Author Archives: larry

New ZoneMinder Up

Posted on March 2, 2021 by larry

Got it working, it is not fully commissioned, but it is going through some shake down. Looks good for now. Newer CPU definately handling what the old dual Xeons can handle. Also I did not know it, but my board … Continue reading →

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New Zoneminder Up

Posted on March 1, 2021 by larry

Got most of my new Zoneminder server built. Fan is good, need couple disks in there for Zoneminder recordings. Will get it up. Weight: 321.4

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Sleep Debt Paid

Posted on February 28, 2021 by larry

Since I went off ambien a week ago I haven’t slept right. Until today. Took several naps, and they were deep dream filled naps. Hope I can sleep tonight. Weight: 319.0

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Reorg My Home Office

Posted on February 27, 2021 by larry

Today spent a nice chunk of the day reorganizing my home office. Looking at things I can do to make it functional. Also put together my new Zoneminder Server. It is up and running, but needs some fans to stay … Continue reading →

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Feeling Good After Workouts

Posted on February 26, 2021 by larry

I noticed after my workouts, I been feeling good. Not hungry, and got some energy. Today I was really worried though, did not have enough sleep. Weight: 319.2

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Unusually Busy Day

Posted on February 25, 2021 by larry

There is a vulnerability in VMware VCenter and ESXi. Been trying to patch it at work today. My day flew by. There were other things to take care of, got really busy. Weight: 319.0

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Moving VMs

Posted on February 24, 2021 by larry

Moving some VMs off of a 250GB hard drive. I am not sure why I had it in my system. Maybe because I was testing it. Really small drive, and it is NOT SSD. Getting it on to my 6TB … Continue reading →

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My First 3D Printer

Posted on February 23, 2021 by larry

Finally got it, so excited my first 3D printer. It is the recommended one for beginners the Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer. The instructions were not 100%, some things were out of order, but it is easy to unscrew. … Continue reading →

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Main ESXi Host Down

Posted on February 22, 2021 by larry

As I post, my main ESXi host is down. Basically I wanted to add another drive in to my host, and in the reboot process I have killed my USB boot drive. So I am restoring from backup as I … Continue reading →

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Source Of Constant Crashing

Posted on February 21, 2021 by larry

This was a VM, and I think there was an overloaded resource, I suspect storage, but that is just a gut. Also switched from a VLAN tag to untagged, since the source may have been networking (since it was not … Continue reading →

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