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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 VMware vSAN Witness Appliance in VMware Workstation
vSAN

Install and Configure VMware vSAN Witness Appliance in VMware Workstation

Update 1.30.2018 – Password issues with the vSAN Witness Appliance on legacy VMware Workstation versions One of the really great features starting in VMware vSAN 6.1 was the introduction of…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 30, 2018January 11, 2021
What is VMware NSX Guest Introspection and how is it configured?
NSX

What is VMware NSX Guest Introspection and how is it configured?

VMware NSX provides powerful insight into network traffic and it allows administrators to handle traffic based on very powerful criteria, including the user that is logged into a resource. Now…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 29, 2018January 11, 2021
Dell EMC UnityVSA storage appliance installation and configuration
Storage

Dell EMC UnityVSA storage appliance installation and configuration

One of the great resources for home lab environments is vendor released virtual storage appliance software solutions that emulate models of hardware that is typically found in the enterprise. Getting…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 25, 2018January 11, 2021
Vembu BDR Suite v3.9.0 GA with Tape Support and Flexible Restores
Backup Software

Vembu BDR Suite v3.9.0 GA with Tape Support and Flexible Restores

Earlier this month I wrote about Vembu BDR Suite v3.9.0 being announced with quite a few new features in the release. Vembu has announced the news of Vembu BDR Suite…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 23, 2018January 11, 2021
VMware NSX 6.4 Released New Features and Upgrade
NSX

VMware NSX 6.4 Released New Features and Upgrade

VMware NSX is certainly a VMware product that garners much excitement from admins much as other software defined VMware technologies such as VMware vSAN do as well.  VMware has really…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 22, 2018January 11, 2021
Critical bugs of Intel Processors revealed. AMD and ARM chips are also affected.
Security

Critical bugs of Intel Processors revealed. AMD and ARM chips are also affected.

What’s All the Fuss About the Intel Bugs? At the beginning of this year, Google’s Project Zero made a bombshell of an announcement: they had discovered critical security flaws affecting…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 19, 2018January 11, 2021
What is VembuHIVE Cloud File System?
Backup Software

What is VembuHIVE Cloud File System?

One of the great players today in the backup space providing powerful tools for backing up both physical, virtual, and cloud workloads is Vembu. Vembu provides a wide variety of…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 17, 2018January 11, 2021
Roll Back VMware Meltdown and Spectre Microcode Patch
VMware

Roll Back VMware Meltdown and Spectre Microcode Patch

Update 1.24.2018 with William Lam PowerCLI code link The last several days have certainly been a rollercoaster ride for VMware administrators and others who have been keeping a close eye…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 16, 2018January 11, 2021
Configure VMware vSphere Encryption Key Management Server Cluster
vSphere 6.5

Configure VMware vSphere Encryption Key Management Server Cluster

One of the exciting features with vSphere 6.5 is the ability to perform virtual machine encryption. We have already taken a look at Hytrust KeyControl as a great way to…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 15, 2018December 22, 2023
Delete VMware Distributed Virtual Switch The Resource Is In Use
VMware

Delete VMware Distributed Virtual Switch The Resource Is In Use

Recently, in working with the home lab environment, moving hosts around, playing around with various networking, etc, I ran into an issue with a distributed virtual switch (DVS) I had…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 12, 2018January 11, 2021

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