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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.
VMware vRealize Operations 7.0 vCenter Connection and SMTP Configuration
vSphere 6.7

VMware vRealize Operations 7.0 vCenter Connection and SMTP Configuration

With the release of vRealize Suite 2018, VMware has certainly raised the bar of its vRealize platform, including vRealize Operations 7.0, vRealize Automation 7.5, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2.0, vRealize…

by Brandon LeeOctober 31, 2018January 11, 2021
Quick and Easy Google G Suite Backups and Security using Spinbackup
Cloud Software

Quick and Easy Google G Suite Backups and Security using Spinbackup

If you are like me, you utilize public cloud resources every single day and use it heavily for both email and file storage services. Public cloud has certainly revolutionized the…

by Brandon LeeOctober 30, 2018January 11, 2021
Backup VMs Using NAS Appliance with NAKIVO
Backup Software

Backup VMs Using NAS Appliance with NAKIVO

Organizations today are more data driven than ever before. Even very small businesses are using technology in ways that only large corporations were able to make use of just a…

by Brandon LeeOctober 26, 2018January 11, 2021
Upgrade Stretched VMware vSAN Cluster to vSphere 6.7 Update 1
vSphere 6.7

Upgrade Stretched VMware vSAN Cluster to vSphere 6.7 Update 1

In the home lab I am running a Two-Node Streched vSAN cluster using two physical nodes and the ESXi witness node appliance running on a third ESXi host outside of…

by Brandon LeeOctober 24, 2018January 11, 2021
Upgrade to VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 Update 1 using VUM
vSphere 6.7

Upgrade to VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 Update 1 using VUM

With the availability to download vSphere 6.7 Update 1, getting the home lab up to the latest and greatest has been a priority. The new vSphere release contains exciting new…

by Brandon LeeOctober 22, 2018January 11, 2021
VMware vSphere vCenter VCSA 6.7 Update 1 New Features
vSphere 6.7

VMware vSphere vCenter VCSA 6.7 Update 1 New Features

We now officially have VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 available for download.  As the announcement of the new version was made at VMWorld for vSphere 6.7 Update 1, we have been…

by Brandon LeeOctober 18, 2018January 11, 2021
VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Available for Download
vSphere 6.7

VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Available for Download

As I had covered back in the end of August with VMWorld 2018 in the US, on the first day, exciting news was announced for a new vSphere release –…

by Brandon LeeOctober 17, 2018January 11, 2021
VMware Horizon 7.6 Released New Features
Horizon View

VMware Horizon 7.6 Released New Features

Following VMWorld, there have been a hold slew of releases that have come from VMware, including vSphere 6.7 Update 1 and Platinum, among others. In the realm of desktop virtualization,…

by Brandon LeeOctober 15, 2018January 11, 2021
VMware vSphere PowerCLI 11.0 Released with New Features and Updating
VMware PowerCLI

VMware vSphere PowerCLI 11.0 Released with New Features and Updating

Automation in the VMware vSphere environment is certainly one of the most exciting aspects of VMware vSphere administration and is required to operate environments at scale. Those that are interested…

by Brandon LeeOctober 12, 2018January 11, 2021
Create Windows Server 2019 Storage Spaces Direct Volumes in Windows Admin Center
Windows Server 2019

Create Windows Server 2019 Storage Spaces Direct Volumes in Windows Admin Center

The last few days I have been playing around with Windows Server 2019 Storage Spaces Direct and the various ins and outs of the technology.  In the last post, we…

by Brandon LeeOctober 10, 2018January 11, 2021

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