Troubleshooting VMware VCSA 6 disk space issues
Over the past weekend, I noticed via alerts that there were issues connecting to my vCenter environment. I have seen some false positives before with the alerts and vCenter connectivity,…
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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.
PowerCLI change network label for all VMs in a folder
Just a quick blurb and a useful one liner used to change all the Network labels for all virtual machines that existed in a vCenter folder. I had a situation…
Altaro VM Backup Install and configuration
Lately, I have been doing a lot of testing with backup software and other POC’s related to DR plans, backups, replications, etc. With that said, I stumbled onto and pulled…
Virtual Extreme EXOS install and configuration
In today’s world of virtual servers and appliances, our network labs and simulations have easily become virtualized as well – case in point GNS3 and Cisco VIRL. Many vendors are…
Zerto basic setup and configuration
Zerto is a great product that allows for a DR solution that has extremely low RPO times and ease of not only failover but ALSO failback, which is a sore…
Rapid Recovery no longer detects Exchange
I had an issue recently with Rapid Recovery I wanted to detail for you guys in case you run into the same issue. I noticed that Exchange logs were not…
Stretch layer 2 with OTV
Lately, in looking at different ways to stretch layer 2 with various technologies, I have been proof of concepting various ways to do this in router labs. In a recent post…
Get notified of failed Windows login attempts
In tinkering a lot with security and other facets of security and notification lately with Windows workstations and servers, I am a big advocate of notications when it comes to…
Stretch VLANs across routers L2TPv3
Recently, I have been working a good bit with DR network connectivity and other DR DCI concerns. A typical scenario today has a virtual environment in one Site as production…
Securing RDP access to Home Lab
One of the cool things about having a home lab is being able to reach it from anywhere. Of course, when thinking about how you are going to make your…