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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.
How to Upgrade Dell Nseries Firmware
Networking

How to Upgrade Dell Nseries Firmware

A quick post on how to upgrade Dell Nseries Firmware and the process involved.  What you will need is a TFTP utility of your choice running on the network as…

by Brandon LeeOctober 4, 2016January 11, 2021
Windows Server 2016 RTM Installation and Configuration
Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 RTM Installation and Configuration

Well, with Windows Server 2016 now RTM, many administrators are gearing up to start looking at installing their first WS2016 server in their environments, myself included.  There is a whole…

by Brandon LeeOctober 4, 2016January 11, 2021
What happens Same IP Range different subnet mask
Networking

What happens Same IP Range different subnet mask

I had this question posed to me the other day and it is one of those curiosity questions that you may have asked before or perhaps had a situation that…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 28, 2016January 11, 2021
VIRL vs GNS3 vs Packet Tracer which one
Networking

VIRL vs GNS3 vs Packet Tracer which one

Network simulators are a great resources for mocking up certain scenarios, learning, certifications, and plain old “what will happen if I do this in my network” testing.  There are are…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 27, 2016January 11, 2021
Nakivo 6.1 Backup and Restore Active Directory
ActiveDirectory

Nakivo 6.1 Backup and Restore Active Directory

In enterprise environments today, Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD or ADDS) is by far the most widely used authentication engine that provides identity management as well as access to resources and…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 21, 2016January 11, 2021
ESXTOP troubleshoot VM network connectivity
VMware

ESXTOP troubleshoot VM network connectivity

ESXTOP is one of the best all around troubleshooting tools in the toolbox of a VMware administrator and it is a built in commandline tool available as soon as you…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 20, 2016January 11, 2021
Troubleshooting VMware Workstation Network connectivity
Networking

Troubleshooting VMware Workstation Network connectivity

Typically, I use VMware Workstation every day running work VMs and performing other testing.  I also troubleshoot VMware Workstation for other users as well.  From time to time, I have…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 20, 2016January 11, 2021
Reset unresponsive VM with Powershell PowerCLI
Powershell

Reset unresponsive VM with Powershell PowerCLI

I had a recent use case to be able to check the reachability of a certain VM which had shown itself to be problematic.  If the VM wasn’t responsive or…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 16, 2016September 16, 2016
SQL Cluster computer account could not be configured
SQL

SQL Cluster computer account could not be configured

In working on an older Microsoft SQL Cluster server configuration recently, I ran into an issue with a lab copy of the SQL Cluster not bringing the SQL resources online…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 15, 2016January 11, 2021
Change Default Gateway with Powershell
Powershell

Change Default Gateway with Powershell

One of the best ways to automate or check network settings with modern Windows OS’es is to use Powershell. Recently, I had a really unique use case where the need arose…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 12, 2016March 12, 2024

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