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Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free
Software Defined Storage

Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free

Recently StarWind release a totally free SAN and NAS appliance that allows quickly spinning up a storage appliance based on various types of storage, both physical and virtual. This new…

by Brandon LeeJune 1, 2021February 22, 2024
Install Winget 1.0 Windows 10 and upgrade all software
Windows 10

Install Winget 1.0 Windows 10 and upgrade all software

Have you found yourself spending lots of time trying to keep your software on a management workstation up-to-date? If you are like me, you probably use a myriad of tools,…

by Brandon LeeMay 28, 2021June 4, 2021
Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab
home lab

Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab

When it comes to building your first home lab, there is nothing wrong with starting out with VMware Workstation. Realistically, this may be all you need. Having a decent workstation…

by Brandon LeeMay 27, 2021April 26, 2024
ESXi VMware Tools Update Guide
VMware Tools

ESXi VMware Tools Update Guide

VMware tools provide a tightly integrated and fluid experience between the guest virtual machines and the VMware ESXi host. With VMware Tools, you get a much better user experience, including…

by Brandon LeeMay 25, 2021March 18, 2024
How to Manage VMware Snapshots: A Guide
VMware

How to Manage VMware Snapshots: A Guide

They can be one of the best features in a VMware vSphere environment, or perhaps the worst, depending on how they are managed and the understanding of what purpose they…

by Brandon LeeMay 24, 2021May 24, 2021
OpenSSH Server Windows 10 Install with Public Key authentication
Windows 10

OpenSSH Server Windows 10 Install with Public Key authentication

Remote connectivity to your Windows Servers is a prime capability that is required by administrators to be able to control, manage, and administer their environments. With Windows environments, I feel…

by Brandon LeeMay 20, 2021January 26, 2024
StarWind VSAN ZFS and Linux VSA
Software Defined Storage

StarWind VSAN ZFS and Linux VSA

There is no question that software-defined storage (SDS) is the way of the future. Traditional storage is not well-suited for many of the requirements of modern workloads that are needed…

by Brandon LeeMay 19, 2021November 7, 2023
Find Guest OS Type ID using PowerCLI
Automation

Find Guest OS Type ID using PowerCLI

Have you needed to find the Guest OS type IDs that are used in Terraform or other automation in provisioning VMware vSphere virtual machines? There is a really easy way…

by Brandon LeeMay 18, 2021May 18, 2021
See which VMs were powered on before ESXi host went down
VMware

See which VMs were powered on before ESXi host went down

Have you been in a situation before where you had a standalone host go down, maybe a lab host, and after bringing everything back up, you are not sure which…

by Brandon LeeMay 18, 2021June 1, 2021
Backup DNS Windows Server 2016 2019 and 2022
Windows

Backup DNS Windows Server 2016 2019 and 2022

DNS or Domain Naming System is the heart of everything we do, on the LAN, and on the Internet. It is the phone book that maps names to IP addresses…

by Brandon LeeMay 14, 2021May 14, 2021

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