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.
  • ContainersViewing the current version of rancher docker container

    Rancher upgrade to the latest version

    Suse Rancher is one of the coolest open-source tools you can use to manage, create, and configure your Kubernetes cluster, and it provides many great features that we will discuss. If you are already running Rancher, one of the tasks…

  • Proxmox firewall rules configuration

    In working with Proxmox, one of the cool features as part of the solution is the Promox firewall and firewall rules. Proxmox VE firewall is a firewall service that allows configuring firewall rules for filtering traffic to the Promox server,…

  • Backup SoftwareKasten k10 installation begins

    Kubernetes backup and recovery using Kasten K10

    Many organizations are now leveraging Kubernetes clusters to house modern application data and application configuration files for containerized applications. Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for running and orchestrating containerized applications. Kubernetes in itself does not include a native…

  • ProxmoxCreating either a new virtual machine or containers in proxmox

    Proxmox Container vs VM features and configuration

    Proxmox is an extremely versatile hypervisor that provides the ability to run a Proxmox Container vs VM as part of the native functionality built into the platform. This is a great way to have the best of both worlds. It…

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    Commvault Metallic ThreatWise Early Threat Detection with Deception Technology

    There is no question that cybersecurity is at the top of the minds of businesses in 2022 and beyond. High-profile ransomware attacks and data breach events continue to plague businesses worldwide with no end in sight. Threat actors continue to…

  • home labDashy home lab dashboard example

    Home lab dashboard with Dashy

    Running a homelab provides an excellent opportunity to learn new technologies, applications, services, troubleshooting skills, and the list goes on and on. When you start spinning up dozens or more applications, it can become difficult to have all of your…

  • vSANOriginal Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture

    vSAN 8 Original Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture differences

    VMware vSAN 8 is revolutionary on many fronts and represents the most modern and technilogically advanced vSAN to date for running producton critical workloads. One of the new advancements with vSAN 8 is the new Express Storage Architecture. It is…

  • VirtualizationReady to begin and select the network configuration

    Install KVM Ubuntu 22.04 – Step-by-Step

    Many hypervisors are great platforms for running virtual machines in your environment, including commercial hypervisors and open-source options. However, let’s look at Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM). KVM on ubuntu 22.04 is a great option for running an open-source virtual machine…

  • ProxmoxApplying the new vlan configuration for the management interface

    Proxmox Management Interface VLAN tagging configuration

    If you have configured your Promox server in the home lab, most want to segregate their management traffic from the other types of traffic in their lab environment as part of their network configuration. Making the management interface VLAN aware…

  • ContainersWindows Admin Center overview dashboard

    IIS to Docker Image with Windows Admin Center

    Many organizations heavily utilizing traditional IIS websites running on top of full virtual machines would like to start migrating to a more modern approach using containers running on top of Docker. By running Windows containers, we can successfully run IIS…