Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A Journey Through Discovery

  • First Things First

    I am starting with a fresh install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8) as a VMware Fusion virtual machine (vm) on my MacBook Pro. I also have an ESXi 7.0 virtual machine to connect to. I have set up a few resources on the virtual machine that I find helpful. The very first is…

  • Ansible and VMware

    I recently started experimenting with Ansible. I am still learning the mechanics of how it works and if it can actually be benefiting. The motivation behind this is in learning how to more effectively perform certain tasks using Ansible. In particular, for me, I want to quickly, accurately, and efficiently apply DISA STIG to VMware…

  • Workspace ONE Access Consent Banner

    You think it would be easier to add a consent banner. You probably already looked under the Administration Console and Appliance Settings. Unfortunately, this setting is not easy to find and there is no global consent banner. Start by navigating to the Administration Console of the Workspace ONE Access appliance. Click on the Identity &…

  • Adding Single Sign-On (SSO) Web Apps to WS1 Access Catalog

    When logging on to Workspace ONE Access and viewing the catalog, the links that are presented can be just bookmarks, or they can be bookmarks that also sign you in to the service you are navigating to. One such case is trying to log onto other vRealize products. Unfortunately, I am not aware of an…

  • vRealize Operations – Unlock Photon OS root Account

    vRealize Operations Manager Version: 8.4Photon OS Version: 3.0 (build 11dd065) VMware References: How to reset the root password in vRealize Operations (2001476) (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2001476) Upgrade to vRealize Operations Manager 8.x fails due to the admin or root account password (75195) (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/75195) About the vRealize Operations Administration Interface Overview I deployed three new appliances and when I…

  • VMware Blast Extreme Group Policy Settings

    The policy files required are vdm_blast.admx and vdm_blast.adml. They are downloaded as part of the VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle. In a typical environment, the admx policy files go into \\<domain name>\SYSVOL\<domain name>\Policies\PolicyDefinitions. The adml files go into the language folder, in my case, en-US. If the Group Policy Editor was already open, close and reopen for the changes…

This is how it all started…

I started this site with the intent to aggregate as much information as possible in one place. I use this to record lessons learned or frustrating configurations I have experienced on the job or just tinkering (learning) and just couldn’t find a better resource available. I have tried to be as thorough and accurate as possible, but technology is rapidly evolving and every environment is different. I may miss things along the way and my setup most likely differs compared to yours.

I hope you find this site has some value to you.

Welcome to Bits, Bytes, and Radio Waves! 

If you have any questions or comments (or just want to give me a shout-out), please feel free to contact me!

Aaron Rombaut

Writer & Technologist