I’ve been doing some fairly large scale labbing at work recently and came across a problem I’ve somehow dodged until now. I’d created a fully patched Windows Server 2012 R2 VM with a few things
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Creating a NAS on VMware ESXi with Nexenta
Nexenta NexentaStor is an enterprise grade NAS appliance that provides block (iSCSI) and file (SMB, NFS) services. It’s also great for homelabbers as a restricted ‘community’ edition is available, which makes for a great alternative
Read moreFinding VMware vSphere Update Manager Build Numbers
With the recent discovery of both Meltdown and Spectre I’ve been dispatched to do some patching. This has led to more than a few compatibility and interoperability checks- fun times indeed. I then realised I’ve
Read moreFixing vCenter Error: “Another task is already in progress”
I came across an odd issue for the first time in my lab. A Veeam backup failed to complete with one VM reporting the following- Error: Another task is already in progress
Read moreUpgrade VMware vRealize Log Insight
All this monitoring my lab business has got out of hand recently. So much so that I finally decided to upgrade my VMware vRealize Log Insight appliance from the suitably vintage v3.0. It’s not a
Read moreDeploy OVAs to vCenter with VMware OVF Tool
Try to deploy an OVA in vCenter 6.5 and you’ll likely see the following helpful little number- After some mucking about, I found a supported solution- VMware OVF Tool.
Read moreMonitor Linux with SNMPv3 and PRTG
Recently I’ve been focusing on something I’ve overlooked for too long- monitoring. I wanted to share a quick guide on monitoring Debian / Ubuntu with SNMPv3 and PRTG as I couldn’t find any high level,
Read moreClean Up a Full Ubuntu ‘/boot’ Partition
If the /boot partition fills to 100% you’ll likely find yourself stuck in a loop. In order to remove old Linux kernels and free space you will likely first need to install dependencies, but to
Read moreAdd ESXi 6.5 Hosts to an Active Directory Domain
You have everything hooked up to AD, right? There’s no better way to compromise your entire lab than having a SSO password for just about everything. I’m not (entirely) serious of course, but that’s a
Read moreMy Home Datacenter
I’ve posted a few snippets detailing elements of my home lab datacenter previously, but I thought it was time I did a full, in-depth write up, so here goes. First off, let’s deal with the
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