Month: January 2022

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Generate test data using elastic’s makelogs

Posted on by jlim0930

Updated 5/11/2023 When I am testing for various issues I find that I need to create some test data. The built in sample data is great but sometimes you need to keep ingesting data or ingest some older data to reproduce issues. I found this repo and it was the answers to my issue. I did not want to install this and wanted to containerize it so that I can leave my system clean yet be able to use this and re-use it again. makelogs runs fine as it is however if your ES endpoint is secured with TLS and… Continue Reading →

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ESXi 7.x NutClient to query upsmon on Synology

Posted on by jlim0930

After my last move I consolidated my home setup and now I am down to one synology for storage and one ESXi 7.x (currently 7.0u2d) host. I do have these two devices connected to a UPS but since UPS only has 1 USB port I needed a way to signal my two devices to power off in case of power outage. I plugged in the USB cable from the UPS to my synology NAS and configured the UPS. In the UI of synology goto Control Panel -> Hardware & Power -> UPS. Click on Enable UPS support and click on… Continue Reading →

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Plex scripts for metadata locking and maintenance

Posted on by jlim0930

I run a pretty big PLEX library at home and it is mixed with english and korean tv shows and movies. Even with the built in maintenance job and cleanup jobs I like to keep things a bit more organized so I wrote the following script to help cleanup my plex instance The script will find the TOKEN from your Preferences.xml once the path is set and perform the following Optimize the database Update each library Empty the trash Clean the PhotoTranscoder Cache I run this script via cron every 6 hours 0 */6 * * * <path>/plexdo.sh I mentioned… Continue Reading →

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Update ESXi 7.x using esxcli

Posted on by jlim0930

I run ESXi at home for my VMs. Since I only need and have 1 ESXi host I had no need to install vCenter to manage my ESXi host, however I do want to keep it updated and current. To follow all the updates for ESXi please view VMware KB 2143832 Below are the steps to take to keep your ESXi updated Turn off VMs and put ESXi into maintenance mode Reboot – OPTIONAL – this is an optional step but it never hurts to reboot before upgrading to clear things up. Enable ssh service – you will need to… Continue Reading →