Category Archives: Virtualization

Passed My VCA Exam

Posted on August 17, 2016 by larry

So in order to get the VCP 6 VMware certification I have to take two tests.  The first one is the VCA.  I took it yesterday with minimal study time… and well I failed. So I went through a crash … Continue reading →

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VSphere 6 Class

Posted on May 2, 2016 by larry

Today was the first day of a week long training class for vsphere 6. Although 90% of the material is review for me, the 10% left is interesting. There is this web interface available for esxi, I am trying to … Continue reading →

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Fried Pi

Posted on December 11, 2015 by larry

Today I think I fried my first Raspberry Pi. Not sure if it is truly dead because the Polyfuse may reset and my Pi may still be good. Also been have challenges building another boot USB.  I usually set the … Continue reading →

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Finally Virtualized

Posted on September 16, 2015 by larry

I have an old crusty laptop that I was able to virtualize.  I did not want to install VMware converter on it, also I wanted to see if it was possible to virtualize from a clonezilla image. But there was … Continue reading →

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Was Going To Run

Posted on August 25, 2015 by larry

I was going to run today when I got an emergency call from work. Our virtual center server crashed. I was able to ssh in and immediately knew what was wrong. Still cut into my evening and I was unable … Continue reading →

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Nice Run Again

Posted on July 9, 2015 by larry

Ran cedar river again with the family, was a good one. Almost ran the entire 2 miles, pretty sure was more than a mile and a half, I think next time I will stretch out better, I think I can … Continue reading →

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First YouTube HowTo Video

Posted on February 19, 2015 by larry

Hope this is the first of more to come.  Did a video on how to install ddwrt on to a VM in ESXi. Also first time I did a video on this blog. Just doing pushups and situps.

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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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