VMware ESX / ESXi Detection (SNMP)

SNMP based detection of VMware ESX / ESXi. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103417...

VMWare Enumerate Virtual Machines

This module attempts to discover virtual machines on any VMWare instance running the web interface. This would include ESX/ESXi and VMWare Server. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule...

VMSA-2012-0001 : VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third-party library and ESX Service Console

a. ESX third-party update for Service Console kernel The ESX Service Console Operating System COS kernel is updated to kernel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 to fix multiple security issues in the COS kernel. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2011-0726,...

VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console

a. ESX third party update for Service Console kernelThe ESX Service Console Operating System COS kernel is updated to kernel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 to fix multiple security issues in the COS kernel.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2011-0726,...

VMSA-2012-0001:VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console

VMSA-2012-0001.2 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0001.2 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console VMware Security...

Backup Jobs fail after upgrade from ESX to ESXi

Challenge After upgrading VMware servers, all backup jobs have the following error: "Invalid SoapPath link: "/vmfs/volumes/YourPath" 'Text' is an invalid XmlNodeType." Cause The issue occurs because we are not able to use local storage on an ESXi server as the target for a repository because...

Free ESXi for VMware is not supported

Challenge A job fails with the error: Your Veeam Backup license does not allow processing of free ESXi. Copy Cause As detailed in the Platform Support page of the User Guide: Free ESXi is not supported. Veeam Backup & Replication leverages vSphere and vStorage APIs that VMware disables in free...

VMware ESX / ESXi Unsupported Version Detection

According to its version, the installation of VMware ESX or ESXi on the remote host is no longer supported. Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

VMSA-2011-0013 : VMware third-party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

a. ESX third-party update for Service Console openssl RPM The Service Console openssl RPM is updated to openssl-0.9.8e.12.el55.7 resolving two security issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2008-7270 and CVE-2010-4180 to these issues. b...

VMware third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

a. ESX third party update for Service Console openssl RPMThe Service Console openssl RPM is updated to openssl-0.9.8e.12.el55.7 resolving two security issues.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2008-7270 and CVE-2010-4180 to these issues.Colum...

VMSA-2011-0013:VMware third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

VMSA-2011-0013.3 VMware third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2011-0013.3 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server,...

VMSA-2011-0012 : VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third-party libraries and ESX Service Console

a. ESX third-party update for Service Console kernel This update takes the console OS kernel package to kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1 which resolves multiple security issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2010-1083, CVE-2010-2492, CVE-2010-2798,...

VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console

a. ESX third party update for Service Console kernelThis update takes the console OS kernel package to kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1 which resolves multiple security issues.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2010-1083, CVE-2010-2492, CVE-2010-2798,...

fault.RestrictedVersion.summary

Challenge Getting an error when running a SureBackup job: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume fault.RestrictedVersion.summary Failed to connect backup datastore to the ESX host "hostname".\n Unable to mount vPower NFS volume BACKUP1:/VeeamBackupBACKUP1. Backup1: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary\n...

How to Test Manually Mounting the Veeam vPower NFS Datastore

Purpose This article documents manually mounting the vPower NFS Datastore using the vSphere Web Client. The steps of this article are only intended as a troubleshooting step to help investigate and isolate an issue with vPower NFS-based restores failing. Solution This article's solution is split...

SureBackup Performance Considerations

Purpose This article provides advice and information on understanding and improving SureBackup performance. Solution SureBackup Performance Considerations The Repository where the backup files are stored, and the Mount Server used by that Repository, should be in the same data center as the ESXi...

How to check the ESXi host license using the Managed Object Browser

Purpose This article documents a method of checking which license is installed on a vSphere ESXi host using the Managed Object Browser. Solution In the recent versions of vSphere ESXi, the Managed Object Browser may be disabled by default. To perform the task below, you may need to enable the...

VDDK Error 3 Troubleshooting

Challenge A Backup or Replication job fails with an error containing 'VDDK error: 3 ' This most often occurs when forcing aVMware Backup Proxy to use 'Virtual Appliance' transport mode and disabling the 'Failover to network mode' option. Cause The most common scenario is that the disks of the VM...

Failed to configure DC (Host is not licensed for this feature)

Challenge Cause The DC boots up only in the DSRM and all services are not operational. Solution To address this: Make sure ESX is licensed with the vStorage APIs feature. Make sure that the account used to backup the Virtual Machines has full administrative rights on Vcenter and is member of loca...

File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore

Challenge The following error message occurs when attempting to create a VMware snapshot. File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore The Veeam Backup & Replication job fails with the following error: CreateSnapshot failed, vmRef "vm-xxx", timeout "1800000", snName "VEEAM BACKUP...