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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.
Windows Server 2016 Containers Basic Setup
Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 Containers Basic Setup

If you would like to lab and play around with containers, there is a really great setup script and a few easy steps you can follow to get a copy…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 6, 2016February 15, 2024
VMware vSphere 6 available memory resources in the parent resource pool are insufficient
Virtualization

VMware vSphere 6 available memory resources in the parent resource pool are insufficient

Recently, I ran into an odd issue with a VM that was configured in a three node VMware vSphere 6 cluster.  The cluster housed about 30 other VMs that were…

by Brandon LeeDecember 30, 2015January 11, 2021
Sophos UTM allow Internet access additional vlans
Networking

Sophos UTM allow Internet access additional vlans

Sophos UTM has plenty of features to protect your network, home network, or lab.  Most likely if you are like me you are running multiple VLANs in your environment.  If…

by Brandon LeeDecember 22, 2015January 11, 2021
Change an existing Windows static route to persistent
Networking

Change an existing Windows static route to persistent

So this is not something that you will find yourself doing terribly often – having to change an existing Windows static route to persistent.  However, if you have the need…

by Brandon LeeDecember 18, 2015January 11, 2021
Mikrotik Setup Multiple Virtual APs and VLANs
Networking

Mikrotik Setup Multiple Virtual APs and VLANs

Recently, I picked up a Mikrotik RB951G-2hnd for an additional AP to play around with in the lab and to eventually replace an aging Netgear SOHO router/AP that currently only…

by Brandon LeeDecember 16, 2015January 11, 2021
Fix Office 2016 won’t launch
Software

Fix Office 2016 won’t launch

I decided to finally take the plunge and update my Office installation to Office 2016 Professional Plus.  I have been running Office 2010 Professional Plus on my admin VM and…

by Brandon LeeDecember 11, 2015January 11, 2021
How to enable thinprint VMware Workstation 12
Virtualization

How to enable thinprint VMware Workstation 12

Since VMware Workstation 12 has all but eliminated the problems I was having with the VMware workstation console interfacing with my VMs, I have since moved back to using the…

by Brandon LeeDecember 10, 2015January 11, 2021
Monitor Account Lockouts Active Directory
ActiveDirectory

Monitor Account Lockouts Active Directory

One of the time wasters of a system administrator can be chasing down account lockouts and why they happen.  Many administrators have felt the pain of parsing through logs, etc…

by Brandon LeeDecember 8, 2015January 11, 2021
How to Upgrade to VMware Workstation 12 Pro
Virtualization

How to Upgrade to VMware Workstation 12 Pro

I use VMware workstation daily in my work environment for segmenting administrative traffic from Internet browsing, as well as to test new OS’es and other configuration lab work.  I have…

by Brandon LeeDecember 2, 2015January 11, 2021
Equallogic SAN basic initial iSCSI setup
Virtualization

Equallogic SAN basic initial iSCSI setup

Recently, I configured a couple of Dell Equallogic SANs for two different VMware environments and I wanted to pass along to you guys the steps required to stand up a…

by Brandon LeeNovember 25, 2015November 22, 2023

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