Category Archives: Technical

Server Upgrades Getting Tougher

Posted on November 14, 2018 by larry

Started on another server.  So close to getting it right. But once I started samba, it just broke. Hmm But as I post things started working. This box confuses me. Rough day, had a viewing for my recently deceased aunt. … Continue reading →

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So Close To Finishing

Posted on November 13, 2018 by larry

After another server upgrade today, I think feel like the end is so close. Tomorrow I want to go look at physical boxes for an upgrade to my last Linux box. Feeling beat up though.  Writing off November for  workouts.

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Upgrades A Two Thirds Done

Posted on November 12, 2018 by larry

I am actually more than two thirds done with my upgrade process.  I have 12 of 36 targeted machines left.    Of those 12, only about 5 have to be rebuilt and upgraded.  The other 7 are going through a … Continue reading →

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Tower to Desktop

Posted on November 10, 2018 by larry

Today my plex server from a tower PC to a desktop based PC. I was able to make use of a drive cage that took the space of 3 5 1/ 4 slots with 5 disks. There are also two … Continue reading →

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FreeNAS Was A Good Decision

Posted on November 7, 2018 by larry

The more I play with my FreeNAS server, the more comfortable I am with my decision. It seems like ZFS is a solid network file system.  Also the other protections like backups, ECC RAM, UPS.  Also this is not just … Continue reading →

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Odroid Go

Posted on November 4, 2018 by larry

My son and I worked on putting together a cool gaming gadget that emulates game devices like a Nintendo Gameboy. Its based on the ESP32 so I can probably flash Everything was included except the SD Card and games.  16GB … Continue reading →

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First 2016 Server on the Network

Posted on November 1, 2018 by larry

Finally got my first 2016 server on the network.  I think I may have to raise the functional domain level to 2012R2 though.  It currently is 2003… way old. With everything at CentOS 6 or higher and Windows 7 or … Continue reading →

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Need To Watch Myself

Posted on October 30, 2018 by larry

Need to be careful, don’t want all the weight loss to be for nothing. My workouts have been sacrificed as I work on my network upgrades. As I post I am getting another domain controller going and testing unencrypted  backups … Continue reading →

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Upgrade Going Full Steam

Posted on October 29, 2018 by larry

So much to do, so little time. Been giving up working out, (considering PT as my workout) to get network running. Couple things FreeNAS is up, but I keep tinkering cause right now it is the most interesting thing I … Continue reading →

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Went Live With FreeNAS

Posted on October 28, 2018 by larry

Finally went live with FreeNAS.  I got snapshots working and an rsync to another server. The shadow copy of Freenas was interesting. Not only did I have to get snapshots working at the dataset level, but I need to present … Continue reading →

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