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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.
Install and Configure Ansible Tower in Ubuntu Server
Automation

Install and Configure Ansible Tower in Ubuntu Server

One of the goals that I have set for 2018 is learning more automation skills and employing these both in the home lab as well as with employers. The days…

by Brandon LeeMarch 28, 2018February 9, 2024
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2019 and Project Honolulu
Windows Server 2019

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2019 and Project Honolulu

Update 4.13.2018 – Project Honolulu released officially as Windows Admin Center With the release of the newest technical preview of Windows Server 2019, you can now go out and pull…

by Brandon LeeMarch 27, 2018January 11, 2021
How to View Network Connections in Linux with IFTOP
Networking

How to View Network Connections in Linux with IFTOP

There are a myriad of network utilities in both the Windows and Linux world.  If you are working with a Linux distribution and you are needing to view network connections…

by Brandon LeeMarch 26, 2018January 11, 2021
Automating a Home Lab Windows Server with Chef
Automation

Automating a Home Lab Windows Server with Chef

In a previous post, Basic Chef Workstation and Server Installation and configuration, we took a look at how to get up and running in a basic sense with a working…

by Brandon LeeMarch 22, 2018November 2, 2023
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v7.4 Beta Released Review of New Features
Backup Software

NAKIVO Backup and Replication v7.4 Beta Released Review of New Features

Recently, as we had covered, NAKIVO had announced the upcoming release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v7.4 Beta that would include some pretty exciting features including enhancements to granular file…

by Brandon LeeMarch 21, 2018January 11, 2021
Basic Chef Workstation and Server Installation and configuration
Automation

Basic Chef Workstation and Server Installation and configuration

Automation is perhaps the most exciting and most desirable skill in today’s work of infrastructure operations.  Today “infrastructure as code” is a buzzword you here everywhere.  If you haven’t started…

by Brandon LeeMarch 20, 2018December 4, 2023
Adding Backup Space with Vembu BDR Suite Storage Pools
Backup Software

Adding Backup Space with Vembu BDR Suite Storage Pools

We all know what a headache it can be when running out of backup storage for a data protection solution. Moving backups around can be a major ordeal. Reconfiguring jobs…

by Brandon LeeMarch 19, 2018January 11, 2021
What is VMware Cloud on AWS?
VMware Cloud on AWS

What is VMware Cloud on AWS?

One of the most exciting new offerings from VMware is certainly the VMware Cloud on AWS offering that allows customers to run VMware SDDC on top of AWS infrastructure.  If…

by Brandon LeeMarch 15, 2018January 11, 2021
VMware vSAN Learning Resources
vSAN

VMware vSAN Learning Resources

With the wealth of resources available on the Internet, we all have a ton of learning resources at our fingertips when taking a technology and pulling it apart to see…

by Brandon LeeMarch 14, 2018January 11, 2021
Troubleshooting Slow VMware Virtual Machine Power On Time
VMware

Troubleshooting Slow VMware Virtual Machine Power On Time

There comes times when you have a single ESXi host that you wish you didn’t! There are certain times when something that is simply for development or staging that supposedly…

by Brandon LeeMarch 13, 2018January 11, 2021

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