Breaking down the Flag Sensor in Home Assistant
With all the holidays passing us, I’ve noticed the nice colors on my house using the DIY LED lightstrips. With Halloween, Christmas, Valentine and now President’s day, the…
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Upgrading VMware vCenter 6.0 appliance with a Windows based Update Manager option
I ran into an interesting situation the other day. When vSphere 6.0 was the hot new product out there, I had converted a client of mine from a…
How to set up Home Assistant Presence Detection using NMAP
Today, I tackled Presence Detection with Home Assistant. To get the most out of your home automation, you need good presence detection. A way for the house to…
How to Upgrade VMware UAG 3.3 to 3.4 (Universal Access Gateway)
VMware released the new Universal Access Gateway (UAG) 3.4 a while ago (What’s New) and I finally got a chance to upgrade my 3.3 appliance to 3.4. Here’s…
Everyday Holiday Smart Lights – Valentine’s Day Edition
If you are running Home Assistant and haven’t had an opportunity to put up Smart Lights outside, you are missing out on all the fun. Easy scripting in…
How to Upgrade Home Assistant Ubuntu to 18.04.1 LTS
If you have recently logged into your Home Assistant terminal and have seen a message letting you know that there is a new release ‘18.04.1 LTS’ available and…
Upgrading VxRail from 4.5.227 to 4.7.100–One Click operations by EMC/DELL
Today I upgraded my VxRail from 4.5.227-106353364 to 4.7.100-11859441. Here is a breakdown of the process so you can see what to expect with this upgrade. Even though…
My Pi-Hole is out of Space! How to free up space to upgrade.
Even though I just recently upgraded my Pi-Hole configuration [Here], turns out there was another update to process this morning. Yippee! The process is to putty into the…
Rejoining a Citrix DDC will break your Site!
Chris Hahn sent over this cautionary tale! Ran into this on a (thankfully!) new build. After having an issue with one of the DDCs, the client removed and…