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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.
Opvizor Performance Analyzer VMware Performance Monitoring
VMware

Opvizor Performance Analyzer VMware Performance Monitoring

Monitoring your vSphere environment at the cluster, host, or virtual machine level is key in understanding where performance bottlenecks may exist and why production workloads may not be performing adequately.…

by Brandon LeeDecember 20, 2017January 11, 2021
Hytrust VMware Virtual Machine Encryption
vSphere 6.5

Hytrust VMware Virtual Machine Encryption

As we have covered in previous posts, VMware virtual machine encryption requires an external key manager.  There has been work done to allow testing this feature out by way of…

by Brandon LeeDecember 18, 2017December 1, 2023
Windows Server 2016 Security Features and Hardening
Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 Security Features and Hardening

There is no doubt about it that Windows Server 2016 is Microsoft’s most powerful server operating system.  If you have been waiting on reasons to upgrade server infrastructure to Server…

by Brandon LeeDecember 14, 2017March 29, 2024
Tools to Improve Virtual Machine Performance
VMware

Tools to Improve Virtual Machine Performance

One of the key areas that a VMware virtualization administrator must key in on with his or her vSphere environment is performance.  After all if the production workloads running in…

by Brandon LeeDecember 13, 2017January 11, 2021
Setup Multiple Gateways and Multiple Internet Connections One Host
Networking

Setup Multiple Gateways and Multiple Internet Connections One Host

These days, most organizations have multiple circuits and connectivity for egress traffic outside the core network environment. There may be certain use cases where a host needs to have connectivity…

by Brandon LeeDecember 11, 2017November 22, 2023
Monitor Veeam Backups with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
Backup Software

Monitor Veeam Backups with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

protection solution providing disaster recovery in the case of a true disaster event. If you are using Veeam Backup & Replication and especially multiple Veeam Backup & Replication servers, it…

by Brandon LeeDecember 8, 2017January 11, 2021
Setup and Configure VMware vSphere 6.5 Storage I/O Control
vSphere 6.5

Setup and Configure VMware vSphere 6.5 Storage I/O Control

When managing and maintaining a VMware vSphere environment, keeping an eye on storage and storage I/O is extremely important. In most virtualization environments where shared SAN storage is in place,…

by Brandon LeeDecember 7, 2017January 11, 2021
VMware Data Recovery Finding the Best Replacement
Backup Software

VMware Data Recovery Finding the Best Replacement

VMware historically has provided a few good backup technologies that used to meet the needs of many SMBs and even small enterprise environments. Recently, one of those products – vSphere…

by Brandon LeeDecember 6, 2017January 11, 2021
VMware Virtual Machine Encryption Key Management
vSphere 6.5

VMware Virtual Machine Encryption Key Management

One of the exciting new features included with VMware vSphere 6.5 is the ability to encrypt VMware virtual machines by using a native encryption process that is managed at the…

by Brandon LeeDecember 5, 2017December 1, 2023
Upgrade VMware Tools to Latest Version
VMware

Upgrade VMware Tools to Latest Version

Installing VMware Tools on running virtual machines in a VMware vSphere environment is best practice and a great way to make sure the running virtual machines perform at their best.…

by Brandon LeeDecember 4, 2017October 27, 2023

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