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Home lab dashboard with Dashy
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Proxmox

brandon.lee2 days ago
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Proxmox Container vs VM features and configuration

Proxmox is an extremely versatile hypervisor that provides the ability to run a Proxmox Container vs VM as part of the native functionality built into the platform. This is a great way to have the…
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3 days ago

Commvault Metallic ThreatWise Early Threat Detection with Deception Technology
5 days ago

Home lab dashboard with Dashy
1 week ago

vSAN 8 Original Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture differences
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Install KVM Ubuntu 22.04 – Step-by-Step

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Azure Stack HCI

brandon.lee3 weeks ago
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Azure stack HCI vs Hyper-V

Unquestionably, enterprise virtualization host technologies have changed over the past decade. The big virtualization vendors, such as VMware, Microsoft, and…
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June 24, 2022

Windows 11 22H2 Download ISO and install
June 7, 2022

Download Windows 11 Prebuilt Developer Appliance for VMware Hyper-V and VirtualBox
May 31, 2022

Hyper-V Cluster iSCSI Storage Using StarWind Free SAN & NAS
March 28, 2022

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 VMware ESXi management

Windows Server 2016

brandon.leeNovember 10, 2020
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Windows Server 2016 Install Remote Desktop Services

This year has been a year like none other with organizations scrambling to bolster their remote work infrastructure. It has…
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December 14, 2017

Windows Server 2016 Security Features and Hardening
July 5, 2017

Add iSCSI Shared Storage in Windows Server 2016
May 22, 2017

When to use Windows Server 2016 ReFS
May 16, 2017

Install and Configure Windows Server 2016 WSUS

Windows Server 2019

brandon.leeJanuary 20, 2021
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Windows Server 2019 Core Install Active Directory

Windows Server Core has been around since Windows Server 2008. It has not been the most popular way however to…
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December 2, 2020

Create a USB Drive for Windows Server 2019 Installation
October 13, 2020

Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019
August 1, 2020

LetsEncrypt Windows Server 2019 Configuration
July 20, 2020

VMware Windows Server 2019 Template Best Practices

Windows Server 2021

brandon.leeNovember 19, 2020
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Windows Server 2021 vs Windows Server 2019

***Update*** – The next version of Windows is Windows Server 2022 and not 2021. See below. Recently we took a…
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November 12, 2020

Windows Server 2021 Preview Build Features

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vSAN

brandon.lee1 week ago
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vSAN 8 Original Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture differences

VMware vSAN 8 is revolutionary on many fronts and represents the most modern and technilogically advanced vSAN to date for…
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August 30, 2022

VMware vSAN 8 – What’s New? Technical Deep Dive
August 30, 2022

What is VMware Project Northstar VMware Project Trinidad and VMware Project Watch?
August 30, 2022

What is VMware Aria?
August 30, 2022

VMware vSphere 8 vSAN 8 and VMware Cloud Foundation+ Released New Features

vSphere 7

brandon.leeJuly 13, 2022
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What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f

Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new…
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February 2, 2022

New vCenter Server 7 Update 3c Pre-Update Check Problematic hosts
January 28, 2022

VMware vSphere 7 Update 3c Released New Features
September 29, 2021

SD Card and USB boot no longer supported in ESXi easy migration to SSD
September 29, 2021

vSphere 7 Update 3 Released with new features

vSAN

brandon.lee1 week ago
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vSAN 8 Original Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture differences

VMware vSAN 8 is revolutionary on many fronts and represents the most modern and technilogically advanced vSAN to date for…
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1 week ago

Install KVM Ubuntu 22.04 – Step-by-Step
August 30, 2022

VMware vSAN 8 – What’s New? Technical Deep Dive
August 30, 2022

What is VMware Project Northstar VMware Project Trinidad and VMware Project Watch?
August 30, 2022

What is VMware Aria?

ESXi on ARM

brandon.leeOctober 22, 2020
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Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm

One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed…
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October 13, 2020

Install ESXi-Arm Step by Step on Raspberry Pi 4
November 9, 2018

VMware vSphere ESXi on Raspberry Pi ARM Processors

Horizon View

brandon.leeDecember 3, 2021
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Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon 8 2111

VMware Horizon 8 2111 is hot off the press from VMware and no doubt organizations are looking at a maintenance…
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November 30, 2021

VMware Horizon 8 2111 Released New Features
August 3, 2021

VMware Horizon Client Error Couldn’t Connect to Server
January 8, 2021

VMware Horizon 2012 Released with New Features
December 30, 2020

VMware Horizon UAG OKTA RADIUS configuration

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Automation

brandon.leeJuly 7, 2022
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Apt Periodic Autoclean Interval with Unattended-Upgrades

If you have a number of Linux servers in your environment, whether these are in production environments or in the…
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June 20, 2022

Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere templates
April 22, 2022

Packer Build Ubuntu 22.04 for VMware vSphere
January 4, 2022

VMware Event Broker Appliance VEBA tutorial: How to create an email notification
May 18, 2021

Find Guest OS Type ID using PowerCLI

Security

brandon.lee3 days ago
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Commvault Metallic ThreatWise Early Threat Detection with Deception Technology

There is no question that cybersecurity is at the top of the minds of businesses in 2022 and beyond. High-profile…
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August 3, 2022

I created ESXi ransomware its scary easy and why you need proper security
July 29, 2022

Remote Desktop Multi-factor Authentication with ThinMan Smart Identity
July 27, 2022

RDP vs SSH – Which should you choose?
July 25, 2022

Runecast 6.2 Released New Features with Container Image Scanning and GCP support

Software Defined Storage

brandon.leeAugust 22, 2022
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Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind

In your home lab environment or production use cases, you may need shared storage for virtualization, scale-out repositories, high availability,…
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May 4, 2022

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Trends in 2022
March 15, 2022

Upgrading outdated hardware with StarWind HCA appliance
December 20, 2021

DIY fibre channel SAN with High Availability using StarWind VSAN
November 24, 2021

ZFS Ultimate Administration and Troubleshooting Guide – StarWind Webinar

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Cloud

brandon.leeApril 19, 2021
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Spin.ai cloud cybersecurity and ransomware protection new features

Today, cybersecurity is crucially important for organizations and their business-critical data. In the olden days, security was an afterthought and…
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May 20, 2020

Install Windows Updates Remotely from the Cloud with Action1
June 11, 2019

Spinbackup Multi-Cloud SaaS Backup Adds Microsoft Azure
January 3, 2019

Office 2019 vs Office 365 Differences and Installation
October 30, 2018

Quick and Easy Google G Suite Backups and Security using Spinbackup

Networking

brandon.leeJune 17, 2022
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Twingate Download and configuration – Review of Zero trust VPN

I am constantly looking at connectivity to the home network, specifically for my home lab network as I do so…
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March 29, 2022

pfSense VLAN to VLAN Routing in VMware ESXi
March 18, 2022

Segment your VMware Network with pfSense
March 10, 2022

Palo Alto VM Series Basic Interface and Routes configuration in ESXi
March 9, 2022

Deploy pfSense VMware step-by-step

NSX-T

brandon.leeMarch 4, 2022
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Identity Based Firewall configuration with NSX-T and vSphere

For years now, organizations have based application access and access to resources and files on identity. Typically, this is based…
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March 2, 2022

vSphere NSX-T installation and configuration
December 9, 2021

VMware NSX-T 3.2 Released New Features
June 21, 2021

Avi Load Balancer VMware Standalone Install
November 16, 2020

VMware Announces Modern Network Framework Updates

Are you looking for the cheapest way to get into a home lab server? What if you could run a hypervisor on top of your Raspberry Pi 4 device? VMware ESXi on Arm enables running the VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor on top of your Raspberry Pi and can potentially be a great way for many who want to delve into running a home lab environment to spin up a virtualization server for super cheap!

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Introduction - 0:00
Overview of ESXi on Arm - 0:46
Description of VMware Flings - 1:01
Looking at the official ESXi fling site - 1:53
Looking at Raspberry Pi 4 to run ESXi on Arm - 2:28
Recommendations for DRS and other vCenter features - 3:09
What do you need to get started? 3:18
Looking at Amazon for Raspberry Pi 4 devices - 4:00
Kit that I have in the lab - 4:45
USB flash devices and how many you need - 5:17
Downloading the files needed for the ESXi on Arm installatio - 5:35
Downloading the ESXi Arm ISO file - 5:48
Downloading the latest UEFI firmware for Raspberry Pi 4 device - 6:22
Downloading the firmware master package for Raspberry PI 4 firmware - 6:42
Now with files downloaded, we can extract files and merge them - 7:10
Extracting packages - 7:30
Merging the files needed from both packages - 7:41
Selecting the files we need and pasting all files merging and overwriting files - 8:16
Formatting the microSD card and copying over files - 8:49
Copying the contents of teh boot folder to teh microSD card - 9:24
Updating the bootloader for the Raspberry Pi 4 device - 9:41
Create the installation media for ESXi on Arm - 10:39
Inserting the microSD cards and 2 USB drives for installation and target of the installation - 11:27
Changing a Raspberry Pi BIOS setting for limiting RAM to 3GB and disabling the setting - 11:55
Ready to boot Raspberry Pi 4 device - 12:34
Logging into the host interface in ESXi on Arm - 13:13
Looking around the interface - 13:30
Added the ESXi on Arm in vCenter Server - 14:13
I have added an additional USB drive and adding a datastore - 14:33
Datastore created successfully - 15:00
Talking about installing a VM on ESXi on Arm - 15:05
Use cases for ESXi on Arm - 15:20
Wrapping up thoughts on ESXi on Arm and the home lab! 17:09

