Server Project

[TopHatProductions115]

Purchasing EaseUS ToDo Backup Center next week, so I can actually backup all Windows machines on my domain. That's a priority for this project. The other licenses can wait. I have dodgy Windows Updates to prepare for...

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Best part about snow days and days below 40 F? I get free AC for my server Not that most people would suggest it, but I'm not allowed to run AC in that room when the server's on, sadly. So, I take what I can get. May be better than overheating the poor thing and frying something...

 

[TopHatProductions115]

New List:

• https://linustechtips.com/status/317796/

 

[TopHatProductions115]

In my quest to deck out Windows Server with every customisation I can throw at it, I’m going GPO crazy!

Windows Defender GPO is next...

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Aaand ran into an error. Can’t win:

Unable to List Datastores with ESXCLI | ESXi

I powered on an ESXi host this morning, and one of the VMs didn't boot successfully. After checking the web UI, I found that one of my datastores had gone missi

communities.vmware.com

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Best part about snow days and days below 40 F? I get free AC for my server Not that most people would suggest it, but I'm not allowed to run AC in that room when the server's on, sadly. So, I take what I can get. May be better than overheating the poor thing and frying something...

It's currently 40°c + here and my poor server is cooking, I'm in the process of building a server rack in the center of the house near a large mass of concrete, hoping it works as a temperature regulator.

Just switched up my server some also, moved from pfsense to OpnSense for my router ( almost the same but I use the opnsense plugins far more regularly and the licences seemed to be going down a dark path on pfsense).
In the process of getting rid of my omada SDN controller with the recent tp-link news and the fact if someone's selling something of mine I want a cut. So moving over to OpenWRT but having to do testing for a developer as my router isn't currently on the supported hardware list(should be a blast I'm sure).

Anyway keep up the good work and good luck with your backups.

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Rebooted the server and took another look at the screen for some clues, got this:

Re-enabled the logical drive and let ESXi go at it.

 

[dogwitch]

Rebooted the server and took another look at the screen for some clues, got this:

View attachment 241017

Re-enabled the logical drive and let ESXi go at it.

let us know what happens... this is giving me bug update raid fail flash back from feb this year...

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Good news, it looks like the issue may have been resolved. For full details, go here:

Unable to List Datastores with ESXCLI | ESXi

I powered on an ESXi host this morning, and one of the VMs didn't boot successfully. After checking the web UI, I found that one of my datastores had gone missi

communities.vmware.com

 

[dogwitch]

Good news, it looks like the issue may have been resolved. For full details, go here:

Unable to List Datastores with ESXCLI | ESXi

I powered on an ESXi host this morning, and one of the VMs didn't boot successfully. After checking the web UI, I found that one of my datastores had gone missi

communities.vmware.com

good news. no data lost.. sadly for me to late on updat(that i ref ). i learn a lesson and doing more like your doing with back ups.

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Current ToDo's:
 - Windows 10 Enterprise:
        - VM gaming troubleshooting
            - <https://www.reddit.com/r/VFIO/>

Upcoming ToDo's:
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: Nextcloud
        - add redis caching??
 - Server/Networking:
    - purchase OnlyOffice server license
 - macOS Mojave:
    - Get a MacPorts point-of-contact
    - Homebrew => MacPorts
    - upgrade to Big Sur 11.2.3

Long-term ToDo's:
 - Server/Networking:
    - migrate from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7
    - clone HDDs to SAS SSDs
    - VDI host when?
        - pushed to 2024/2025, due to performance requirements
        - DL580 Gen8/9 planning?!
    - Get a GitHub point-of-contact
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: YaCy Grid
        - <https://blog.fossasia.org/creating-a-dockerfile-for-yacy-grid-mcp/>
        - <https://github.com/yacy/yacy_grid_mcp/blob/master/docker/all-in-one/docker-compose.yml>
        - initiate web crawl

 

[claes]

Why the move from homebrew to macports?

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Why the move from homebrew to macports?

