Category Archives: Technical

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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Backing Up FreeNAS

Posted on October 26, 2018 by larry

Getting close to deploying my FreeNAS server. One of the things I wanted to do was document backups. I classified the different storage locations and came up with a backup methodology. Using a combination of snapshots, rsync and USB backups, … Continue reading →

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Not Enough Hours

Posted on October 23, 2018 by larry

Spent a bunch of the afternoon and evening working on upgrading my machines. All the DNS servers on my main network are done. Working on VPN and other servers now. Harder ones are coming up. One at a time. Weight: … Continue reading →

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Plex on Windows

Posted on October 22, 2018 by larry

On the desktop, I tend to run Windows and on the Server side, I tend to run Linux. So for the past few months I been running Plex on Linux.  But I read somewhere that plex runs better on Windows. … Continue reading →

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Upgrade, Automate, and Cloud

Posted on October 21, 2018 by larry

Been actually pretty busy.   Planning to go all CentOS 7 even on my AWS installs. Couple things I want to accomplish as well Upgrade like I mentioned CentOS, but my domain controllers as well Automate management tasks like patching Simplify … Continue reading →

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Moved Servers to Cloud

Posted on October 18, 2018 by larry

I freed up 1 IP address and moved off the services it provides to either another IP address or another server. So I got a free IP address on my local network. Also set up a web page on my … Continue reading →

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File Server Coming Online

Posted on October 15, 2018 by larry

Server is built, and data slowly being moved on to it for testing. Things like the UPS, permissions, and backups are testing. Also had another meetup, kind of beat though. No running today, if I can squeeze it in tomorrow … Continue reading →

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