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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.
Upgrading Veeam Backup and Replication 9.0 update 2
Virtualization

Upgrading Veeam Backup and Replication 9.0 update 2

Veeam recently released 9.0 Update 2 of their Backup & Replication product.  This is a pretty major release as it contains over 300 improvements and product enhancements.  The list is…

by Brandon LeeAugust 16, 2016January 11, 2021
ESXi 6.0 Install Can’t Have a Partition Outside the disk
Virtualization

ESXi 6.0 Install Can’t Have a Partition Outside the disk

This past week in working with a Supermicro lab host filled with 12 4TB drives, I ran into an issue with the ESXi 6.0 installer that was a bit peculiar…

by Brandon LeeAugust 15, 2016January 11, 2021
Untangle 12.1 Review and Impressions
Security

Untangle 12.1 Review and Impressions

So virtual firewalls and appliances are all the rage these days and there are many options to choose from.  Historically, I have used a variety of different firewall/UTM platforms.  I…

by Brandon LeeAugust 12, 2016January 11, 2021
How to Configure Untangle site to site VPN
Networking

How to Configure Untangle site to site VPN

In working on a DR project utilizing two Untangle virtual appliances, I had the need to setup a site to site VPN connection between the Untangle firewalls.  The OpenVPN documentation…

by Brandon LeeAugust 8, 2016March 20, 2024
Nakivo Backup & Replication 6.1 – powerful choice for VM backup
Virtualization

Nakivo Backup & Replication 6.1 – powerful choice for VM backup

Just a quick blurb to spread the news about Nakivo Backup & Replication 6.1.  It is now in GA release trim and it has improved on the already great interface…

by Brandon LeeAugust 3, 2016January 11, 2021
Change VMware NSX Controller Settings
Computers

Change VMware NSX Controller Settings

If you are looking into NSX especially in a lab environment, the resource requirements for the NSX virtual infrastructure is quite costly.  Especially with high availability, you are looking at…

by Brandon LeeAugust 2, 2016January 11, 2021
Windows 10 static address shows 169 address
Windows 10

Windows 10 static address shows 169 address

Today I ran into a weird situation with a Windows 10 VM that I wanted to write up a quick post about.  Having provisioned a Windows 10 VM from a…

by Brandon LeeAugust 2, 2016January 11, 2021
Troubleshooting general SQL connectivity issues
SQL

Troubleshooting general SQL connectivity issues

There are quite a few things that an administrator may need to check when it comes to making sure connectivity to SQL is happy and healthy in your respective environments.…

by Brandon LeeJuly 29, 2016January 11, 2021
Map a network drive from remote desktop back to local computer
Windows

Map a network drive from remote desktop back to local computer

If you are working a lot with remote desktop sessions especially in lab environments where network segmentation is present, there are often many situations where it is beneficial to have…

by Brandon LeeJuly 29, 2016January 11, 2021
See what user you are connecting to linked SQL server
SQL

See what user you are connecting to linked SQL server

I wanted to share with you guys a really handy little SQL query that is extremely useful if you are troubleshooting SQL Server linked server connectivity.  You may have setup…

by Brandon LeeJuly 28, 2016February 9, 2024

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