Monthly Archives: September 2025

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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Officially Under 330

Posted on September 19, 2025 by larry

Three consecutive days of being under 330 makes it official, I am under 330. No weirdness too like wearing light clothes or fasting a day and weighing in right before and after midnight to get two days. This was legit … 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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Spoiled Food

Posted on September 11, 2025 by larry

Remember how I was patting myself on the back that we kept the food all good Sunday night. Well lesson learned, make sure the power bank is still providing power for the freezer after the power comes back. The result… … Continue reading →

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