Ever since late last year, I began having issues with Homebrew that cost me time on the rest of the server project. It hit my MacBook first, so I ended up holding off on certain tasks when I finally got the macOS VM running. The first issue was with package updates. For some reason, Homebrew installed packages without checking macOS version compatibility. The result was that many of my commonly-used apps were suddenly unusable. Since the MacBook is currently stuck on Mojave, and can't move to Big Sur yet, I needed to rollback app/package versions. And since Homebrew doesn't have a native way do so, I ended up having to so by hand. I had to dig around GitHub issue postings for a week to figure that out. It was not a pleasant experience, and I used to use MacPorts before Homebrew. I only picked up Homebrew because MacPorts didn't have a package I needed years ago.

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Updated after last night’s tasks, more changes pending…

Current ToDo's:
 - macOS Mojave:
    - install Xcode 11.3.1 (MacPorts)
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: Nextcloud
        - add redis caching??

Upcoming ToDo's:
 - macOS Mojave:
    - upgrade to Big Sur 11.2.3
 - Server/Networking:
    - purchase OnlyOffice server license
 - Windows 10 Enterprise:
    - purchase Adobe Acrobat Pro 2022

Long-term ToDo's:
 - Server/Networking:
    - migrate from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7
    - clone HDDs to SAS SSDs
    - VDI host when?
        - pushed to 2024/2025, due to performance requirements
        - DL580 Gen8/9 planning?!
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: YaCy Grid
        - <https://blog.fossasia.org/creating-a-dockerfile-for-yacy-grid-mcp/>
        - <https://github.com/yacy/yacy_grid_mcp/blob/master/docker/all-in-one/docker-compose.yml>
        - initiate web crawl

 

[TopHatProductions115]

I managed to move to MacPorts, and got Xcode installed. However, python39 is unavailable for Mojave from what I'm seeing. That affects 2 packages that I use regularly. The fix for that will have to wait until I update the VM to Big Sur.

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Updated Plans:

Current ToDo's:
 - macOS Mojave:
    - upgrade to Big Sur 11.2.3
    - update MacPorts and Xcode
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: Nextcloud
        - purchase OnlyOffice server license
        - add redis caching??
 - Windows 10 Enterprise:
    - purchase Adobe Acrobat Pro 2022
    - purchase DaVinci Resolve license

Upcoming ToDo's:
 - Server/Networking:
    - migrate from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7
    - AMD GPU shopping (Linux/macOS)
        - https://www.reddit.com/r/realAMD/comments/tt2hq4/in_search_of_a_gpu/

Long-term ToDo's:
 - Server/Networking:
    - clone HDDs to SAS SSDs
    - VDI host when (DL580 Gen8/9 planning)?
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: YaCy Grid
        - https://blog.fossasia.org/creating-a-dockerfile-for-yacy-grid-mcp/
        - https://github.com/yacy/yacy_grid_mcp/blob/master/docker/all-in-one/docker-compose.yml
        - initiate web crawl

 

[TopHatProductions115]

The Titan Z is getting long-in-tooth and no longer receives driver updates. Want macOS and Linux to share a GPU again? New day, new problems to solve:

https://www.reddit.com/r/realAMD/comments/tt2hq4

AMD Radeon Pro v320/v340

I have a few questions pertaining to these cards. v320 (v520 variant): Does it support SR-IOV or MxGPU? Can it be split amongst multiple VMs? v340 (2x Vega 56's): Does this card have MxGPU configuration(s) compatible with macOS? Both cards: Are they fully supported in macOS? I would...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Just moved to OnlyOffice Document Server EE (Enterprise Edition). Redis cache is next. If the Radeon Pro v320 can't be split between multiple VMs, macOS gets dibs. I can't see myself messing with GPU stuff in Linux again. Getting that to work with nVIDIA drivers was a bit of a pain. By the time I ever try again with another multi-die GPU, it'll hopefully be RDNA-based and on a server running something newer than Intel Westmere. The show must go on, and one VM can't absorb all of my time when other tasks await...

