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.

Automation

Brandon LeeAugust 8, 2019
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Use Ansible AWX to Automate Linux Updates and Patches

Let’s face it, keeping your VMs and environments updated is a necessary evil that we all realize we need to do for security, stability, and enhancements. Especially from a security perspective, updates are essential. We often hear focus on Windows…
Windows

Brandon LeeAugust 6, 2019
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Share SSL Certificates Between Multiple IIS Servers with Centralized Certificates

Managing certificates is probably one of the most cumbersome and administratively burdensome tasks that IT admins have to carry out on a day-to-day basis. This is especially true if you have multiple web servers that may be forward facing in…
VMware

Brandon LeeAugust 5, 2019
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Use PowerCLI to See ESXi Host Failed Login Errors

Monitoring for error messages as a VI admin is extremely important part of daily administration, especially when managing large environments with multiple servers and virtual machines. Sometimes we get lost in the noise of notifications and alerts that we can…
Azure

Brandon LeeAugust 2, 2019
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Configure Azure Site Recovery Configuration Server for VMware Replication

In the previous post, we took a look at how to Replicate On-Premises VMware VMs to Azure with Azure Site Recovery. Azure Site Recovery provides a powerful way to interact with your VMware environment and replicate virtual machines to the…
Azure

Brandon LeeJuly 31, 2019
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Replicate On-Premises VMware VMs to Azure

Following the 3-2-1 backup strategy is a great way to ensure that your data is protected. Today, the public cloud is literally changing the way businesses think about storing data. Using public cloud storage for backups is cited as one…
Windows

Brandon LeeJuly 30, 2019
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Guide Resources

One of the pains of keeping up with on-premises IT infrastructure is ensuring that you are in a supported condition as far as infrastructure, software, and hardware. As most of you that have been working in IT operations for any…
VMware

Brandon LeeJuly 26, 2019
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Runecast Analyzer 2.7.3 released with editable PCI-DSS

One of the best things you can do for any environment, including VMware vSphere environments is proactive monitoring as well as implementing best practice recommendations across the board. However as administrators, implementing best practices across the board can be tedious…
home lab

Brandon LeeJuly 25, 2019
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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 post will hopefully help you decide one way or another.…
Powershell

Brandon LeeJuly 24, 2019
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Export and Import DNS Zone with PowerShell from One Server to Another

PowerShell makes working with various core services extremely easy and allows quickly and easily performing tasks that are labor intensive with relative ease. Recently, I ran across the need to copy a DNS zone from one lab to another lab…
Backup Software

Brandon LeeJuly 23, 2019
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NAKIVO Backup and Replication v9.0 GA Released New Features

Just a short while ago, I covered the release of the NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9 Beta version released with new features including a brand new feature for those still running physical workloads that need to be protected. In classic…