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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.
Cisco SG300 time configuration
Networking

Cisco SG300 time configuration

Recently, after working with some logging on my Cisco SG300-20 switch, I wanted to write up a quick post on Cisco SG300 time configuration and how to go about setting this…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 29, 2016January 11, 2021
Cisco Native VLAN mismatch
Networking

Cisco Native VLAN mismatch

After installing a test Meraki MS220-8 switch in my lab environment at home, I noticed when I remoted into my core switch for my lab, a Cisco SG300-20, it was…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 29, 2016January 11, 2021
Arpwatch SMTP configuration
Security

Arpwatch SMTP configuration

One of the more obscure sources of information when configuring arpwatch is arpwatch SMTP configuration.  There are so many flavors of linux and SMTP servers, how can you easily setup…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 25, 2016November 22, 2023
Arpwatch Home Network Monitor
Security

Arpwatch Home Network Monitor

Let’s face it, these days, we all need to pay more attention to what is going on with our home networks.  I have the mindset and maybe this is overkill…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 24, 2016November 22, 2023
ESXi 6 Equallogic reclaim free space
vSphere 6

ESXi 6 Equallogic reclaim free space

If you are thin provisioning VMs in your environment with an Equallogic SAN attached to your cluster, you may find that you start receiving warning from SAN HQ or your…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 23, 2016January 11, 2021
How to tweak performance ESXi 6.0
vSphere 6

How to tweak performance ESXi 6.0

We might not think about tweaking of the ESXi hosts themselves for performance.  While there are other major areas of performance consideration in a vSphere cluster such as your storage…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 18, 2016January 11, 2021
AppAssure powershell commandlets for administrators
Powershell

AppAssure powershell commandlets for administrators

If you administer an AppAssure environment, there is great power in using Powershell to do a lot of the heavy lifting.  There are just some things about GUIs we all…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 18, 2016March 12, 2024
Create Linked Clone using PowerCLI ESXi 6
vSphere 6

Create Linked Clone using PowerCLI ESXi 6

Guys, just wanted to write up a quick post on how to spin up a linked clone in ESXi 6.0 using only PowerCLI, this may come in handy if you…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 11, 2016February 11, 2016
Deploy Dell Virtual Storage Manager 4.5.2 in vCenter
Virtualization

Deploy Dell Virtual Storage Manager 4.5.2 in vCenter

For those of you who don’t know or haven’t seen the Dell Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) appliance, it is a virtual appliance provided by Dell which extends the functionality of vCenter…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 10, 2016March 27, 2024
VMware create and restore group snapshots multiple VMs at once
Virtualization

VMware create and restore group snapshots multiple VMs at once

If you have a lab environment or other “application stack” specific multiple VMs, there can arise the need to create and restore snapshots in unison or in a “group” fashion.…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 8, 2016January 11, 2021

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