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Future planning begins now:

https://linustechtips.com/status/318598/

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Added redis container to docker, testing with nextcloud. The list is changing, slowly:

Current ToDo's:
 - macOS Mojave:
    - upgrade to Big Sur 11.2.3
    - update MacPorts and Xcode
 - Windows 10 Enterprise:
    - purchase Adobe Acrobat Pro 2022
    - purchase DaVinci Resolve license

Upcoming ToDo's:
 - Server/Networking:
    - migrate from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7

Long-term ToDo's:
 - Server/Networking:
    - convert the VMs (MBR => GPT, BIOS => UEFI)
    - clone HDDs to SAS SSDs
    - VDI host when (DL580 Gen8/9 planning)?
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: YaCy Grid
        - <https://blog.fossasia.org/creating-a-dockerfile-for-yacy-grid-mcp/>
        - <https://github.com/yacy/yacy_grid_mcp/blob/master/docker/all-in-one/docker-compose.yml>
        - initiate web crawl

 

[TopHatProductions115]

AMD Radeon Pro v320/v340 Questions

I have a few questions pertaining to these Vega-based cards. v320 (looks like down-clocked Vega 64): Does it support SR-IOV or MxGPU? Can it be split amongst multiple VMs? v340 (2x Vega 56’s): Does this card have MxGPU configuration(s) compatible with macOS? Both cards: Are they fully...

forum.level1techs.com

 

[dogwitch]

something you never mention(unless i missed it)
is what type of switch are you using for this whole set up?

 

[TopHatProductions115]

something you never mention(unless i missed it)
is what type of switch are you using for this whole set up?

I mentioned that info on a different site:

• https://linustechtips.com/status/285142/

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Okay, things have definitely taken a different turn than expected. As I learned in the 2021/2022 transition, certain cards that require Above 4G MMIO (Above 4G decoding) are off-limits for me as long as I'm using the DL580 G7. That was part of why I couldn't use the Tesla K80's in late 2021. Well, that same situation happened with the Radeon Pro v320, and I have no idea if the same would apply if I had gotten the v340 instead. I got the help of a friend to look for firmware updates, to see if the feature had possibly been introduced in later firmware versions. No such luck. Removing PCIe SSD's also didn't help. Sad part is, it looks as though the DL980 G7 didn't have this limitation. As a result, I will have to push updating the macOS VM to Big Sur further out - until I can get a DL580 Gen8/9 in-house.

I also had difficulty updating software for the secondary DNS (software by Technitium), so I'm going to have to contact them to figure out how to proceed. The handy installer stopped working for me a while back, so I've had to perform all updates by hand since mid-2021 iirc.

Hopefully, it won't be too long before I can get back on track with finishing the rest of the server project, because I miss actually getting tasks done...

Current ToDo's:
 - Windows Server 2016:
    - Contact Technitium (unable to update DNS software)
 - Server/Networking:
    - convert the VMs (MBR => GPT, BIOS => UEFI)
    - clone SAS HDDs to SAS SSDs
    - migrate from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7

Upcoming ToDo's:
 - Windows 10 Enterprise:
    - purchase Adobe Acrobat Pro 2022

Long-term ToDo's:
 - Server/Networking:
    - VDI host when (DL580 Gen8/9 planning)?
    - replace Titan Z with Radeon Pro v320/v340
 - macOS Mojave:
    - upgrade to Big Sur 11.2.3
    - update MacPorts and Xcode

Unconfirmed ToDo's:
 - Artix OpenRC:
    - Docker container: YaCy Grid
        - https://blog.fossasia.org/creating-a-dockerfile-for-yacy-grid-mcp/
        - https://github.com/yacy/yacy_grid_mcp/blob/master/docker/all-in-one/docker-compose.yml
        - initiate web crawl

oof...

 

[dogwitch]

I mentioned that info on a different site:

• https://linustechtips.com/status/285142/

thank you and book mark all three of them for future reading etc.