Category Archives: New Toys

Finally Another 15k steps

Posted on November 19, 2022 by larry

This was work, and I am hurting, not sure how I am going to feel tomorrow. But I finally did 15k steps (in part of a park run 5k) and finished off RTC in the evening. Feeling sore, also got … Continue reading →

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Mass Copy VMs

Posted on November 15, 2022 by larry

Just got a 12TB hard drive, more than enough to back up some VMs I have on a couple of datastores. Wrote a script to copy the VMs from an ESXi host, I just tried and the disk seemed to … Continue reading →

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Shutting Down Another Box

Posted on November 14, 2022 by larry

Working on shutting down another physical box. Hopefully that is enough. Although I did bring up another box, I am still running a deficit. This is basically a P2V with some things disabled. I cleaned my office, for my future … Continue reading →

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Second New ESXi In Place

Posted on November 13, 2022 by larry

Got the new ESXi host in place, put a nested VM in there that can read the old drives. Looks like a total of 4 disks from the old setup. Basically I have everything in place to work on the … Continue reading →

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Another ESXi Host

Posted on October 27, 2022 by larry

So I was going to build this ESXi host but it looked like the motherboard I wanted was selling out quickly, so I picked one up. Lucky I did looks like they were selling out and today I checked they … Continue reading →

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Tried To Install XOA on Rocky

Posted on October 26, 2022 by larry

Just not meant to be got the VM installed, maybe that is enough. Or I can be that guy that figures out how to install it on rocky. I looked at the code and it is doable, but I don’t … Continue reading →

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Just Keep Moving

Posted on October 25, 2022 by larry

A lot of things getting done, just need to keep moving. Office back to a mess but not as bad, I have a server in here and am about to work on it. More posts in the near future regarding … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Office

Posted on October 24, 2022 by larry

Sometimes you just need to rearrange the office. I moved some stuff around, rewired some things, and I feel like I have more space to move. Hoping to flash some HBA Controller cards soon. May even attempt to install ESXi … Continue reading →

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So Much To Do

Posted on October 23, 2022 by larry

Been a bit scattered as of late, all these little things I need to do. Got my historical paper on the HD Homeruns Flashing the HBA’s I have Getting the XEN cluster up My HDHR Web Page My homelab project … Continue reading →

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Cold Weather Back

Posted on October 22, 2022 by larry

And rain, at least not smoky. But definitely cold, need to unhook AC now. Weather is gonna be challenging, not sure how I can get my 12k steps even if I feel better. Will have to figure it out. Also … Continue reading →

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