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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.
Proxmox iSCSI target to Synology NAS
Proxmox

Proxmox iSCSI target to Synology NAS

Not long ago, I wrote a quick blog post detailing how to install Proxmox inside a VMware virtual machine. However, to really play around with the hypervisor, it is great…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 19, 2022January 3, 2024
Rufus Alternative for Linux and Windows installing ISOs – Ventoy
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Rufus Alternative for Linux and Windows installing ISOs – Ventoy

Most of you are familiar with the Rufus utility that is a great way to “burn” an ISO to a USB key for installing various OS’es. It works great, and…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 18, 2022October 28, 2023
iSCSI Synology VMware Configuration step-by-step
VMware

iSCSI Synology VMware Configuration step-by-step

One of the lab additions made in the past couple of weeks is a new Synology DS1621xs+ 6-bay NAS device. I have been wanting to add a NAS device for…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 17, 2022October 25, 2023
Pihole Local DNS Records synchronized from Active Directory
Raspberry Pi

Pihole Local DNS Records synchronized from Active Directory

If you use Pi-hole in your home network, and you should, the local DNS provided by Pi-hole is a great way to house DNS services for your home network. However,…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 14, 2022October 25, 2023
Nested Proxmox VMware installation in ESXi
Proxmox

Nested Proxmox VMware installation in ESXi

In working with clients and different environments, you will definitely see many different hypervisors used across the landscape of enterprise organizations. While I recommend VMware vSphere for business-critical enterprise workloads…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 13, 2022December 28, 2023
Kubernetes Bare Metal Load Balancer configuration with Nginx
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Kubernetes Bare Metal Load Balancer configuration with Nginx

Creating a new Kubernetes cluster in Portainer

by Brandon LeeJanuary 11, 2022November 22, 2023
Virtualization vs Containerization in 2022 home lab
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Virtualization vs Containerization in 2022 home lab

I have been revisiting many of the infrastructure components and services running in the home lab environment. You can read my VMware Home Lab and Learning Goals 2022 post to…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 10, 2022November 22, 2023
VMSA-2022-0001 CD-ROM vulnerability patch workaround and Locked CD-ROM error
VMware PowerCLI

VMSA-2022-0001 CD-ROM vulnerability patch workaround and Locked CD-ROM error

Well, closely on the heels of the Log4j vulnerability, we have started 2022 with a new VMSA-2022-0001 released from VMware. The new vulnerability affects a wide range of products, including…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 6, 2022November 24, 2023
Securing Virtual Workspaces with Praim ThinOX
VDI

Securing Virtual Workspaces with Praim ThinOX

No longer are the majority of workers driving into the office. The remote workforce has taken shape and is a trend that will undoubtedly continue. As a result, businesses have…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022
VMware Event Broker Appliance VEBA tutorial: How to create an email notification
Automation

VMware Event Broker Appliance VEBA tutorial: How to create an email notification

Among the really cool projects I have stood up in the lab as of recently is the VMware Event Broker Appliance (VEBA). If you have not heard about VEBA and…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 4, 2022March 23, 2024

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