Category Archives: Virtualization

Installing Plex Media Server

Posted on February 10, 2020 by larry

Installing plex media server is one of those things that is so easy, I forget that most people don’t know how to do it. So I put together a quick video on how to do it. Also this morning I … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up Some VMs

Posted on January 23, 2020 by larry

Been going through my inventory of VMs and I think there are a bunch that I can combine to decomm. Hoping to lower the amount of VMs I got running. Also looking at replacing some services with a rasperry pi. … Continue reading →

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Fast Build Of Servers

Posted on January 8, 2020 by larry

Was able to spin up a bunch of CentOS 7 servers quickly on AWS for a tutor session tomorrow. Amazing how fast I can spin a bunch up. Just needed to keep the AMI updated. Same weight as yesterday. Weight: … Continue reading →

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Interesting Day

Posted on September 7, 2019 by larry

Lot happened today First thing was High School Cross Country, it started today. It was in Tahoma, haven’t seen a race there in 4 years. Had a bar b q there after wards. Went home to take a nap, went … Continue reading →

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Self Inflicted Network Outages

Posted on August 27, 2019 by larry

Network is weird when you incorrectly wire something. Looks like when I have a spanning tree issue, ESXi or the Firewall goes in to some sort of protective mode. The firewall goes bonkers for a bit, a reboot doesn’t fix … Continue reading →

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Frustrating Firewall Experience

Posted on August 14, 2019 by larry

Been getting weird firewall problems, got to admit it is getting frustrating. Even went as far as to rebuild my machine. It is back up, but need to see if it will still get disconnected. Also moving my SBS server … Continue reading →

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Dell Server Officially Online

Posted on August 12, 2019 by larry

Got the server up and am copying VMs to it one at a time. Got a bunch to go, but right now the restriction is disk space. I am able muster up a couple of disks and may purchase another … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready To Bring Server Online

Posted on August 8, 2019 by larry

Server itself is all ready, just got to prepare the location. One of the requirements I got for myself is to be able to move this server running from its location to outside of the server room. The inside of … Continue reading →

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New Firewall In Place

Posted on March 25, 2019 by larry

Got a the new pfSense firewall in place. Pretty sure the rules have not imported 100%. It was done manually. This was needed, our stuff is old. At least it is virtualized and I can go physical as well. Also … Continue reading →

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AWS Costs Piling Up

Posted on March 11, 2019 by larry

Need to review my AWS usage, I think I am piling them up too quick. There are a couple of them I can get rid of. Will look at them through the next few days.

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