IT Homelab

Fishy · August 30, 2024, 12:32:09 PM

Thought I'd try my dhcp on server 2022 core.. fairly easy and working well.. Will hang onto my Linux dhcp box just in case which was fine as well tbh..

Fishy · August 30, 2024, 03:31:22 PM

Scrub the above.. back to Linux dhcp box🙄

Fishy · September 25, 2024, 10:03:03 PM

Updated my ESXi boxes and vcsa to latest firmwares..and also the Aruba Instant Internet access points.. all nice n easy

Fishy · October 13, 2024, 12:07:31 AM

Moved my ESXi hosts onto hp elitedesk 800 g5s. also got the intel amt Remote Desktop working on them as well with mesh commander giving me access without the hassle of connecting up a screen when I need console access..

Fishy · October 19, 2024, 10:32:59 PM

Grabbed a 10gb Nic from eBay..going to see if it works on ESXi and xpenology shared storage box..

Fishy · October 23, 2024, 01:06:34 PM

Quote from: Fishy on October 19, 2024, 10:32:59 PMGrabbed a 10gb Nic from eBay..going to see if it works on ESXi and xpenology shared storage box..

. It does... 😀grabbed another from eBay this morning..

Fishy · October 28, 2024, 10:00:29 PM

Directly connected one of my hosts to the shared storage @ 10gb.. storage vmotioned it from local storage and it was flying... got another card arriving tomorrow to setup the other host... it's a pity 10gb port switches are so expensive...

pxr5 · November 05, 2024, 01:41:47 PM

I've just binned off the crappy Smart Hub 2 router from BT and replaced it with a TP-Link model. I can at last get pi-hole going again to stop all those annoying ads everywhere.

Fishy · November 13, 2024, 11:25:14 AM

So my 2 hosts and storage all directly connected at 10gb.. also got my veeam backup directly connected to the storage at 10gb.. all super fast now .. and allowed me to clear out a lot of cabling which was going into the switch... got a spare pc which I've setup as a veeam replication box running Esxi with local storage just in case complete disaster strikes so all bases covered..

Fishy · November 19, 2024, 12:15:07 PM

Man says his binned Bitcoin fortune now worth £500m https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr0dyy152jo

Right this bloke is an idiot.. if this drive had this value on it I would have a backup of it for a start then he chucks it out..

pxr5 · November 19, 2024, 12:54:30 PM

^ I see he's suing his local council - er right, that's going to work - not! Yep an idiot.

In saying that I managed to lock myself out of 3 Raspberry Pis yesterday after installing and enabling ufw whilst forgetting to allow port 22 through. I had to mount the drivers elsewhere to edit the ufw config files to disable temporarily.

Slim · November 19, 2024, 05:25:23 PM

Quote from: pxr5 on November 19, 2024, 12:54:30 PM^ I see he's suing his local council - er right, that's going to work - not! Yep an idiot.

In saying that I managed to lock myself out of 3 Raspberry Pis yesterday after installing and enabling ufw whilst forgetting to allow port 22 through. I had to mount the drivers elsewhere to edit the ufw config files to disable temporarily.

Couldn't you just attach a screen and keyboard?

pxr5 · November 19, 2024, 09:56:45 PM

Quote from: Slim on November 19, 2024, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: pxr5 on November 19, 2024, 12:54:30 PM^ I see he's suing his local council - er right, that's going to work - not! Yep an idiot.

In saying that I managed to lock myself out of 3 Raspberry Pis yesterday after installing and enabling ufw whilst forgetting to allow port 22 through. I had to mount the drivers elsewhere to edit the ufw config files to disable temporarily.

Couldn't you just attach a screen and keyboard?

I could, but for me it's easier just to pull the drive.