Author Archives: larry

Weird Storm Day

Posted on October 25, 2014 by larry

Didn’t know it was gonna be a windy day, weather is going nuts. Wife and I decided to go to the movies and the power flickered in couple of the theaters and we decided to get a refund and return … Continue reading →

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Failed Domain Controller

Posted on October 24, 2014 by larry

Wow, got close to losing my active directory domain today, got real close. Main main AD server went down but luckily the mirror had all of the  FSMO roles. Building a new AD server now before anything else bad happens. … Continue reading →

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Web Server Stable

Posted on October 23, 2014 by larry

My web server seems stable now, I am thinking of moving the MySQL server next. Today I got the rails I need for my rack, while I was getting the rails, I saw a nice rack that was just too … Continue reading →

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Moving Web Server

Posted on October 22, 2014 by larry

Finally getting this web server (that hosts this very page you are on) moved to a new server. Should be faster.  So much more to do though.  Neverending. Also went to see sleep doctor today, she said I need to … Continue reading →

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Planning New Network

Posted on October 21, 2014 by larry

Slowly getting my ideas together for how the new network at home is going to look like. I want to reduce my physical prod server count to 8, in the server room.  Currenty I have 9.  If I can get … Continue reading →

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Kickstarting A Mysql Server

Posted on October 20, 2014 by larry

Trying to get a build process for my SQL server. I think I got 90% of the process automated. Still want to do the IP address manually and import data in manually. I think this will be faster then restoring … Continue reading →

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Seahawks Teamwork

Posted on October 19, 2014 by larry

Another Seahawks loss today, although losses are bad, I think getting rid of Percy Harvin was a huge reason. The distractions of letting go Harvin and the shortened playbook, media circus I believe caused this loss. But I did see … Continue reading →

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Percy Harvin Trade

Posted on October 18, 2014 by larry

Yesterday I was a little too shocked to post this, also I forgot. Anyway, yesterday the Seahawks announced that they were trading away Percy Harvin, a dynamic player that defenses had a hard time scheming against, the the New York … Continue reading →

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New Esxi Server

Posted on October 17, 2014 by larry

It is so cool, works really really well. It is a generic model I found to take the place of a server that crashed in the past. Just doing pushups and situps though.

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Outback Menu System

Posted on October 16, 2014 by larry

Today the entire household + mom went out to dinner at outback.  I found that they were using some sort of electronic menu system. It was a pretty  interesting concept.  But I think they should have taken it a step … Continue reading →

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