Category Archives: New Toys

Production VMs on KVM

Posted on September 20, 2025 by larry

Pretty big accomplishment, the first was a simple DNS server, then was a little bit harder with the main LDAP server. But the tough one, which I knew was going to be it was the Unifi Network Application server. I … Continue reading →

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Playing With QEMU KVM

Posted on September 18, 2025 by larry

Now that I got 1 QEMU server going, planning on getting more. Probably another production one and a development one. It is cool, I got a pair of Linux templates on my QEMU server now and am ready to move … Continue reading →

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First Production KVM Host

Posted on September 17, 2025 by larry

Got my first production KVM host built, this is based on a Lenovo M910Q, has a quality NVME storage for VMs and a cheaper 256GB SSD for the OS. There is a USB Ethernet for management while the onboard one … Continue reading →

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Vlans on QEMU-KVM

Posted on September 16, 2025 by larry

Cool. I figured out how to configure my KVM host to use a trunked VLAN for multiple subnet access. I can now land a VM on any subnet. Still reviewing if my process is right but here is a script. … Continue reading →

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ESXi to KVM

Posted on September 15, 2025 by larry

Taking the first steps in getting VMs on to a Rocky 9 box in production. This will lead to my migration off of ESXi. Doesn’t look like it will be an easy or quick journey, trying to figure out how … Continue reading →

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Weekend To Do List

Posted on September 14, 2025 by larry

Like most weekends lately, I have setup a todo list, this is one weekend I felt like I got a lot done. One thing was cleaning up the office, although not completely done, looking much better, but I did sacrifice … Continue reading →

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Office Clean Zoneminder Overheating

Posted on September 13, 2025 by larry

Still not 100% sure what is going on with zoneminder NVR, I did replace the power supply and looks like it added some stability. But today as it was running I noticed it was overheating, it did hit some high … Continue reading →

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Cracked 330, Hard Day

Posted on September 12, 2025 by larry

Although today was a day off, it was a struggle today. We did get home late last night, by the time I went to bed it was 6AM and I did weigh in anr cracked 330, so that is the … Continue reading →

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Anker Pulled Through

Posted on September 7, 2025 by larry

Power went out today around 11:30AM , 2 and a half hours before the Seahawk game started. The Anker solix did its Job. I got my laptop and the hdhomerun plugged in. Frist thing was the fridge, and my phone … Continue reading →

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Wife Being A Pacer

Posted on September 4, 2025 by larry

Walked around RTC today but didn’t have enough steps, so had to do a second round, this time around wife went with me. Boy did she keep me moving, kept me going at a decent pace. Got some printing going, … Continue reading →

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