September 30, 2017
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Updates Galore Tonight
Tonight I updated the OS of my workstations, virtual servers, physical servers, streaming software SAM Broadcasting from Spacial Audio and WordPress. My I started with my workstations and then my virtual servers including my Centos 7 web server that I … Continue reading → Continue reading
July 8, 2017
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Music Server Back Streaming Music after Updates
Well what just started off as a W2012 r2 security patch update ending up being a bit more. I ended up updating not only the server where I process the music, run the streaming application with it’s database and ShoutCast … Continue reading → Continue reading
May 24, 2017
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Recovered from Catastrophic XenServer failure that made me Love Linux Even More
I now know why I really love Linux right now after totally losing my XenServer configuration due to some overheating in my home data center today. I reinstalled my XenServer server reattached storage to my XenServer server and then reattached … Continue reading → Continue reading
June 27, 2016
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Rebuilt XenServer Slave
I rebuilt my XenServer slave tonight after it didn’t come back up properly last week after a power failure where I decided to ride it out on my UPS and not properly shutdown a few of my systems. The only system that … Continue reading → Continue reading
August 23, 2015
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Updated Blog Software Friday Revisited XenServer Repair
I updated the WordPress blog software after I took some manual backups of the database. Everything went fine but of course I had to go in and manually put back in some customization’s I have made for the sites that … Continue reading → Continue reading
May 30, 2015
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Work On Site This past Week
As I was migrating data from one NAS to another this week my XenServer pool master had a memory failure while I was away at work. Well after isolating the DIMM with the issue I also had to go in … Continue reading → Continue reading
March 13, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Updated NAS Systems Again
Well added more functionality to both NAS systems. Yesterday I added the second Dell Perc H310 to one NAS system plus added two more 2 TB SAS 6 GB/s drives. Tonight after a very long session working on some clusters… Continue reading
January 13, 2014
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Second NAS Rebuild Compete
Well finished rebuilding my second NAS into a new chassis identical to the other with the same specifications as the other NAS today with a few issues. Everything went pretty much the same as the other NAS rebuild except that… Continue reading
December 14, 2013
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Rebuilt Nagios Server, Updated XenServer, Corrected HW Issue on FreeNAS Node, Reconfigured Router Tonight
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December 2, 2013
by Darryl Hoytt
Comments Off on Virtualization of Old Systems Websites & New Media Server
Well this weekend I made great progress I built a test media server, virtualized a few old physical web servers, as well as my old but powerful XP desktop with 5 SCSI drives I just retired. I have been… Continue reading