Category Archives: Virtualization

ESXi nested in ESXi

Posted on February 9, 2015 by larry

I have the memory, I think I can virtualize an ESXi I environment. Basically I wanted a “clean” environment to do documentation. Feeling some sniffles coming on, does not bode well for me. Hope to get some decent sleep and … Continue reading →

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Critical VMs moved off of old server

Posted on January 4, 2015 by larry

My network is stable again, things seem all green.  All of my production VMs are now on server class hardware. I can get back to work. Ran a <15 min mile on the treadmill, not great, but showing progress.  Too … Continue reading →

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New Server Up and Running

Posted on January 3, 2015 by larry

My new ESXi server is running pretty good.  Soon all production VMs will be on server class hardware. Doing some dry runs right now, I returned the 1 processor for  the 2 processor model.  At the same time I was … Continue reading →

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Lukewarm End of Year Finale

Posted on December 31, 2014 by larry

I can’t really classify that the year ended off with a wimper, but for the most part it did.  What disqualifies it was the huge server problems I had today. My main ESXi server kept crashing, I tried reseating the … Continue reading →

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Virtualizing Mail Server

Posted on December 30, 2014 by larry

I decided to virtualize a mail server I have a couple of weeks ago.  I think it may be a bad idea.  The datastore that mail server was on crashed and now I am going through a disaster recovery scenario. … Continue reading →

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Four More Servers Left

Posted on November 10, 2014 by larry

Most of my servers on the DMZ are on CentOS 6 now. I should get another one done tomorrow, but the last one will probably be done over the Thanksgiving weekend. Its about that time I am going to do … Continue reading →

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Starting On My Server Rack

Posted on November 5, 2014 by larry

Finally starting on my four post rack.  I just got the 4 posts going for now, at least they are all even. Also getting more servers migrated over to CentOS 6 (which I found out today is now at 6.5) … Continue reading →

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Upgrading and Decomm

Posted on October 26, 2014 by larry

Spent a lot of the weekend upgrading and decommissioning some of my servers. Looking good, got notes on rebuilding most of the new servers. Hoping the servers will be good in a week. Just doing pushup and situps.

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Weird Storm Day

Posted on October 25, 2014 by larry

Didn’t know it was gonna be a windy day, weather is going nuts. Wife and I decided to go to the movies and the power flickered in couple of the theaters and we decided to get a refund and return … Continue reading →

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Planning New Network

Posted on October 21, 2014 by larry

Slowly getting my ideas together for how the new network at home is going to look like. I want to reduce my physical prod server count to 8, in the server room.  Currenty I have 9.  If I can get … Continue reading →

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