Category Archives: Virtualization

Busy Busy Busy, but got my ESXi Stable

Posted on August 26, 2011 by larry

What a packed day, got my raise, got my tickets to Philippines, going to Vegas this Sunday for VMworld, and also did some tweaks on my ESXi bios and it seems stable now. Didn’t get to work out. To dang … Continue reading →

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Interesting VMware problem

Posted on July 13, 2011 by larry

I had a customer call me yesterday about inadvertently deleting a vm from the command line within ESXi. Luckily, for some reason (either the VM was still running or it had open files) the flat and delta vmdk files were … Continue reading →

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Disappointed with a New Motherboard

Posted on June 12, 2011 by larry

For the past few weeks the new ESXi box I posted before was having problems. I replaced each component and feel like the motherboard was the culpirit. I found a nice Gigabyte motherboard model GA-880GA-UD3H. It was a motherboard with … Continue reading →

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Earned Rest

Posted on May 29, 2011 by larry

I can rest today. Yesterday was not only a huge triumph, but I really should not push it.  I feel like I have recovered but I am honest with myself in that I also need to heal. It is a … Continue reading →

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Embracing ESXi snapshots

Posted on March 3, 2011 by larry

I like virtualization and have been using vmware server for several years now.  There is something called vmware esxi which is free and a lot better and managing resources. Vmware server is good in that it runs on top of … Continue reading →

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ESXi Server on a shoestring

Posted on January 23, 2011 by larry

A customer of mine asked me about setting a low cost ESXi server for them, and another customer may benefit from an ESXi server.  On Thursday I purchased the parts to build one and begin building one. This was going … Continue reading →

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Sigh, Christmas is done

Posted on December 27, 2010 by larry

In a way I am excited at the prospect of a new year.  But in the immediate short term, it is sad to see Christmas finish.  Next year has to be better than how this year ended.  It has too … Continue reading →

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Cheap vSphere Server

Posted on December 11, 2010 by larry

A year or two ago I purchased a Motherboard CPU Combo, I used the CPU and I could care less for the motherboard. But in the past few days I tried this motherboard which is an ECS motherboard. It is … Continue reading →

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Toy Story 3… See it

Posted on November 7, 2010 by larry

What a great wrap up movie to the trilogy.  I really enjoyed it and I know my family did too when everyone stayed the whole movie beginning to end. Also got another new toy, I told you about a ZoneMinder, … Continue reading →

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Regaining momentum

Posted on September 3, 2010 by larry

The past few weeks have been really tough, I feel like I been a major roller coaster ride. I will cover more on vmworld when I got a little more time, today I am still dealing with all the little … Continue reading →

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