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.

Security

Brandon LeeJuly 14, 2022
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VMware affected by Retbleed Spectre variant – VMSA-2022-0020

Well, if you thought that Spectre and Meltdown (security nightmare blasts from the past) were dead, think again. There is a new data-leaking Retbleed Spectre variant that is yet another Spectre-based speculative-execution attack that allows attackers to expose secrets within…
vSphere 7

Brandon LeeJuly 13, 2022
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What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f

Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f release and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f release take care of quite a few security vulnerabilities.…
vRealize Suite

Brandon LeeJuly 11, 2022
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Upgrade vRealize Automation with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager vRSLCM

I have been doing a bit of upgrading and updating the home lab environment recently. One of the solutions that I run in my VMware-powered home lab environment is vRealize Automation. I have this, and my vRealize Operations Manager environments…
Automation

Brandon LeeJuly 7, 2022
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Apt Periodic Autoclean Interval with Unattended-Upgrades

If you have a number of Linux servers in your environment, whether these are in production environments or in the home lab, you want to keep your Linux servers up-to-date with security patches across the board. Manually logging in and…
VDI

Brandon LeeJuly 6, 2022
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Repurpose old PC as thin client

Many organizations today have strict budgets for new hardware, and refreshing hardware often is not fiscally possible. Therefore, making every dollar count and ensuring that existing hardware is used to the furthest degree possible is a priority. This mission certainly…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeJuly 5, 2022
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Rancher cloud-config.yml Example SSH keys in VMware vSphere nodes

If you have played around with modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu and specifically the Ubuntu cloud images, there is functionality built into new Linux distros called cloud-init that allows customizing and initializing your Linux installation. If you are using Rancher…
Virtualization

Brandon LeeJuly 1, 2022
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XCP-NG in VMware nested virtualization

As many of you may already know from reading my previous blog posts, I really like playing around with hypervisors and different technologies. The nested virtualization capabilities in VMware vSphere provide a great way to do this without the need…
VDI

Brandon LeeJune 30, 2022
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Cameyo introduces native ChromeOS File System Integration

Cameyo is a solution and company that I have written about for a couple of years now. It is great to see how the solution has evolved and continued to innovate to meet the needs of organizations that have shifted…
VMware

Brandon LeeJune 28, 2022
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VMware vSphere+ and vSAN+ announced new features

Today, VMware is announcing major news with the release of VMware vSphere+ and vSAN+. These new enhanced versions of vSphere and vSAN will allow VMware customers to realize the full potential of their on-premises environments and have the best that…
home lab

Brandon LeeJune 27, 2022
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Cooling for Home Labs and tricks to reduce your heat

Especially since we are in the middle of the summer here in the U.S., running your home lab now with a few servers, network gear, storage, and other devices may be cranking up the heat in your home lab data…