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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.
Thin Client Cloud Management with Praim ThinMan
VDI

Thin Client Cloud Management with Praim ThinMan

Today’s organizations are working in a more hybrid configuration than ever before and supporting a diverse hybrid workforce, working in corporate headquarters, remote branches, from their homes, and managing thin…

by Brandon LeeMay 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Troubleshooting vCenter Appliance with vSphere Diagnostic Tool Fling
VMware

Troubleshooting vCenter Appliance with vSphere Diagnostic Tool Fling

Have you found yourself troubleshooting vCenter Appliance VCSA with various commands, scripts, and tools? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a single utility to troubleshoot vCenter Appliance in the box…

by Brandon LeeMay 9, 2022May 13, 2022
Best Docker Containers for Home Server
Containers

Best Docker Containers for Home Server

Many are delving into learning containers and Kubernetes. With this, having your own home lab environment is especially valuable in tinkering and setting up an environment for learning. This post…

by Brandon LeeMay 6, 2022November 7, 2023
NAS Backup Strategy with NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.6
Backup Software

NAS Backup Strategy with NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.6

Not long ago, I covered the beta release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.6 with many new features. You can read my coverage of the beta release here. Now, NAKIVO…

by Brandon LeeMay 5, 2022May 5, 2022
Hyperconverged Infrastructure Trends in 2022
Software Defined Storage

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Trends in 2022

Unquestionably, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is gaining tremendous momentum and adoption in the enterprise data center. In a recent study by the ISG (Information Services Group), in 2020, the HCI market…

by Brandon LeeMay 4, 2022May 4, 2022
K3s dashboard install and configuration
Kubernetes

K3s dashboard install and configuration

The K3s lightweight Kubernetes distribution is a great Kubernetes distribution across many different use cases. I have been using K3s in the home lab for various purposes. How can you…

by Brandon LeeMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Install K3s on Ubuntu with K3D in Docker
Kubernetes

Install K3s on Ubuntu with K3D in Docker

Are you making the transition to Kubernetes in your learning path? If you haven’t taken the plunge as of yet, there are many great learning tools available for learning Kubernetes…

by Brandon LeeApril 28, 2022January 24, 2024
vSphere Integrated Containers vs Tanzu
Tanzu

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…

by Brandon LeeApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022
How to install Portainer on Ubuntu 22.04 and Upgrade existing installations
Containers

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…

by Brandon LeeApril 25, 2022April 29, 2024
Packer Build Ubuntu 22.04 for VMware vSphere
Automation

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…

by Brandon LeeApril 22, 2022December 20, 2023

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