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.

vSphere 6.7

Brandon LeeApril 17, 2019
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Upgrade to VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 Update 2 with Command Line

One of the great things about ESXi from a lifecycle management and update perspective is you have multiple ways to do things. As administrators, we want to have options for various scenarios. As posted in the previous post covering the…
vSphere 6.7

Brandon LeeApril 16, 2019
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Upgrade VMware vSphere ESXi to 6.7 Update 2 with VUM New Features

Well, the upgrades are beginning in the home lab for getting everything up to vSphere 6.7 Update 2. There are many ways to update ESXi to the latest version and I have to say VMware has made this process rock…
vSphere 6.7

Brandon LeeApril 15, 2019
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Upgrade to VMware vSphere vCenter VCSA 6.7 Update 2 with VAMI

Well, after the announcement of VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2, the bits are finally GA! VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2 is a great step forward for the platform. VMware continues to evolve the platform to be more and more powerful…
Automation

Brandon LeeApril 12, 2019
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Use Ansible to Update OUI tables in Arpwatch

As most of you are aware, I have written a few posts about Arpwatch and the great value it provides in a network for visibility. It can help to uncover not only network issues that may exist, but also potential…
Nutanix

Brandon LeeApril 11, 2019
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Install Nested Nutanix CE in VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 Update 1

One of the great things about virtualization is “nested virtualization“. This is where you can run a hypervisor inside a virtual machine running on another hypervisor. One of the really cool things with the lab environment is playing around with…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeApril 10, 2019
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NAKIVO Backup and Replication 8.5 Beta Released with Nutanix Support

NAKIVO Backup & Replication is one of the major players in the virtualization backup space today and have certainly made a habit of releasing great new features at a very rapid cadence. It seems like with each new release of…
VMware Monitoring

Brandon LeeApril 8, 2019
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Runecast 2.6 Beta Introduces Automated Hardware Compatibility Checks

Runecast is just one of those products that is hands down a “no brainer” for vSphere environments. Runecast has been providing killer capabilities and automated checks for vSphere that keep getting better and better with each release. The new Beta…
vRealize Suite

Brandon LeeApril 5, 2019
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VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.5 New Features Announced

Perhaps overshadowed by just a small margin by the release of VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2, VMware has also announced the release of vRealize Operations 7.5. This is a major upgrade on the already great vRealize Operations platform that saw…
Automation

Brandon LeeApril 4, 2019
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Getting Started with Packer and VMware vSphere

Automation is the key to success in today’s fast paced world of hybrid infrastructure. Gone are the days of spending hours or days on build processes and infrastructure engineers holding up any part of the development pipeline. Today’s world of…
vSphere 6.7

Brandon LeeApril 2, 2019
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VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2 Announced New Features

There have certainly been rumblings in the works for the past little while. While vSphere 6.7 Update 1 was a milestone release, VMware is making news again today with vSphere 6.7 Update 2 release of vSphere. There are some very…