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VMware netdumper and zdumps
There is a lot of information around about generating VMware zdump files. These files are the way ESXi stores information about a Purple Screen of Death (PSOD). Normally an ESXi host attempts to write these files to disk during a crash. It can also send this file over the network to the vmware-netdumper service. This…
NSX Manger as an Azure VM
Much like running a vCenter Server in an Azure VM I decided to try NSX Manager. Pretty much had the same experience except that NSX reads it’s configuration from a file: /config/guestinfo. This file is a dump from vmtoolsd –cmd “info-get guestinfo”. The file looks something like: Same type of script to build the disks as with vCenter:…
VMware Hands On Labs Vulnerability
A few years ago I found an interesting vulnerability in the VMware Hands On Labs. I reported it and it got fixed but I found out at VMware Explore this year that I can disclose what I found. So 3 or 4 years later here we go. TLDR: outbound connections to any IP from internet…
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