zpool creation failing in Proxmox GUI

While trying to create a brand new zpool from Proxmox GUI, I was facing an error. This was partly solved by New SSDs not showing correct Serial# in Proxmox Disk Manager so at least in Proxmox, correct Serial#s were showing in the zpool creation screen (see below). In looking further, the by-id links are not present, and the two that are present are incorrect. The remaining work is to update udev rules so the correct …

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New SSDs not showing correct Serial# in Proxmox Disk Manager

I faced a weird issue. I added 5x identical brand new consumer grade SSDs to my DL380P, and inside Proxmox disk manager, they all showed up as having Serial#s as 0s, see below. Upon looking further, it appeared that Proxmox is using ID_SERIAL from udevadm. The correct serial number is shown in ID_SCSI_SERIAL. I looked around on Proxmox forums, and found that someone had reported a similar issue here: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/disk-serialnumber-in-pve-host-disk.122251/ There was a solution recommended …

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Resetting password for HP V1910-48G J009A

I recently had to reset admin password for my home network switch. I had to look around on multiple forums on the internet for instructions, and was finally able to figure out how to do it. I thought of sharing the instructions in this post to help others looking to reset password on this switch. First, the ethernet cable (link) method didn’t work for me. Therefore, the only possible option was to use the serial …

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Homebridge install

After moving to our new house recently, I decided to go all Apple Homekit for my smart devices. Our previous homes were all Z-wave and Zigbee. In the first house we turned into a smart home, it was Wink, then came SmartThings. There was a bit of Google Nest. In our next house, we used SmartThings, and later Home Assistant, with Ring for cameras and security. Needless to say I’ve had my experiences with smart …

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Samsung Odyssey G9 49″ Monitor macOS Settings

I picked up this monster size monitor a year ago. It is truly ginormous and gives me plenty of screen real estate. I had it hooked up to my MacBook and everything worked perfectly fine until I upgraded macOS to Ventura and lost the Scaling option under display settings. After that, the display was all messed up, and I spent a lot of time searching on the internet what to do here. If you landed …

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