Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

  • 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…

Notes from practice

I use this site to document systems, configurations, and lessons learned as I work through real problems—both professionally and through personal experimentation. The goal is clarity: understand how something works, explain why it behaves the way it does, and make it reliable and repeatable.

These notes are written primarily for myself, but shared openly in case they help someone else avoid a dead end or reduce frustration. If you’d like to learn more, visit the About page.

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Aaron Rombaut

Technologist & Writer