Category Archives: Virtualization

VMworld 2018 Day 2

Posted on August 27, 2018 by larry

Much better day at vmworld. I actually got my bag and stuff on time.  A wake up time of 7AM to make it there in time (even with getting my badge and bag) for the keynote. Looks like there is … Continue reading →

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New Tool For Virtual Center

Posted on June 21, 2018 by larry

Today I had to query virtual center. I tried the old vmware-vix utility and it just did not work. Then I found a utility called govc, the binary can be downloaded from here https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases/download/v0.16.0/govc_linux_amd64.gz It’s a simple gunzip of the … Continue reading →

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OpenVPN Client on DDWRT

Posted on December 13, 2016 by larry

I finally figured out how to configure DDWRT as an openvpn client.  In this setup it connects to my AWS instance for secure communications. The version of DDWRT is DD-WRT v3.0-r30880 I have this set up both as an X86 … Continue reading →

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Seahawks Lost Bad

Posted on December 11, 2016 by larry

I can’t believe how the Seahawks fell apart today.  But it happens to the best of teams.  Its just that this didn’t happen for 6 years. It was a nice run.  But now we start anew. Posting late because I … Continue reading →

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New Lab Network

Posted on November 10, 2016 by larry

Been busy at work.  I need to document an install of vSphere 6.0 so I am spinning up a new lab network. Should be interesting. I still got some Arduino stuff to do for my home network but I am … Continue reading →

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Problems with 3ware 9650SE

Posted on September 20, 2016 by larry

I have been migrating a bunch of VMs over to my new server.  I did a weird hack to get the 9650SE to work with my server, but I think I am paying a price now, it seems to not … Continue reading →

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CPUs In Productive Day

Posted on September 7, 2016 by larry

Had a really productive day at work.  You know how sometimes you get stuck on a problem for weeks then you figure out what went wrong.  It was one of those victories today. Also got the CPUs in to the … Continue reading →

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Need To Stop Messing Around With Server

Posted on September 6, 2016 by larry

I really need to focus on my other projects.  This server is consuming too much of my time. I am expecting two new CPUs.  I will install them and get the disks working but after that I am shutting down … Continue reading →

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Almost Everything For Migration

Posted on September 5, 2016 by larry

I got a bunch of the technology figured out.  Just need the new CPUs and a couple more Hard Drives. The process can proceed.  Last I will order rails for the server. Hopefully will get this done before end of … Continue reading →

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Got the Server Working

Posted on September 4, 2016 by larry

Finally got the server working, I figured out how to get the RAID card recognized in vmware.  Apparently you need a separate driver for it. After that I had to figure out how to present disks as a JBOD disk. … Continue reading →

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