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VMware vCenter: Get a result set of permissions/privileges for a user on an entity

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sometimes you be known which permissions respectiliy privileges a vSphere User has on an entity.

The vCenter GUI has no such feature but it’s possible by PowerCli and using the AuthorizationManager.
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VMware Powercli: Check and enable CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol

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ESXi has the ability to respond to CDP requests.
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VMware Powercli: Get CDP infos for the Hosts Networkadapter

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if CDP is enabled the networkswitches gives some informations to the ESXi Hosts physical network adapters.

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vSphere VCSA: Cannot add a (http) https proxy


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with the VCSA Gui it is not possible to to enter a http proxy for https target URLs. An error: HTTPS Cannot connect to proxy server occurs.

The most linux tools accept http URLs in the HTTPS_PROXY variable and this also works with the VCSA.
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ESXi: Silent Installation by iPXE HTTP boot

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this post describes the silently installing of a ESXi server by a iPXE HTTP remote boot.
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