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.
  • TanzuConfiguring VMware Tanzu Workload Management from vSphere Client

    vSphere Integrated Containers vs Tanzu

    When it comes to running containers on VMware infrastructure, many options are available. If you have been around VMware technologies for some time now, undoubtedly, you have heard about vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC). However, VMware has recently introduced the VMware…

  • ContainersEnhanced GUI in Portainer 2.11.1

    How to install Portainer on Ubuntu 22.04 and Upgrade existing installations

    If you haven’t heard about Portainer, you need to. It is a great GUI tool that allows installing, configuring, and managing your containers and is much easier to do than using the command line. If you have been following my…

  • AutomationRunning packer build Ubuntu 22.04

    Packer Build Ubuntu 22.04 for VMware vSphere

    Yesterday, Ubuntu released the latest in the line of LTS versions of Ubuntu Server and Workstation. Ubuntu 22.04 is a great release featuring many new features and enhancements to the Ubuntu family of operating systems. If you are like me,…

  • Backup SoftwareDownload and install BDRSuite v5.2

    BDRSuite v5.2 Released with New Features

    Backups, data protection, and modern capabilities to protect data across multiple environments are becoming increasingly important. Data is at the heart of everything businesses are doing today. Data protection vendors have been challenged to keep pace with the backup needs…

  • Backup SoftwareA common cause of data loss is ransomware

    The Most Common Causes of Data Loss – How to Protect Against Them

    Data is arguably the single most important resource of a business. Today’s organizations are amassing massive amounts of data, both on-premises and in the public cloud. Protecting your data assets becomes paramount. It is good to review common causes of…

  • HCXAccessing the VMware HCX console

    VMware HCX appliances installation and configuration

    One of the tremendously powerful capabilities VMware is giving businesses today is an abstraction layer from various cloud environments, allowing you to run workloads anywhere. It is known as a “mobility platform.” We will discuss further what capabilities are offered…

  • WorkstationConfiguring a VMware Workstation network bridged to the new VLAN tagged Hyper V network adapter

    VMware Workstation VLAN Tagging Configuration

    If you use VMware Workstation for your home lab or daily DevOps and other purposes, you may want to have the ability to have different VMware Workstation VMs reside on different VLANs. This functionality allows placing different VMs on different…

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    NVMe-oF RAID Data Protection in StarWind Backup Appliance

    As organizations look to protect their data, backups are the core central component of any good disaster recovery strategy. However, while having backups is critical, they have to be restored to realize their value. Long, drawn-out recovery times can devastate…

  • VDICyber Attack Recovery with Cameyo Rapid Recovery

    Cyber Attack Recovery with Cameyo Rapid Recovery

    One of the most significant challenges and concerns of organizations today revolves around securing their infrastructure and business-critical data. Ransomware and other cyberattacks are increasingly making headlines targeting businesses worldwide. As businesses have shifted to a hybrid work landscape, many…

  • TanzuOverview of VMware Tanzu Application Platform

    What is VMware Tanzu Application Platform v1.1?

    There is no question that VMware is undergoing a metamorphosis from the traditional days of a hypervisor running virtual machines. VMware is now a powerful software company spearheading the pathway to the cloud for companies and facilitating multi-cloud architecture for…