VMware Fling Site for ESXi Arm Edition:

https://flings.vmware.com/esxi-arm-edition

Raspberry Pi 4 device master firmware:

https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware

Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI firmware:

https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/releases/

My full write up on loading ESXi on Arm on Raspberry Pi 4:

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2020/10/install-esxi-arm-step-by-step-on-raspberry-pi-4/

Cheapest home lab server??? Raspberry Pi 4 Virtualization Server ESXi Arm edition

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A great service to run in your home lab environment is a home lab dashboard. A home lab dashboard allows you to organize and aggregate the services, applications, and other solutions you have running inside your home lab environment without having to save cumbersome browser bookmarks and other means. It provides a centralized portal to share across all the devices you have on the network for easy access to your services. Let's take a look at Dashy, a free an open source solution to create quick and easy, beautiful, and powerful home lab dashboards in just a few minutes.<br /><br /><br />Introduction - 0:00<br />What is Dashy? - 1:38<br />Features of Dashy - 2:23<br />Getting started deploying Dashy - 3:10<br />Overview of my Docker host - 3:28<br />Copying the command and configuring the YAML configuration file - 4:00<br />Pasting into the command line of the Ubuntu Docker host - 4:28<br />Verifying the Dashy container is running - 4:58<br />Browsing out to the URL of the Dashy Docker container - 5:22<br />Documentation links from the dashboard - 6:00<br />Reviewing the configuration options in Dashy - themes, layout, item size, etc - 6:18<br />Getting into configuration mode to add items to the dashboard - 6:50<br />Adding a new item to the new group - 7:45<br />Adding status checks, disabling SSL checks, max redirects, accepted HTTP codes, etc - 8:16<br />Save options and differences between local saves or saving to disk - 8:53<br />Pointing your Dashy Dashboard items to icons for services - 9:40<br />Discussing the repo for pulling image files - 10:04<br />Looking at the example Dashy home lab dashboard - 11:11<br />Discussing how to open the Dashy home lab dashboard in the browser - 11:25<br />Concluding thoughts around home lab dashboards - 11:52<br /><br />If you prefer written form, read my full write up about Dashy home lab dashboard here and how to configure:<br /><br />https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/09/home-lab-dashboard-with-dashy/

Build the Ultimate Home Lab Dashboard!

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10 gig network switches for home use is becoming more popular and there are many use cases for 10 gig networking in the home network environment that make it a viable option that allows taking advantage of moving data quickly, running home virtualization servers, faster Internet connections and others. Take a look at the video that describes why you may need 10 gig networking in your home network and also a few possible options for home lab 10 gig switches that are available to ship right now!<br /><br /><br />Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1<br /><br />My blog: <br />https://www.virtualizationhowto.com<br />_____________________________________________________<br /><br />Social Media: <br />https://twitter.com/vspinmaster<br /><br />LinkedIn: <br />https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/<br /><br />Github: <br />https://github.com/brandonleegit<br /><br />Introduction - 0:00<br />Thinking about why you need 10 gig networking - 5 reasons - 1:06<br />Network aggregation - 1:17<br />Why aggregate high capacity connections? - 2:00<br />Virtualization is another reason for 10 gig network switches - 2:10<br />10 gig networking provides many opportunities for software-defined storage solutions - 2:27<br />Consolidating workloads - 3:00<br />Backups benefit from 10 gig networking - 3:14<br />Benefits to backups using high capacity networking - 3:47<br />Storage Area Networks (SANs) - 4:07<br />Home Internet Connection is future-proofed with 10 gig networking - 5:00<br />Look at 10 gig switch models available to purchase today - 5:58<br />Looking at the previous model - Netgear XS708T - 6:08<br />Netgear 12-port 10G multi-gigabit plus switch (SX512EM) - 7:08<br />Ubiquiti ES-16-XG Edge Switch - 8:06<br />Options from FS.COM - 9:30<br />S5860-20SQ 20 10G SFP ports with 4x25GB ports - 9:52<br />S5850-234T16B 16-port 25GB port switch with 24 gigabit ports - 10:39<br />Maybe a great choice of switch compared to the Ubiquiti and Netgear models with 25 GB! 12:26<br />Wrapping up discussion on 10 gig networking and faster connections - 13:14<br /><br />NETGEAR 12 port (XS512EM) - 1149<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-10-Gigabit-Multi-Gigabit-Rackmount-Multi-speed/dp/B0787TKSQ9/ref=asc_df_B0787TKSQ9/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309707619534&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9808285005655655386&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9025961&hvtargid=pla-570189107036&th=1<br /><br /><br />Ubiquiti ES-16-XG Edge Switch<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ES-16-XG-Edge-Switch/dp/B01K2Y1HP0/ref=sr_1_3?crid=237HU6LUN77M1&keywords=ubiquiti+16+xg&qid=1663874827&s=electronics&sprefix=ubiquiti+16+xg%2Celectronics%2C121&sr=1-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.304cacc1-b508-45fb-a37f-a2c47c48c32f<br /><br />FS.com - S5860-20SQ - 24-port 20x 10gb SFP+, with 4 x 25GB SFP28 and 2x 40GB QSFP+<br /><br />https://www.fs.com/products/108710.html<br /><br /><br />fs.COM s5850-24T16B - 16 Port<br />https://www.fs.com/products/97291.html

