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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.
Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind
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Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind

In your home lab environment or production use cases, you may need shared storage for virtualization, scale-out repositories, high availability, hyperconverged infrastructure, and other use cases – free Virtual SAN…

by Brandon LeeAugust 22, 2022October 25, 2023
VMware vSAN Direct configuration and requirements
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VMware vSAN Direct configuration and requirements

VMware continues to evolve the VMware vSAN solution, giving organizations even more storage options with their VMware vSAN configurations in a vSAN cluster. One of those options is the VMware…

by Brandon LeeAugust 19, 2022December 18, 2023
vSAN Witness Appliance Deployment
vSAN

vSAN Witness Appliance Deployment

One of the powerful deployments of VMware vSAN is the vSAN stretched cluster configuration. With vSAN stretched cluster, the vSAN data nodes have a vSAN stretched cluster datastore between them,…

by Brandon LeeAugust 17, 2022November 22, 2023
VMware vRealize Automation 8.9 Released New Features with Kubernetes Automation
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VMware vRealize Automation 8.9 Released New Features with Kubernetes Automation

Automation is king today in the enterprise data center to get things done consistently, quickly, and in a way that can be versioned. New application development is a growing trend…

by Brandon LeeAugust 16, 2022January 1, 2024
5 reasons why you need an offsite data backup
Backup Software

5 reasons why you need an offsite data backup

It is not something businesses like to think about – disasters, requiring organizations to recover data. However, losing critical files in the data center is an event that requires businesses…

by Brandon LeeAugust 15, 2022March 4, 2024
NVMe server for vSAN virtual machines
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NVMe server for vSAN virtual machines

Just a few years ago, an NVMe server would have been a premium to have either in the enterprise or at home. However, with the availability of NVMe drives and…

by Brandon LeeAugust 12, 2022December 6, 2023
VMware NSX-T 4.0.0.1 has a new name and new features!
NSX

VMware NSX-T 4.0.0.1 has a new name and new features!

In case you missed the announcement a few days back, the latest release of VMware NSX-T has landed with new features and functionality and also a new name for VMware…

by Brandon LeeAugust 8, 2022February 26, 2024
ESXi Change Hostname with GUI and Command Line
VMware

ESXi Change Hostname with GUI and Command Line

When it comes to the day-to-day management of VMware ESXi hosts, there are many activities a VI admin may need to carry out with ESXi hosts in the environment. While…

by Brandon LeeAugust 5, 2022October 28, 2023
Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition Download and Pricing
Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition Download and Pricing

Windows Server 2022 is Microsoft’s newest operating system with many different options for business environments. When it comes to Microsoft Windows Server 2022 editions, there are many to choose from.…

by Brandon LeeAugust 4, 2022March 26, 2024
I created ESXi ransomware its scary easy and why you need proper security
Security

I created ESXi ransomware its scary easy and why you need proper security

As I am sure you have been reading about a lot lately, ESXi ransomware is gaining momentum and is becoming widespread. It means we, as VI admins, must stay sharp…

by Brandon LeeAugust 3, 2022October 25, 2023

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