Category Archives: Virtualization

Building Machines In Lab

Posted on February 15, 2022 by larry

Need to settle on some build processes for my environment. Windows 7 – Use clonezilla or an OVA to build, it is fully patched. Windows 10 – will use the latest DVD and simply install Mint 20.3 – Straight install … Continue reading →

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Back To Windows 7

Posted on February 14, 2022 by larry

Didn’t think I would need to build a windows 7 box anymore, yet here I am , trying to get a clean install fully patched install of Windows 7. I am looking to make my new build out of images … Continue reading →

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Need Real Physical Server

Posted on February 13, 2022 by larry

I need a real esxi host to run some of the build images. Still planning out the details. I could also have everything as a VM, but need capacity on this physical server. It would fast building out machines. Also … Continue reading →

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New Lab Ideas

Posted on February 5, 2022 by larry

Decided to redo my lab or at least upgrade it up to the next gen. Using Apache Guacamole and a dedicated ESXi host i think I can make this happen. Been a while since the creative juices were flowing. Weight: … Continue reading →

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My First Tomcat Install

Posted on February 1, 2022 by larry

Installed my first tomcat service, it was an Apache Guacamole server. Spent some frustrating hours yesterday trying to get it to work via docker containers. Maybe because I do not know entirely what I was doing. But with a native … Continue reading →

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Telling My Trainer Workout Is Easier

Posted on January 31, 2022 by larry

Not sure if I want to, but I think I need to tell my trainer my workouts are getting easier. I think she going to push me to the next level and it will get all hard again. But it … Continue reading →

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Getting More Thin Clients Online

Posted on December 11, 2021 by larry

Got another thin client ready to take over some duties of VMs that are on an ESXi host I want to shutdown. Modifying my strategy a bit, thinking of shutting down (maybe even disconnecting power completely) and keeping the server … Continue reading →

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Rocky 8.5 is out

Posted on November 15, 2021 by larry

Downloaded Rocky 8.5 today and redoing my infrastructure to support it. Made a mistake of deleting the wrong device and erased my copy of kickstart and grub boot. Luckily I documented on this blog what I did, so was able … Continue reading →

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Son Doing Great

Posted on October 30, 2021 by larry

Youngest son ran XC districts today. I wasn’t sure if this is his last race, but it sounded like he wanted to be there again next year. Also he learned a bit of containers and linux today. This should be … Continue reading →

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Building Podman Servers

Posted on October 29, 2021 by larry

I am now starting to move to move towards podman rocky 8 containers. Pas the testing phase and now into building real processes. Also ordered three new thin clients to be the new podman cluster. Another thing today is I … Continue reading →

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