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VDI Deployment Best Practices
VDI

VDI Deployment Best Practices

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure or VDI can bring significant benefits to organizations looking to be more agile as well as reduce the cost and complexity of managing a variety of client…

by Brandon LeeMarch 29, 2018March 4, 2024
Install SQL Server 2017 on Ubuntu Server
SQL

Install SQL Server 2017 on Ubuntu Server

Microsoft has certainly been headed in a very cool direction in the past couple of years and have definitely embraced the Linux community and interoperability between Microsoft Windows and Linux.…

by Brandon LeeNovember 2, 2017January 11, 2021
Managing Datastore Files in VMware vSphere 6.5
vSphere 6.5

Managing Datastore Files in VMware vSphere 6.5

One of the basic, daily administration tasks for any VMware administrator is managing files in the vSphere environment. With the move to vSphere 6.5, how are file management tasks affected…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 11, 2017January 11, 2021
Powerful remote PC and thin client management with Praim ThinMan
VDI

Powerful remote PC and thin client management with Praim ThinMan

In our previous post looking at how to automate and repurpose old PCs into Thin Client VDI devices, we looked at both Praim ThinOX4PC and ThinMan.  In that post, we…

by Brandon LeeAugust 4, 2017January 11, 2021
Automate and Repurpose Old PCs into Thin Client VDI
VDI

Automate and Repurpose Old PCs into Thin Client VDI

In many enterprise environments that may have aging desktop hardware and who are looking to transition to a VDI solution for end users, there are often difficult fiscal decisions that…

by Brandon LeeJune 1, 2017January 11, 2021
Secure Home Lab DMZ network with VMware NSX firewall
NSX

Secure Home Lab DMZ network with VMware NSX firewall

With the recent announcement from VMUG that Advantage subscribers now have access to VMware NSX, it opens up a lot of possibilities for the VMware home lab environments out there.…

by Brandon LeeMay 8, 2017January 25, 2024
Dell Openmanage Network Manager 6.2 Appliance Install and Configure
Networking

Dell Openmanage Network Manager 6.2 Appliance Install and Configure

For those not familiar, Dell has a neat network management tool that can manage network equipment and others.  This is available by way of an OVA appliance download as well…

by Brandon LeeOctober 24, 2016January 11, 2021
Supermicro IPMI management walkthrough
home lab

Supermicro IPMI management walkthrough

If you are utilizing Supermicro in your lab environment, there is a great feature that comes with Supermicro boards that allows BMC IPMI management of the server.  It is basically…

by Brandon LeeMay 6, 2016January 11, 2021
Basic Dell Powerconnect Nseries iSCSI switch configuration
Networking

Basic Dell Powerconnect Nseries iSCSI switch configuration

Recently, I got my hands on a couple of Dell PowerConnect 8132f switches for a client to configure for iSCSI traffic for a 3-node VMware cluster that was being implemented for…

by Brandon LeeJune 17, 2015January 11, 2021
Keep from switching IPs back and forth
Networking

Keep from switching IPs back and forth

If you are a system administrator or someone who spends time configuring routers or other network devices, you may have the need to place your laptop or workstation on the…

by Brandon LeeOctober 31, 2014December 28, 2023

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