Monthly Archives: August 2023

Exciting Times

Posted on August 31, 2023 by larry

Had a long day of work last night, ending at 3AM, but I got a lot of stuff done. At home, ansible is doing me right. My son is ready to start XC, 1 more week till his first meet. … Continue reading →

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Lab Rebuild

Posted on August 30, 2023 by larry

This evening I decided to rebuild/reconstitute the lab. Now that I retired an ESXi host, I think I got space to continue with the lab. Got all these little things to set up. Patching, nagios, guacamole, proxies etc. Weight: 347.0

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CentOS 7 Going Away

Posted on August 29, 2023 by larry

Still feeling sluggish but had a normal work day, just powered through. I miscounted my VM counts, there was a dupe, but also wondered why a VM I had was still needed, I just decommed it. So back down to … Continue reading →

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Not Sleeping Right

Posted on August 28, 2023 by larry

I think its cause of the smoke or air quality The past two nights tracks with my difficulty breathing. Took a sick day today. On the Linux front, I figured out how to install guacamole on Rocky 9. Weight: 347.4

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Wasting Time Cause Of Time

Posted on August 27, 2023 by larry

What a disaster last night. I was cleaning up some stuff and I had a VM that was also acting as a datastore. So when these go down, it causes havok. So last night I had to reboot an ESXi … Continue reading →

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Shutdown Dell Server

Posted on August 26, 2023 by larry

Got me a little over 4 years of service 4 years is not too bad. Server is actually shut off. All of the C7 VMs on it were converted to R9 So it is running. Officially got 10 production machines … Continue reading →

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Hardest Servers First

Posted on August 25, 2023 by larry

Wanted to migrate the harder servers out of the way first. The most important server is done. Now moving other servers in order of importance. There are 6 VMs left, it is reasonable to do 3 a day, after this … Continue reading →

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Falling Behind But Still Hopeful

Posted on August 24, 2023 by larry

Falling behind on my Rocky 9 upgrades. Recall my goal was to get all machines off of my old ESXi host by rebuilding them on my new ESXi host as Rocky 9 boxes. Been struggling with getting a VM to … Continue reading →

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Not Sure Why So Tired

Posted on August 23, 2023 by larry

I thought I been sleeping OK but fitbit says I am restless. I agree, needed couple of naps today. Also found out Carly my PT is leaving, so sad, wanted to show her I lost weight. Anyway goal is still … Continue reading →

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Getting Harder To Breath

Posted on August 21, 2023 by larry

Hoping to get some of that medication that worked for me in the past. Lungs kind of need it. Son went to get a physical today, he is in excellent health. XC started today. Weight: 347.8

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