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Author: Brandon Lee

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.
Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019
Windows Server 2019

Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019

If you have a home lab environment or another lab where you continually test various solutions, licensing, and trial expiration is a challenge that you constantly tend to run into.…

by Brandon LeeOctober 13, 2020March 22, 2024
Manage Your vSphere Environment Using PowerShell
Powershell

Manage Your vSphere Environment Using PowerShell

Automation is the “king of the road” when it comes to managing today’s fast-paced infrastructure. VMware vSphere is an environment that greatly benefits from automation and allows organizations to lower…

by Brandon LeeOctober 12, 2020January 11, 2021
Manually Remove disconnected vSphere template from vCenter
VMware

Manually Remove disconnected vSphere template from vCenter

Recently, I got in a situation with a VMware vSphere template that left me in a precarious position in the lab environment.  In the haste of rebuilding a lab environment, I…

by Brandon LeeOctober 12, 2020January 11, 2021
Solving IO Performance Problems at the Source with Condusiv
Storage

Solving IO Performance Problems at the Source with Condusiv

There is no question that solving IO performance problems at the source is often one of the most challenging issues to diagnose and resolve in most virtualized environments.  Most often,…

by Brandon LeeOctober 9, 2020March 4, 2024
StarWind HyperConverged Appliance for Video Surveillance and Analytics
Software Defined Storage

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance for Video Surveillance and Analytics

As part of proper physical security measures, many organizations make use of video surveillance platforms to help protect physical locations from theft, vandalism, and unscrupulous conduct of employees or visitors. …

by Brandon LeeOctober 9, 2020January 11, 2021
Upgrade to ESXi 7 Update 1 using vSphere Lifecycle Manager VLCM
vSphere 7

Upgrade to ESXi 7 Update 1 using vSphere Lifecycle Manager VLCM

One of the great new features that was included starting in vSphere 7 is the new vSphere Lifecycle Manager (VLCM) tool. The new tool provides a declarative approach to upgrades…

by Brandon LeeOctober 7, 2020January 11, 2021
Cameyo Expands Remote Worker Security with HTTP Port Shield
Digital Workspace

Cameyo Expands Remote Worker Security with HTTP Port Shield

Remote work does not look to be going away any time soon. I covered a solution not long ago called Cameyo that offers a truly unique, simple, and secure way…

by Brandon LeeOctober 7, 2020February 9, 2024
VMware vSphere 7 Update 1 GA Released for Download
vSphere 7

VMware vSphere 7 Update 1 GA Released for Download

Today is beautiful news to the ears of all vSphere administrators who have been longingly awaiting the availability of vSphere 7 Update 1. The vSphere 7 U1 release contains many…

by Brandon LeeOctober 6, 2020December 28, 2023
vSAN Daemon Liveness Check Failed – vSAN 7
vSAN

vSAN Daemon Liveness Check Failed – vSAN 7

***UPDATE*** Fix is detailed in the VMware KB below. One of the great things about running the home lab is you get to triage issues just like you would see…

by Brandon LeeOctober 5, 2020January 11, 2021
VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery: On-Demand DRaaS
Disaster Recovery

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery: On-Demand DRaaS

There were many exciting announcements at VMworld 2020 this year. One of the announcements that caught my attention was a new offering called VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery that provides an…

by Brandon LeeOctober 2, 2020January 11, 2021

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