Skip to content
September 17, 2025 5:37 pm
Wednesday, Sep 17, 2025

Virtualization Howto

Virtualization, Cloud, DevOps, Reviews

  • Forum
  • My kits
    • Home Lab NAS Kits
    • Intel Optane Swap Kit
    • VMware Compatible Mini PCs
  • Podcast
  • DevOps
  • Virtualization
    • Proxmox
    • VMware
    • Hyper-V
    • XCP-ng
  • Containers
    • Kubernetes
  • Mini PC & Server
  • Home Lab
    • My Home Lab
    • Nested ESXi Lab
    • Proxmox Build 2025

Category: home lab

vSAN Lab on VMware Workstation: Step-by-Step
home lab

vSAN Lab on VMware Workstation: Step-by-Step

Home labs comes in many shapes and sizes. One of the first types of labs that many are able to invest in is running VMware Workstation on top of a…

by Brandon LeeJuly 15, 2021March 1, 2024
DNS Conditional Forwarder Multiple Internal Domains Setup
home lab

DNS Conditional Forwarder Multiple Internal Domains Setup

I do a lot of work in the home lab environment and this includes building up Active Directory domains for various types of testing and building out of test environments.…

by Brandon LeeJuly 13, 2021December 6, 2023
Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab
home lab

Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab

When it comes to building your first home lab, there is nothing wrong with starting out with VMware Workstation. Realistically, this may be all you need. Having a decent workstation…

by Brandon LeeMay 27, 2021April 26, 2024
Nested ESXi Lab Build Networking and Hardware
home lab

Nested ESXi Lab Build Networking and Hardware

Many who are learning VMware vSphere and those who may already work with VMware vSphere products each and every day benefit from having a lab environment. I have always been…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 12, 2020January 11, 2021
Windows Server Home Lab Build and Configuration
home lab

Windows Server Home Lab Build and Configuration

I talk a lot about home labs on the site as I think they are a great way to get your hands “dirty” with learning new technology and skills from…

by Brandon LeeJuly 28, 2020April 19, 2024
Supermicro VMware Home Lab Automatic Power On and Power Off
home lab

Supermicro VMware Home Lab Automatic Power On and Power Off

Running a VMware vSphere home lab is a great way to learn and grow as a virtualization professional. I have a home lab that I have built up over the…

by Brandon LeeJuly 9, 2020November 22, 2023
VMware Cloud Foundation vCF 4.0 added to VMUG Advantage
home lab

VMware Cloud Foundation vCF 4.0 added to VMUG Advantage

I am a big proponent of the VMUG Advantage subscription as I have detailed in many previous posts. VMUG Advantage keeps getting better and better and since I have been…

by Brandon LeeJune 15, 2020June 15, 2020
Supermicro VMware Home Lab
home lab

Supermicro VMware Home Lab

I have been making some changes and additions to the home lab recently and have added a new little machine to the mix that I will talk about. However, as…

by Brandon LeeJune 11, 2020January 11, 2021
Prevent Domain Trust Relationship Failed with Snapshots in a Lab
home lab

Prevent Domain Trust Relationship Failed with Snapshots in a Lab

If you have ever worked in a lab environment for any time period, VMware snapshots are a great feature to leverage for quick rollback and testing. As most of you…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 25, 2020January 11, 2021
VMware Cloud Foundation added to VMUG Advantage Eval Experience
home lab

VMware Cloud Foundation added to VMUG Advantage Eval Experience

Have you heard about VMUG? Have you considered purchasing a VMUG Advantage membership? If you have wondered if VMUG is worth the very reasonable price charged for the membership, this…

by Brandon LeeJuly 25, 2019February 2, 2024

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Recent Posts

Copyright © 2025 Virtualization Howto