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.

Networking

Brandon LeeMay 3, 2017
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GNS3 2.0 released new features

For those networking geeks out there like myself, no doubt you have used and continue to utilize GNS3 as a tool for mock ups, learning, and just about anything else you can think of. GNS3 today has some major news…
VMware

Brandon LeeMay 2, 2017
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Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore

Many choose to use NFS as opposed to iSCSI in their VMware vSphere environments. NFS has a lot of benefits and use cases particularly when we look at the efficiency of NFS. With NFS there is no encapsulation that needs…
NSX

Brandon LeeMay 1, 2017
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VMUG Advantage EvalExperience adds VMware NSX

We had written a blurb just a little while ago about the hinting of the addition of VMware NSX to VMUG Advantage EvalExperience. This was an exciting rumbling as it has been a highly requested addition that would simply sweeten…
Horizon View

Brandon LeeApril 28, 2017
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VMware Horizon View 7.1 Customization operation timed out

I had mentioned this in the previous post about setting up a dedicated workstation pool for Horizon with Linked clones. I wanted to write up a separate post on this issue just to detail a bit more what the error…
Horizon View

Brandon LeeApril 26, 2017
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Create Dedicated Linked Clones with VMware Horizon View 7.1

If we do not want to use or do not have the licenses for using Instant Clones in our VMware Horizon View 7.1 environment, we can opt to use Linked Clones. Or, we may choose Linked Clones instead of instant…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeApril 25, 2017
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Update Nakivo Backup and Replication V7 Appliance

Among many of the things to like about the Nakivo Backup & Replication v7 product is the easy and intuitive nature of the processes and operations in the product. This includes the backup mechanism. Updating the Nakivo Backup & Replication…
vSAN

Brandon LeeApril 21, 2017
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VMware vSAN 6.6 Configuration and new features

With the recent release of the vSphere 6.5d update, VMware vSAN 6.6 is added as part of the update. VMware vSAN 6.6 includes many enhancements to the technology as each iteration brings maturity to the technology. VMware’s vSAN is one…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeApril 19, 2017
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Configure Nakivo Backup and Replication v7 Active Directory Integration

In today’s enterprise environments, most organizations use a central identity source to simplify authentication between various systems and platforms. For the majority, Microsoft’s Active Directory is by far the most widely used identity source to provide authentication mechanisms and security…
vSphere 6

Brandon LeeApril 17, 2017
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Upgrade VMware vCenter VCSA appliance to 6.0 U3b

Even though many may look at their next update/upgrade of VMware VCSA appliance as going to 6.5, some may still choose to remain on the 6.0 level for now until 6.5 gets a bit more maturity, etc. Let’s take a…
VMware

Brandon LeeApril 13, 2017
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VMUG Advantage EvalExperience NSX package hinted

I was excited to see that a recent update from VMUG I received a couple of days ago hinted at the possibility of VMware NSX being included in a future “package” of the VMUG EvalExperience membership. This is exciting news…