Category Archives: Technical

Main ESXi Host Down

Posted on February 22, 2021 by larry

As I post, my main ESXi host is down. Basically I wanted to add another drive in to my host, and in the reboot process I have killed my USB boot drive. So I am restoring from backup as I … Continue reading →

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Source Of Constant Crashing

Posted on February 21, 2021 by larry

This was a VM, and I think there was an overloaded resource, I suspect storage, but that is just a gut. Also switched from a VLAN tag to untagged, since the source may have been networking (since it was not … Continue reading →

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Not Much Today

Posted on February 20, 2021 by larry

One of those days, didn’t really do much today. Went driving around, watched a pair of videos on docker. Played with docker a bit. Not much, needed a break. Weight: 320.4

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Troubleshooting Constant Crashing

Posted on February 19, 2021 by larry

One of my boxes is crashing, sometimes I enjoy figuring out what went wrong, other times…. I just want it to work. This is one of those times I just want it to work, but as I dig around I … Continue reading →

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Zoneminder Memory Problems

Posted on February 18, 2021 by larry

Looks like I need to pause my camera upgrades and focus on the server for my Zoneminder setup. Looks like my system is showing its age and also running out of RAM. If there is any spare CPU I am … Continue reading →

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Fat Tuesday 2021

Posted on February 16, 2021 by larry

Another start of Lent. I am giving up midnight snacking. Midnight to 5AM, which should be easy if I stick to my regular sleep schedule. Last year I was able to not use ambien. Not sure I can do that … Continue reading →

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Describing The Problem

Posted on February 15, 2021 by larry

So I am getting a little traction on my new Zoneminder project. But I need to describe the problem I am trying to solve with this project. I want to be able to view more then 6 cameras simultaneously. I … Continue reading →

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Load Testing Zoneminder

Posted on February 13, 2021 by larry

I don’t have enough spare cameras, also dont want to hook them up, but I found a software solution to stream many cameras to zoneminder. I was able to access an HDHR so I figured why can’t I stream 1080P … Continue reading →

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Friend of Zoneminder

Posted on February 12, 2021 by larry

Got a new project, it is an extremely small one. This one I think I am posting on github. Just a simple setup to show a bunch of cameras. Snow coming down, did not go to PT today. Weight: 323.6

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New Server Can Handle It

Posted on February 11, 2021 by larry

I just tested zoneminder against one of my development boxes and it did impress. My old zoneminder box is on Dual Xeon E5649, the test zoneminder is running it on a Ryzen 3 3100, the production one will be on … Continue reading →

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