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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.
Ansible Deploy Multiple VM from Template VMware
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Ansible Deploy Multiple VM from Template VMware

Ansible is a tremendously powerful tool for automation across the board. When it comes to VMware, Ansible has a large array of modules that allow you to effectively interact with…

by Brandon LeeJuly 14, 2020January 11, 2021
VMware NSX-T Global Manager Appliance Install
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VMware NSX-T Global Manager Appliance Install

One of the really great new features of NSX-T 3.0 and higher is the introduction of the Global Manager appliance. With the global manager appliance, you have access to the…

by Brandon LeeJuly 13, 2020January 11, 2021
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VMware Workstation 20H2 Tech Preview VCTL Containers

Just a day ago, VMware posted news that a new Tech Preview had been released – Workstation 20H2. This release contains major new features and improvements. The biggest new feature…

by Brandon LeeJuly 10, 2020January 24, 2024
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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
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Ansible Windows Join Domain and Rejoin Playbooks

Automating Windows with Ansible modules is a great way to become more effective, productive, and efficient as a Windows administrator. Ansible provides a number of modules that can allow you…

by Brandon LeeJuly 8, 2020October 28, 2023
VMware vRealize Network Insight Install Guide
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VMware vRealize Network Insight Install Guide

If you have a VMware NSX-powered softwared-defined networking infrastructure, you have an incredibly capable platform for delivering next generation networking for your environment. However, understanding how your traffic flows, having…

by Brandon LeeJuly 6, 2020May 8, 2024
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VMware NSX Layer 7 Firewall Features

Since VMware NSX-T 2.4, VMware has introduced the ability with NSX to be able to pinpoint application identity, FQDN and URL whitelisting and provides the identity based firewall. All of…

by Brandon LeeJuly 3, 2020January 11, 2021
Backup Virtual Machines with Shared Multi-Writer Disks
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Backup Virtual Machines with Shared Multi-Writer Disks

There are several different use cases for using a multi-writer disk on a virtual machine. I have used these for a number of different reasons. You can take a look…

by Brandon LeeJuly 1, 2020January 17, 2024
Cluster Configuration Mistakes to Avoid
Software Defined Storage

Cluster Configuration Mistakes to Avoid

Any type of production infrastructure is generally designed in such a way so as to guarantee high-availability and resiliency. With most types of production systems, you never want to have…

by Brandon LeeJune 29, 2020April 16, 2024
Windows 10 v2004 recover deleted files with Windows File Recovery App
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Windows 10 v2004 recover deleted files with Windows File Recovery App

Have you ever deleted a file that you did not mean to delete? Are you like me and often use the SHIFT+DEL function to bypass deleting to the recycle bin?…

by Brandon LeeJune 29, 2020January 11, 2021

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