Category Archives: Technical

Shutdown Dell Server

Posted on August 26, 2023 by larry

Got me a little over 4 years of service 4 years is not too bad. Server is actually shut off. All of the C7 VMs on it were converted to R9 So it is running. Officially got 10 production machines … Continue reading →

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Hardest Servers First

Posted on August 25, 2023 by larry

Wanted to migrate the harder servers out of the way first. The most important server is done. Now moving other servers in order of importance. There are 6 VMs left, it is reasonable to do 3 a day, after this … Continue reading →

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Smoke In Air

Posted on August 20, 2023 by larry

Air quality is bad, It is making my breathing bad. On the IT front, I updated my build processes to Rocky 9.2 for both the server and MATE desktop builds. So things are on hold a bit. But I did … Continue reading →

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Upgrading to Rocky 9

Posted on August 18, 2023 by larry

I got a few more machines to upgrade to Rocky 9. Focused on getting machines off of my old ESXi box so I can power it off. On that ESXi host I have 8 machines left and the are all … Continue reading →

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Hot, Sticky, and Miserable

Posted on August 14, 2023 by larry

Summer days are here temps are easily in the 90s. Been miserable at home. Gym was better, at least it had AC. Got some VMs off of my old ESXi host. All the non-RPM based VMs are off. Weight: 344.4

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UniFi Controller on Rocky 9

Posted on August 13, 2023 by larry

I figured it out, how to install Unifi Controller on Rocky 9. Going to post something better on my tech site but here is a summary First install the legacy version of mongodb wget https://fastdl.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-x86_64-3.4.24.tgz cd /usr/local tar zxvf ~/mongodb-linux-x86_64-3.4.24.tgz … Continue reading →

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Meeting after meeting

Posted on August 9, 2023 by larry

Was a busy day, meeting after meeting hit me today. Got a lot done and am exhausted. Spending the evening migrating some VMs from my old ESXi host to a new one. Weight: 344.0

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Migration To R9 Continues

Posted on August 8, 2023 by larry

Kind of halted the migration of VMs, today I resumed the migration. First order of business is to cold migrate R8 and R9 boxes. Simultaneously I am building R9 “shells” to prepare to move the VMs over. Weight: 342.4

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Expenses Keep Piling

Posted on August 2, 2023 by larry

Neighbor asking to help pay for the fence. I am being nice and paying half. But it is putting a sudden strain on my finances. Then there are other expenses like sports registration and shoes for my kid. It is … Continue reading →

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Angry At Fitbit

Posted on July 28, 2023 by larry

They didn’t even try. Anyway got this Posted on reddit and the fitbit community forum. Also no weigh in because guess what else broke. Well not broke but can no longer register my weight is the scale.

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