systems, the process id (PID) of a stopped VMware Tools service might get reused immediately by the system. As a result, the new process might get aborted by the VMware Tools service init script.If this occurs...

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News / Operating System / Reviews

[Review]: Introducing Windows Server System Insights

As an IT admin, one of the responsibilities you have is to ensure systems continue to run smoothly. That is true for a number of activities and components, such as monitoring if a disk is going to run out of space, determining how much memory and processing a Hyper-V host is consuming so you can plan for new VMs, and many other examples.

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News / Data Storage

[Update]: EMC VNX2 Storage Systems – Drive and OE Compatibility Matrix (Feb 2018)

EMC VNX2 Drive and OE Compatibility Matrix The document will help you to know that the minimum compatibility between VNX storage system OE and disk drives. The supported part numbers and minimum version of software are listed. Before installing a new disk in a storage system, use the EMC Unisphere Manager to determine the VNX OE revision running on the storage system. In Unisphere Manager, the VNX OE revision appears on the Software tab of the Storage System Properties dialog box for the storage system. Note 1: Changes and additions in the tables since the last revision of this document are noted in red type. Note 2: The disk part number (PN) appears on a label on the front of the disk carrier. Note that although the OE GUI may display an alpha suffix at the end of the PN (like PWR or SSD) these characters are not part of the actual orderable PN. Note 3: PNs in tables with a ‘YES’ entry in the Spin-Down Support column may report a suffix of PWR through the OE GUI (EX: 005049278PWR). This PWR suffix is used by the OE and is not part of the actual orderable PN. Supported Disk Drives...