Author Archives: larry

New ESXi Host Coming Online

Posted on May 9, 2023 by larry

Took a huge step today and renamed my old ESXi 6.7 host to something else and brought online the new ESXi host in its name (I liked the name). Slowly setting things up, at least it is online and the … Continue reading →

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DIY JBOD

Posted on May 8, 2023 by larry

Finally starting to put together my DIY JBOD container. I am still testing, but hoping in a week or so this will be live. I am still working on the ESXi host as well. Getting stronger each day. Weight: 335.6

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Cleaned up Office a bit

Posted on May 7, 2023 by larry

Tried to catch up on a bunch of little things, cleaned the office, installed wifi card into my infrastructure server, also found my new ESXi host did the minimum 3 pass for the memory check. Looks like it will come … Continue reading →

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Such and unproductive day

Posted on May 6, 2023 by larry

Didn’t do much today, I had an opportunity to, but too lazy. I could at least clean my office, but decided to hang out with my wife. So it was a good day. Weight: 337.4

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Awesome Track Meet

Posted on May 5, 2023 by larry

Sone ran what I thought would be his last race for the season. But he PR’d his mile and 2 mile and to top it off, I think he made it to League. He did crack 12 minute 2 mile … Continue reading →

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Still Hurting Back and Tired

Posted on May 4, 2023 by larry

I think I need another day of rest. Not only is my hips and back sore, but I am tired. Need some sleep. I did get grafana charts for my ESXi hosts. Data is going in to a prometheus database. … Continue reading →

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Back Sore

Posted on May 3, 2023 by larry

I was supposed to do a gym workout today, but I am hurting, my back really hurts. I will do some pushups and situps. But I think I overdid it yesterday. Weight: 333.8

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Hard Drive Checks

Posted on May 2, 2023 by larry

I have a monitor for all my physical Linux drives in nagios. Pretty happy with it, I lost trust in smartd. Looks like I need to figure out freenas and esxi next. Went to gym and PT today. I need … Continue reading →

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Out of Shape

Posted on May 1, 2023 by larry

Did nearly 12k steps in one shot, I must be out of shape. Anyway I need some sort of preliminary workout schedule. I think I can do it. Weight: 336.6

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Tulip Festival 2023

Posted on April 30, 2023 by larry

Wow I did not know the last time we went to tulip festival was in 2019. Overcast but glorious Couple tips, Anyway on a serious note, I been playing with grafana and noticed a failing drive. I am worried that … Continue reading →

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