Category Archives: Virtualization

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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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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Going To Bed Early

Posted on October 28, 2022 by larry

Got a big day tomorrow, did hills today and was pretty good. Also got a lot of cool stuff done today, upgraded my work vsphere to 7.0, did a bit of work on my network. Finished the night off watching … 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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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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ESXi host Installed

Posted on October 18, 2022 by larry

My new ESXi host is in its production location. Space is cleared up in my office now. Still want to add another 64GB of RAM to this box, but the stats say I do not need it. Going to work … Continue reading →

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Knee Getting Better

Posted on October 13, 2022 by larry

But I want to take it easy. Going to rest another day or two. Finally installed proxmox, didn’t like being on a VM, got weird problems. Lab is coming together though. Weight: 311.4

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Xray on Knee

Posted on October 11, 2022 by larry

Had an x-ray done on my knee today, the results came in, not sure how to interpret it, but looks like it is a mild injury. We’ll see how it goes. Got a massager today, hopefully it will help with … Continue reading →

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Next ESXi Host

Posted on October 4, 2022 by larry

I am pretty much done with my new ESXi 7 host. I may get another 64GB of RAM but it works with the 192GB I got now. Going to 256 just insures I have enough spare capacity for testing. Also … Continue reading →

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