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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.
Upgrade VMware Tools to Latest Version
VMware

Upgrade VMware Tools to Latest Version

Installing VMware Tools on running virtual machines in a VMware vSphere environment is best practice and a great way to make sure the running virtual machines perform at their best.…

by Brandon LeeDecember 4, 2017October 27, 2023
Vembu Perpetual Licensing Service Provider Program and GDPR
Backup Software

Vembu Perpetual Licensing Service Provider Program and GDPR

Recently, Vembu Technologies has made some exciting announcements for customers regarding their suite of products, pricing and keeping pace with the various compliance standards on the horizon.  Vembu is a…

by Brandon LeeNovember 30, 2017January 11, 2021
Check for Orphaned Veeam Temporary Snapshots
Backup Software

Check for Orphaned Veeam Temporary Snapshots

For those using Veeam Backup & Replication in a vSphere environment perhaps backing up hundreds of virtual machines one of the important housekeeping items you may want to keep a…

by Brandon LeeNovember 29, 2017January 11, 2021
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v7.3 GA released new features
Backup Software

NAKIVO Backup and Replication v7.3 GA released new features

NAKIVO is still blazing a trail with rapid development, aggressive release cycles, and listening to customer input. It is excellent to see a company that is driven for providing what…

by Brandon LeeNovember 28, 2017January 11, 2021
How to Security Harden VMware ESXi Hosts
vSphere 6.5

How to Security Harden VMware ESXi Hosts

When thinking about security, security hardening is one of the terms we use to describe what we do to reduce the attack surface of a host to make it more…

by Brandon LeeNovember 27, 2017March 8, 2024
VMware Hands On Labs Learning Resource
VMware

VMware Hands On Labs Learning Resource

All of us who are virtualization engineers are constantly trying to acquire new skills and polish the skills we already have.  If you are like me, you are looking for…

by Brandon LeeNovember 22, 2017March 27, 2024
Configure VMware Distributed Switch Private VLANs
VMware

Configure VMware Distributed Switch Private VLANs

Segmented and securing network traffic is an essential part of traffic flows in and out of the virtual environment.  Traditionally VLANs have been used as a means of separating broadcast…

by Brandon LeeNovember 21, 2017January 11, 2021
Configure Offsite Disaster Recovery Copy
Backup Software

Configure Offsite Disaster Recovery Copy

A crucial aspect of disaster recovery is the ability to provide an offsite disaster recovery site. This provides site resiliency. If you lose an entire production site, you can failover…

by Brandon LeeNovember 20, 2017January 11, 2021
Keep Veeam Tape Job from Interrupting Production Backups
Backup Software

Keep Veeam Tape Job from Interrupting Production Backups

In data protection, utilizing the 3-2-1 backups rule for production notes (3) copies of your backups, (2) different kinds of medium, and (1) located offsite is best practice. Many enterprises…

by Brandon LeeNovember 17, 2017February 22, 2024
Easy SSL Certificates for Lab Environments
home lab

Easy SSL Certificates for Lab Environments

In a home lab environment, we often want to test various functionality as we would use in production or otherwise. Nowadays, SSL connectivity is for the most part the standard…

by Brandon LeeNovember 16, 2017January 11, 2021

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