January 27, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Updated to Latest Broadcast Software other Items
Updated to the latest version of Sam Broadcaster yestreday and today did some cleanup re-adding the countdown script on the website. I updated the Windows OS W2019 that SAM runs on. I then decided to update both of my Fedora Linux 41 relay servers the primary and backup. I noticed the primary VM I run […] Continue reading
June 14, 2021
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Took Down Virtual Environment for Storage Maintenance
I had a storage alarm on my storage array start screaming today because it lost power to one of its redundant power supplies plus had slight temperature high reading on CPU #1. I found out that the power supply without … Continue reading Continue reading
April 9, 2021
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Lost Networking XCP-ng Hosts Then Recovered
Today I lost the XCP-ng networking to 3 XCP-ng hosts in a pool of 4 hosts. I logged in to check XCP-ng Center from a Windows workstation and couldn’t connect to the pool. I logged into the master of the … Continue reading Continue reading
March 27, 2021
by dhoytt
Comments Off on The Correct Heat Sink for Bl460c Gen8 Blade Server Finally
I have had this ongoing saga of not being able to find the correct heat sink for CPU#2 for my BL460c gen 8 blade server for a while. The original reseller used an integrator that came in at a lower … Continue reading Continue reading
October 4, 2020
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Virtual Environment Expansion
I have my new HPE bl460c gen8 blade systems now in my existing virtual hypervisor XCP-Ng pool with my Dell Poweredge R710’s systems temporarily while I assess them. I need to keep them running see how they handle the loads, … Continue reading Continue reading
April 6, 2020
by dhoytt
Comments Off on XCP-ng Updated to Version 8.1
Finally updated XCP-ng to 8.1 from 7.6 via local iso burned to a CD and it seems fine so far though it’s only just booted up. I have a lot going on currently so hope to get back and test … Continue reading → Continue reading
February 16, 2019
by dhoytt
Comments Off on New Virtual Environment Almost Set
My new XCP-ng environment is just about completely set I just need one more 8tb SAS drive with the same geometry to put into one of the pools on my FreeNAS server. One of the prior 8tb drives was a … Continue reading → Continue reading
February 16, 2019
by dhoytt
Comments Off on New Virtual Environment Almost Set
My new XCP-ng environment is just about completely set I just need one more 8tb SAS drive with the same geometry to put into one of the pools on my FreeNAS server. One of the prior 8tb drives was a … Continue reading → Continue reading
January 29, 2019
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Switching to XCP-ng Hypervisor
I had started testing and working stoppng and going with oVirt for the past month or so as my new hardware has started coming in but I’ve now switched my attention to XCP-ng. I have gotten som much further in … Continue reading → Continue reading
January 27, 2019
by dhoytt
Comments Off on UPS Battery Update
Updated one of my Liebert GTX UPS and the extension cabinet. Did this earlier than I wanted since the UPS went into total failure as it seems all the batteries have reached end of life obviously as evidenced by the … Continue reading → Continue reading