The joys of servers
So, this server is a VMWare based machine. I set it up that way to make maintenance and backups easy – which it does a great job of. I have several VMs running on the box for various purposes. It works great – most of the time.
However, it seems that the host operating system decided it’s going to have issues booting back up after I do a reboot from time to time. I also realized that 2 GB of RAM isn’t enough for the stuff I run on it, so I decided to do a RAM upgrade. At that point, I realized that Windows Server 2003 Web edition doesn’t support more than 2 GB of RAM. I also started wondering why the hell I set this thing up with VMWare on Server 2003 instead of Linux.
At this point, my webhost probably hates me, because I have two tickets open – one for a server reload with Debian 3.1, along with data recovery, and another one for the RAM upgrade to 4 GB – and in both tickets, I reference the other ticket, saying if possible I’d like both done at the same time. So, hopefully this works out properly. If it does, everything will be a breeze to set back up. If not, well crap.
However, many thanks to Layered Tech for putting up with me for the past few years. These guys are great.
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