Category Archives: Virtualization

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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Back To Work

Posted on September 3, 2016 by larry

I did sleep late and took a bunch of naps today.  Trying to adjust back to work life. I did get the new server going though.  I am trying to figure out the RAID though. Got to admit it is … Continue reading →

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IoT in VMworld

Posted on August 31, 2016 by larry

Last full day at VMworld 2016.  Had an interesting conversation with some strangers regarding VSAN. But even more interesting was I saw a that VMware was developing a product codenamed Project Ice. Looks like something to look in to when … Continue reading →

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VMworld 2016 Travel

Posted on August 28, 2016 by larry

VMworld is in Las Vegas this year, and I am attending.  It is at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.  It has been work to get here though.  I packed late last night, had some other stuff to deal with like my … Continue reading →

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