ESXi 6.7U3 Update issues

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ESXi 6.7U1->6.7U2 update introduced a "Not enough space" error when running the CLI level update. This appeared to have been carried across to the ESXi 6.7U2 to 6.7U3 updates. This is because one vib is just too large for it to install. The solution is to update one VIB then…
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Flare-On Challenge 2016

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Never even heard of it until a friend of mine told me they're working for FireEye (none of the fun stuff though). Looking up their blogs, I found they ran a yearly FLARE-ON challenge. So I thought I'd give it a check out. http://2016.flare-on.com/ - if anyone wants to participate!…
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Quick roundup for Mar-Apr

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Packages of note in the Internet worlds: pfSense (2.3 release) Runs off Bootstrap front end now, FreeBSD to 10.3 base. Looks very 'slick'. I did break the upgrade, cos the 'RX-offload' bug with Xen still exists in this release. Has to be turned off from the host. Code snippet given…
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VPS’s and Privacy

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Privacy I am so getting tired of emails being blocked by Spamhaus-PBL. This is NOT an abuse list, yet email admins are using it as a 'blocklist'. I got no probs with SBL's and stuff.. but PBL?! I'm looking at you messagelabs.com (and any others that use it). I have…
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Mass update day

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CentOS 7.2 is out, but took a day or two before it turned up on local mirror. Good thing I mirror everything, mass-updates of multi-VMs in progress. While I'm there, I'd upgrade Wordpress, and any other CMS's around. Busy day!
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Solax SK-SU-5000 some details :)

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I have been hunting information on this unit's management for (you guessed it) automation and fun charting like a good crazy sysadmin would do. I called up the local supplier which patched me through to a support guy (Nice guy!). 2 simple questions and 2 simple answers from him :)…
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