Category Archives: Virtualization

Fine Tuning Build Scripts

Posted on April 13, 2020 by larry

Got the build scripts going, just fine tuning them. Although I think I am a little too focused on it. I think I will go with what I got so far and fine tune things later. Weight: 304.6

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Dedicated ESXi Host for Demo Net

Posted on April 12, 2020 by larry

I spun up an old ESXi host to support this demo network. Got the Win 7 kickstart, Win 2016 Server, and Linux box. Working on Windows 10 as I post. Weight: 305.6

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Getting Demo Network A Piece At a Time

Posted on April 11, 2020 by larry

Slowly getting all the pieces up for my network. Spoofing 1.1.1.1 so I can make configs look like they are getting DNS from cloudflare. Focusing on server build right now. Weight: 302.8

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End of Lent 2020

Posted on April 9, 2020 by larry

Made it, just need to last 26 hours with no food, and the ambien… I can take after midnight so just two hours. Anyway, I want to hold off longer. See if I can make it to the weekend. Taking … Continue reading →

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CLI is the way

Posted on March 30, 2020 by larry

It is very clear, that the way to deploy VMs in the cloud is to use Command Line. Even on you local network, it is easier to use the cloud. I figured out how to upload VMDKs as well. Kind … Continue reading →

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Purchased Case

Posted on March 27, 2020 by larry

Finally found the case I want on Amazon. It is the SilverStone CS380B case. I will do a review on it when it gets here. I have some trepidation, not sure it will cool well. Hoping to use it as … Continue reading →

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Rolling Back

Posted on March 26, 2020 by larry

Working from home, but still truly working. Anyway I been fighting with Cisco for the better part of this week. They kept telling me that it was a firewall issue, our networking team said it was not. I was so … Continue reading →

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Consolidating ESXi hosts

Posted on March 22, 2020 by larry

Been working on getting rid of one of my ESXi hosts. Shutting it down, and leaving it decommed. The web site this blog is on was moved today, a lot of VMs on this host but the new site has … Continue reading →

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Daylight Savings 2020

Posted on March 8, 2020 by larry

Today was the start of daylight savings. It was the spring forward of 2020. Nice having a later sunset. Looks like my server consolidation project is delayed. In order to get full cut over, I need to get two more … Continue reading →

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Disappointed With File Server Performance

Posted on February 20, 2020 by larry

Just ran some numbers on my new file server, not much of a jump in performance This is the Old Server Running warmup… Running a 400MB file write on 5 times… Iteration 1: 95.27 MB/sec Iteration 2: 72.43 MB/sec Iteration … Continue reading →

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