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BC-ESXi, the network design
The network design has changed to allow for a more fine-grained placement of VM’s and to incorporate a better segmented level of security. VM’s can now be placed into firewalled VLAN’s from vCenter itself. As each node has three physical … Continue reading
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Tagged binsfeldius, virtualization, configuration, cluster, virtualisation, vmware, vsphere, esxi, nodes, 6.0
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Using ARP to assign IP address to APC Switched PDU
I’ve purchased two used APC switchable PDU’s (AP9720) to complement my existing APC Smart-UPS. This allows me more fine-grained power control on each attached component. These PDU’s cannot be reset to factory default by using the reset button, only by … Continue reading
Reset lost password vCenter Appliance 5.5
Hmm, not sure wtf happened but logging into my test environment VMWare vSphere vCenter Appliance 5.5 was suddenly a no-go. And unlucky me is also about 3000 miles away from the cluster 🙁 Technically I can still manage the three-node-cluster … Continue reading
BC-ESXi, building a hardware node
(x-post from the original project, the hardware build has not changed) In this post I’ll document the steps of putting the hardware together for a cluster node. A story in pictures: I’ve unscrewed and removed the cover of the Antec case. … Continue reading
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Tagged binsfeldius, virtualization, configuration, cluster, virtualisation, vmware, vsphere, esxi, nodes, 6.0
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BC-ESXi, good things come in threes
(x-post from original to show off the goods) So finally the stuff has arrived, one big box filled with goodies. And as the saying goes, all good things come in threes … Well, enough fun with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 6.0, binsfeldius, virtualization, configuration, cluster, virtualisation, vmware, vsphere, esxi, nodes
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BC-ESXi, the shopping list
update Nov 7th 2015 For reference, this is the list of components that I ordered in 2011. Some of these parts are more difficult to come by however by checking the specs you get a good idea of what I … Continue reading
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Tagged nodes, 6.0, binsfeldius, virtualization, configuration, cluster, virtualisation, vmware, vsphere, esxi
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Binsfeldius Cluster moving to VMWare vSphere 6.0
update Nov 7th 2015 In this NEW series of posts I’ll walk you through the steps, issues and frustrations of designing, building and configuring a low-power performance virtualisation cluster based on three nodes. It’s a write-as-I-go story which means I’ll … Continue reading
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You can’t always get what you want .. or can you?!
disclaimer: this is a (technical) article to show how to get AppleTV access to the much better stocked US iTunes from anywhere outside of the US. The main purpose of this post to satisfy my curiosity on how stuff works … Continue reading
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Tagged AppleTV, IP blocking, VPN, VPN tunnels, ESPN, Routerboard, Mikrotik, Netflix
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Subtitles with Subliminal for Sickbeard on QNAP
* UPDATED to subliminal 0.8.0-dev (22-06-2014) * * UPDATED to subliminal 2.0.5 (28-09-2018) * A short write-up on how to automate the download of subtitles for every new episode that Sickbeard is queueing with SABNZBD. First of all, for this … Continue reading
Joining the nodes to the domain and LUN’s
Now it’s time to join all the bits and pieces together in one coherent domain management environment. If your Domain Controller is setup correctly and DNS can resolve everything, it’s not really rocket science to join the cluster nodes to … Continue reading
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