Category Archives: Technical

Winter Solstice 2022

Posted on December 21, 2022 by larry

I am on a new keyboard, unintentionally. I tried cleaning my keyboard, I don’t think is it back to normal. So used to my old keyboard but it was nasty I did a full thorough cleaning, even taking out the … Continue reading →

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A Feel Organized

Posted on December 19, 2022 by larry

I think a lot of the disorder in my office was interrupting my train of thought. Now things are pretty clean, I feel like I am about to get a burst of productivity. Also testing out some new pens, yes … Continue reading →

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Office Clean

Posted on December 18, 2022 by larry

Feeling better mentally, less distraction. Office looks great. Actually rearranged some cables and moved some label printers, got some long cables. I need to accept that I need to reconfigure my workspace for whatever new tasks are at hand. Hopefully … Continue reading →

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Used Hard Drives

Posted on December 16, 2022 by larry

Found that you can get a great deal on used drives, but not sure if they are realiable. So giving it a try on a non critical server I will use to test restores. I am hoping the ZFS and … Continue reading →

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Undecomming a Box

Posted on December 15, 2022 by larry

Looks like I will be setting up a backup NAS server. Purchased Four 4TB SAS disks. We will see how that goes. Seahawks lost, so son swim in a meet for the first time. Need to do some 2023 goal … Continue reading →

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Supposed to be Decomming Boxes

Posted on December 14, 2022 by larry

So hard drives are a big expense for a NAS, but I was thinking of purchasing used SAS drives for a new NAS for testing. I will leave it off so power should not be an issue, I can power … Continue reading →

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Finally, Server In Full Production

Posted on December 13, 2022 by larry

My new backup server is in full production, I got urbackup working and it is getting monitored. All the old backup systems are working, even ESXi, database and mail. Also purchased a new domain, shouldn’t have started another project, but … Continue reading →

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Frustration Mounts

Posted on December 12, 2022 by larry

I have no idea why my software works in preproduction but fails in production. Anyway, my new server is up but urbackup is not working. Going to keep hammering at it. I suspect it is a php problem. Looks like … Continue reading →

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New Backup Server

Posted on December 11, 2022 by larry

Backup server is kind of up, most stuff work. There is a LOT to configure. But once this is done, I am going to do a ReaR backup I learned about. Hopefully this will go ok and I have a … Continue reading →

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Getaway Shopping Trip

Posted on December 8, 2022 by larry

Starting to be an annual tradition, getting away with the wife for a trip so posting early. Should be fun. Cleaned up the office a bit, and getting pieces for new backup server. Got my weight down under 320 for … Continue reading →

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