Best 10 gig Network switch in 2022 for Home! Even 25 gig???

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Learn how to install, configure, sysprep, and clone to template a Windows Server 2022 virtual machine and see how to install the drivers needed for the Windows Server 2022 installation on Proxmox.

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Introduction to Proxmox Windows Server 2022 installation - 0:00
Describing the ISO images needed including Windows Server 2022 and VirtIO drivers - 1:10
How to download the VirtIO drivers for Windows - 1:53
Uploading the ISO images to your Proxmox ISO images storage - 2:18
Creating the Windows Server 2022 - 3:05
Adding the additional virtual CD-ROM drive for the VirtIO drivers - 4:26
Starting the Windows Server 2022 installation - 5:25
Windows has not detected hard disks - 6:00
Laoding the VirtIO drivers for Windows Server 2022 - 6:10
Setting the initial administrator password - 6:46
Installing the VirtIO package in Windows Server 2022 - 7:07
Windows drivers are being installed including network drivers - 7:46
Reboot Windows Server 2022 virtual machine - 8:00
Looking at the network IP address pulled - 8:15
Adding VLANs to virtual machines in Proxmox - 8:35
Making the default Linux Bridge VLAN aware - 8:50
Configuring our Proxmox Windows Server 2022 VM with a different VLAN - 9:20
Windows Server 2022 rebooted and checking the IP address for the different VLAN - 10:00
Discussing creating a Windows Server 2022 virtual machine template - 10:30
Avoiding potential problems using Sysprep - 11:15
The Sysprep command and parameters - 11:28
The Windows Server 2022 VM shuts down and we can convert to template - 12:24
Concluding thoughts - 12:42

Promox and ESXi comparison:

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/09/proxmox-vs-esxi-a-detailed-comparison/

Proxmox iSCSI storage using Synology NAS:

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/01/proxmox-iscsi-target-to-synology-nas/

Virtualize Windows Server 2022 in Proxmox - VLANs, Sysprep, and Template!

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Are you looking at buying or building new hardware for your home lab enviroment? Are you looking for the best home server, best docker container server, or best virtualization server to fit your use case? I have been using Supermicro Edge/IoT servers in my home lab since the beginning as they have a great mix of features, functionality, and capabilities for my needs. I recently added a Supermicro E300-9D-8CN8TP server to my fleet. Take a look at the video as I describe the new server, show the inside of the server, hardware, add-on cards, RAM, and discuss networking. <br /><br />Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1<br /><br />My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com<br /><br />_____________________________________________________<br /><br />Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster<br />LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/<br />Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit<br /><br />Introduction to home lab hardware and new Supermicro server - 0:00<br />Taking a quick overview look at the E300-9D server - 0:51<br />Describing why I use the Supermicro Edge servers - 1:24<br />Looking at the server on the bench - 2:16<br />Looking at the rack mount brackets, etc - 2:55<br />Taking off the top cover and looking at the inside - 3:04<br />The inside plate covering the internals - 3:15<br />Describing the hard drive mounting options - 3:30<br />Looking at the Supermicro add-on card for additional NVMe capacity - 3:51<br />Describing the memory configuration - 4:26<br />Describing the CPU configuration and model - 4:35<br />Describing the networking capabilities - 5:28<br />6 1Gbps ports and 2 10Gbps - 5:38<br />Describing the built-in IPMI management - 5:50<br />License for OOB firmware and update management capabilities - 6:10<br />Possibilities of configuring networking, VLANs, carving out traffic - 6:33<br />Converged networking configurations - 7:00<br />Concluding thoughts of the new Supermicro Edge IoT server for home labs - 7:30<br /><br />Best Docker Containers for Home server:<br /><br />https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/05/best-docker-containers-for-home-server/<br /><br />Best Quiet Home Server in 2022 for Virtualization:<br /><br />https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/04/best-quiet-home-server-in-2022-for-virtualization/<br /><br />Virtualization vs Containerization in 2022 home lab:<br /><br />https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/01/virtualization-vs-containerization-in-2022-home-lab/

Best Home Server in 2022 for Virtualization and Containers

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