Category Archives: Virtualization

More Network Improvements

Posted on December 7, 2022 by larry

Got another physical machine virtualized. Slowly getting there. Hoping to upgrade my backup server soon. Another issue I been dealing with is home assistant. There is a device conflict with ubiquity and home assistant. So frustrating. Weight: 319.0

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Network Upgrades Coming Along

Posted on November 30, 2022 by larry

Lets see what I got so far Everything is coming along. Going to have to make things a little bit cleaner. Found a large supermicro I think I can use as a NAS. Weight: 322.4

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Trying Out Backups

Posted on November 28, 2022 by larry

Kind of interesting, but frustrating at the same time, there are some huge gaps on how urbackup works. I read some documetation, but looks like will need to dive deeper. Officially over 320, it was inevitable, eating so much salty … Continue reading →

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Rethinking My Backups

Posted on November 27, 2022 by larry

Got some decent work on a backup system called urbackup. I installed it on Rocky 9. Preparing to go that route in 2023. Also got LDAP working, some pretty big changes afoot. Still researching options, but liking what is possible. … Continue reading →

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Yardwork Pain

Posted on November 26, 2022 by larry

Now I know I been slacking, I did some yardwork today, now I am in pain. Maybe I should get back in to the gym. Got some discovery done on my network as well. On my production I found 20 … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2022

Posted on November 25, 2022 by larry

Not gonna mention some of the things I got, kids may be reading this, don’t want to spoil Christmas. But stuff for me and the network, it seems like storage is the name of the game. Looks like I got … Continue reading →

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More Reducing Footprint

Posted on November 21, 2022 by larry

There were some 5TB drives on sale at costco. Looking to see if I can use them as backup stores. But I am also looking at reducing my footprint, maybe by moving more stuff into virtual. Right now I am … Continue reading →

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Going Back To Virtual

Posted on November 20, 2022 by larry

Getting too much complaints on the new firewall, so going to switch back to virtual Really bummed out, but will see if it still happens. By tomorrow’s post I should be back to virtual. With that said, I may move … Continue reading →

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Back To Needed Sleep

Posted on November 17, 2022 by larry

Since I have slowed my walking, I noticed I haven’t had any deep long sleep. Been tired a lot, need to do more physical work. Cloning drives still going, heading towards 48 hours and almost halfway there. Anyway, hoping to … Continue reading →

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Taking A Long Time To Copy VMs

Posted on November 16, 2022 by larry

Got about 120 vmdk files to backup, I started last night and I am not even a 3rd of the way there. So will keep going, but it is frustrating. A little tired today, need to get some sleep. Weight: … Continue reading →

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