Another step in my journey of battery testing
Genesis 12V 16EP A battery is a chemical container. Its capable of storing and providing electrical energy as needed until exhausted. After it is exhausted, it must be recharged or…
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Dell Poweredge R710 Identification
Dell manufactured two generations of the PowerEdge R710 server model and therefore two different revisions of the PowerEdge R710 system board. It is important to understand the differences between the…
Leitz Icon printer – No Cartridge Loaded
I have a love and hate relationship with this printer, this is my second, the first just stopped working, and they sent me a new one. Its been pretty good,…
VMWare host SMART error on usb
I boot my hosts from a usb drive (The hosts have no local storage) This process causes this error: fetch_fixed_disk_status: fetch VSI_NODE_storage_scsifw_devices_smart_healthStatus(t10.SanDisk_Cruzer_Fit______ 4C532000061012110161) failed Not supported, reporting unknown status…
FREENAS and VMWARE storage troubles..
After some recent upgrades: Esxi 6.5 FreeNAS FreeNAS-9.10.2-U3 (e1497f269) I noticed myself getting spammed with messages like: May 4 13:21:42 138.128.161.188 2017-05-04T17:21:42.306Z serverblade1.robpatton.com vmkwarning: cpu0:67660)WARNING: ScsiDeviceIO: 6462: The Physical block…
Upgrading the Power Wheels Jeep
Charles has a Power Wheels Jeep that is about 2.5 years old. It doesn't get used much by just him, but when we have company or when the neighborhood kids…
The giant camera post in the yard
For those that haven't seen it in person, here is a rough version of my latest project. Normally you want your cameras looking away from the house, but during the…
Moved all my servers to ESXi
Finally made the jump this weekend! I've spent the past 3 or 4 months experimenting with VMWare's ESXi. For those that don't know, ESXi is a "bare metal hypervisor" which…
B-Squares have arrived!
Got my B-Square box in from Hong Kong today. This was a project that I helped fund on Kickstarter. It took a long while to get here, but it is…
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