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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.
VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 New Features and Download
VMware

VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 New Features and Download

VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 is a brand new release found in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2. It provides many new features as part of the solution. The new features span…

by Brandon LeeJune 25, 2024June 25, 2024
VMware vSphere 8 Update 3 Released New Features and Download
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VMware vSphere 8 Update 3 Released New Features and Download

Today, VMware is announcing the release of VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3, which will be available today as well. This is a massive release that contains many new features and…

by Brandon LeeJune 25, 2024June 25, 2024
pfSense Mini PC Firewall for your Home Lab
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pfSense Mini PC Firewall for your Home Lab

pfSense is one of the most popular open-source firewall solutions you can download. It has a ton of enterprise features, even with the Community Editon (CE) pfSense installation. Many are…

by Brandon LeeJune 24, 2024June 24, 2024
How to Back Up and Restore VMware ESXi Host Configuration
VMware

How to Back Up and Restore VMware ESXi Host Configuration

When thinking about disaster recovery strategies for your virtualization environment, it is easy to miss one of the important aspects of disaster recovery in your VMware environment: your host configuration.…

by Brandon LeeJune 21, 2024June 21, 2024
vSphere Distributed Switch Configuration and Best Practices Guide
VMware

vSphere Distributed Switch Configuration and Best Practices Guide

VMware vSphere has many advanced networking features as part of the solution. These allow VIadmins to configure just about any setting they need for their network. By default, the vSphere…

by Brandon LeeJune 20, 2024June 20, 2024
Minisforum MS-A1: An MS-01 with an AMD Ryzen Processor
Mini PC & Server

Minisforum MS-A1: An MS-01 with an AMD Ryzen Processor

The Minisforum MS-01 has been my favorite mini PC for home lab environments since its introduction a few months back. I think it has an almost perfect combination of hardware…

by Brandon LeeJune 19, 2024June 19, 2024
Docker Desktop Alternative: 5 Container Management Solutions Pros and Cons
Containers

Docker Desktop Alternative: 5 Container Management Solutions Pros and Cons

If you are like me and using containers for more and more solutions, both self-hosting and DevOps processes, I am always on the lookout for better tools and alternatives. Docker…

by Brandon LeeJune 19, 2024June 19, 2024
VMware vCenter Server VMSA-2024-0012 Critical Patch Update Steps
VMware

VMware vCenter Server VMSA-2024-0012 Critical Patch Update Steps

In case you haven’t heard as of yet, there is a new critical VMware vCenter Server critical patch advisory to be aware of that will require patching your vCenter Server.…

by Brandon LeeJune 18, 2024June 18, 2024
Proxmox Alternatives in 2024: Comparing 10 Hypervisors Pros and Cons
Proxmox

Proxmox Alternatives in 2024: Comparing 10 Hypervisors Pros and Cons

There is arguably not a more popular free virtualization platform than Proxmox VE (Proxmox Virtual Environment). Proxmox has taken the home lab community by storm, and now that the VMware…

by Brandon LeeJune 18, 2024June 18, 2024
Local LLM Model in Private AI server in WSL
AI

Local LLM Model in Private AI server in WSL

We are in the age of AI and machine learning. It seems like everyone is using it. However, is the only real way to use AI tied to public services…

by Brandon LeeJune 17, 2024June 17, 2024

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