In a previous blog post I’ve already shown this script that use PowerCLI to get the percentage of physical and virtual servers from your VMware environment for each Virtual Center server. This script however only took into account ESX hosts and VM’s in each Virtual Center server separately.
This means that:
- The UCS blades weren’t taken into account as physical servers.
- No percentage was being calculated for each physical location.
This new script automates determining for each location the number of physical and virtual servers in VMware vSphere and Cisco UCS.
PS: You can get more detailed information from the script, but it has been disabled using comments by default.
Tags: automation, Cisco, Cisco UCS, Cisco Unified Communication System, corporate social responsibility, CSR, Green IT, Microsoft, PowerCLI, Powershell, Script, Scripting, UCS, virtual center, virtual infrastructure, virtualcenter, virtualisation, virtualization, VMware, VMware vSphere, vSphere, Windows
Last sunday I warned about a major vulnerability in Java.
It wasn’t expected that Java would come have an update available this quickly, but it is good that they did. So be sure to update to Java 7 Update 11 : http://java.com
Tags: Apple, chrome, Cisco, firefox, Google, google chrome, IE, Internet Explorer, Intrusion Prevention System, IPS, IPS signature, Java, Microsoft, Microsoft IE, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, MS IE, Oracle, OS X, plug-in, plug-ins, plugin, plugins, security, security issue, Signature, US-CERT, vulnerability, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista, Windows XP
[EDIT 14-01-2013]
Oracle release Java 7 Update 11 to fix this security issue. Be sure to update: http://java.com/
[EDIT]
Normally when I read about security vulnerabilities, I don’t really get a sense of urgency.
With the current Java vulnerability however, I do feel like people have to act quick because there are so many respected companies and even countries actively taking action:
Apparently this vulnerability is actively being exploited already and Oracle hasn’t released a Java fix yet. You might want to consider a combination of the options below:
Personally I like the way FireFox is handling the issue because it blocks by default, but allows users to easily override this behavior for specific sites. Also I’m getting quite fed up with all these Java security vulnerabilities lately 😦
I’d like to know what you’ll be doing. Have you or are you going to disable Java ? Which methods will you use ? Why ?
Tags: Apple, chrome, Cisco, firefox, Google, google chrome, IE, Internet Explorer, Intrusion Prevention System, IPS, IPS signature, Java, Microsoft, Microsoft IE, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, MS IE, Oracle, OS X, plug-in, plug-ins, plugin, plugins, security, security issue, Signature, US-CERT, vulnerability, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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