In this post, I describe how to delete the Evaluation License from VMware vSphere when you have added a Production License but you are still seeing the warning message "There are expired or expiring licenses in your inventory.": Cause The Evaluation License remains and can't be manually deleted, even if you've added a Production License, if the Evaluation License is still assigned to an asset. Resolution Check if your Production License is assigned: If it is not assigned, go to the Assets tab, select your Production License, then press ASSIGN LICENSE : Change the license assignment from the Evaluation License to your Production License: Go back to the Licenses tab, the Evaluation License is automatically removed and the warning message disappears after refreshing the page: Related Posts -  VMware vCenter Install Select Datastore Insufficient Disk Space - VMware ESXi Change Password Policy

In this post, I describe how you can change the VMware ESXi password policy. By default, a password with three different character classes is required.  I wanted to weaken this as I'm in a test environment and I want everything to have a simple password.  This post also describes how you can strengthen the password policy. Resolution To change the ESXi password policy: 1. Login to the ESXi administration user interface in the web browser. 2. Press Manage under Host 3. Search for Security.PasswordQualityControl  in Advanced settings 4. Edit the option to the value required (this article explains the syntax  https://linux.die.net/man/8/pam_passwdqc ) On my test environment, I changed mine to  min=7,7,7,7,7 which allows a weak password. This article contains more information on how you can enforce stronger passwords or use pass phrases:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-DC96FFDB-F5F2-43EC-8C73-05ACDAE6BE43.ht...

In this post, I describe how to fix the error "Insufficient disk space. Minimum required: 25GB" which can occur when installing vCenter Server and selecting the datastore: Cause This error occurred for me when I tried to install vCenter Server on an ESXi host which I had created in VMware Workstation version 16.2.2 using the default disk size of 142GB. Despite seeming to be enough space for a tiny test install, this actually only leaves 14GB free for the datastore due to the 120GB taken up by VMFSL (ESXi System Partition): Resolution There are two ways to resolve this issue.  Either increase the size of the datastore or reinstall ESXi with a smaller VMFSL partition. Resolution 1: Increase Datastore Size To increase the datastore size, simply add another disk to the ESXi server, then increase datastore capacity through the ESX management UI (accessible through a web browser using the IP address of the ESXi host). Resolution 2: Install ESXi with a smaller VMFSL partition This V...

Earlier this month, CENTREL Solutions released XIA Automation v5, a new version of their user provisioning tool which helps organizations automate their common network tasks. The software allows you to automatically provision users into Active Directory, Exchange, Office 365 and Google. In this release, the following new functionality has been added: Responsive Web Interface A new and improved web interface: New Administration Interface A new, modernized administration interface: Windows Server 2022 Support for Windows Server 2022. You can try it for free by requesting a free trial .