vmware ESXi 6.5 update - SSH login and command line

1. SSH and login to ESXi 6.5

2. Go to VMware's website to download the patch (https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads)

3. login to the ESXi host, Upload the patch to ESXi datastore. Find the folder vmfs > volumes > Local-50 > upload the package to this folder or directly drag it into the folder

4. Type the credentials to log into ESXi host > type vmware -v to verify the version of ESXi

check the build number and version: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2143832

5. Put the server into maintenance mode: esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true

6. Check maintenance mode: esxcli system maintenanceMode get

7. Check update patch: use cd command to open the folder where the update patch is stored

/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/esxi_update_65

Azure site-to-site VPN, AAD DS, LDAP

 I just set up and establish a S2S VPN between our Azure tenant and on-prem FW, to be able to use LDAP creditenals for remote dial-in users. What you need to do is the following components and steps.

Please tell me if you're interested, and I will explain it in more dettails. 

1. a S2S connection between on-prem Firewall (we use Fortigate) and Azure virtual gateway (VPN)

2. setup an Azure AD DS service (this is the DS as a service)

3. set a vnet-peering between the Azure virtual gateway VNET and AAD DS VNET

4. in the on-prem firewall, set a static route to allow the communcation to AAD DS server via S2S