VM – Zoyinc

Restored OKD cluster not starting

I run my OKD cluster on a set of VMs in VMware ESXi. My backups consist of shutting down all VMs and then copying them somewhere else – so full shutdown and backup. The cluster setup was done using the steps outlined in OKD 4.5 small cluster on ESX. This has worked well and I… read more…
CentOS 7 + PHP 7.2 + Python 3.6 + Apache 2.4

I am setting up a new CentOS 7 server, in 2019, because I want a long life public facing WordPress host that I can update easily. For example when the “Heartbleed” security bug, in the OpenSSL cryptography library, was discovered you needed to update your SSL install. This proved to be a major problem for… read more…
SonicWall VLAN to private physical interface

I had a Windows 10 VM, running inside VMware ESXi 6.0, which I needed to connect to the laptop as shown in the above diagram. In addition I needed both the laptop and VM to be on an isolated LAN which meant neither the VM nor laptop to should be able to access the internet… read more…
ESXi Embedded Host Client – Improving Stability

I use ESXi on a small number of VMs at home and recently moved to some newer hardware. Not really new, they are Lenovo M58 (7479CTO) small form factor. In regards to ESX the biggest factor is the CPU is: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz For ESX this CPU is supported up to… read more…
Run ESX from USB on old HP desktop

I have running VMware ESXi servers for years, sometimes at work on servers but recently at home on a whole bunch of older desktop machines. Not too many problems and when I did have problems it was usually about an unsupported network adaptor. Just a few weeks ago I tried to run ESX from USB… read more…