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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.
Enable SNMPv3 on Summit XOS Switch configured with enhanced security
Networking

Enable SNMPv3 on Summit XOS Switch configured with enhanced security

Recently, I ran into an issue connected an XOS switch to Netsight monitoring.  After looking at Netsight, the console simply said the status was “Contact Lost.”  From within Netsight however, I…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 9, 2015January 11, 2021
How to Setup Port Mirroring on Dell Nseries switch
Networking

How to Setup Port Mirroring on Dell Nseries switch

The ability to mirror a port is a very crucial part of troubleshooting especially when you need to see traffic that is ingressing and egressing from a specific port that…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 2, 2015January 11, 2021
Sophos UTM Block web traffic for only one host
Networking

Sophos UTM Block web traffic for only one host

Within Sophos UTM, as much as I like the product and have enjoyed using it in my home lab environment, blocking a single host from being able to hit the…

by Brandon LeeAugust 31, 2015November 22, 2023
SQL 2014 Setup Failed Analysis Services
SQL

SQL 2014 Setup Failed Analysis Services

Recently in building up a SQL 2014 Standard edition VM running on Windows Server 2012 R2, I ran into a peculiar issue with the SQL install with Analysis Services relating…

by Brandon LeeAugust 27, 2015January 11, 2021
Configure Inter VLAN Routing with Multiple Switches
Networking

Configure Inter VLAN Routing with Multiple Switches

The question comes up often when talking about inter vlan routing and how this is done with multiple switches in a production environment.  Many examples only show inter vlan routing…

by Brandon LeeAugust 13, 2015January 11, 2021
Delete the Recovery partition Windows 10
Windows 10

Delete the Recovery partition Windows 10

Recently, in helping a buddy out with his Mac running Parallels and Windows 10 inside there – he was having an issue where he had added space to his OS…

by Brandon LeeAugust 12, 2015January 11, 2021
Check Equalogic SAN hard drives for errors
Virtualization

Check Equalogic SAN hard drives for errors

Many use and love Equalogic SANs in their virtual environments.  I wanted to write up a quick post on how to see if any of your hard drives inside your…

by Brandon LeeAugust 10, 2015January 11, 2021
Change the font and color in SuperPutty
Networking

Change the font and color in SuperPutty

Many use putty as their default choice in terminal emulator software and it is probably the defacto standard in programs used to connect to routers, switches, and other network devices.…

by Brandon LeeAugust 5, 2015January 11, 2021
vRealize Operations Manager Reset Admin password can’t login
vSphere 6

vRealize Operations Manager Reset Admin password can’t login

Recently, in working with vRealize Operations Manager, I was prompted to change the admin password while logging into the console.  Using the prompts at the console of the vApp, I was able…

by Brandon LeeAugust 3, 2015January 11, 2021
Connecting to Virtual Center server is not supported by this client
vSphere 6

Connecting to Virtual Center server is not supported by this client

Lately, I have been trying to get my Windows 10 VM up and running with a lot of the management tools that I use on a daily basis.  After loaded…

by Brandon LeeAugust 3, 2015January 11, 2021

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