Monthly Archives: November 2022

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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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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Feeling Weak

Posted on November 18, 2022 by larry

Helped son move today, rented a 10ft box truck. I struggled to climb into the drivers seat, not sure why it was hard, my knees kind of weak, but I struggled to pull myself up as well. Need to lose … 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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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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That Felt Good

Posted on November 12, 2022 by larry

Got my fitbit goals today. That was good, I feel good too. Actually walked outside, twice around RTC. I had a list of things to do started on them but didn’t finish. Got tomorrow, also there is a Seahawks game … Continue reading →

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Kind of Long Weekend

Posted on November 11, 2022 by larry

It is Friday, but I feel like my weekend started early. Already did my exercise for the day and I did complete my fitbit goals yesterday. Going to have some fun tonight, going to get some housework done tomorrow. Weight: … Continue reading →

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