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How to get llama 2 up and running , in a VM, with no GPU, and limited memory on Ubuntu

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OK I decided to write this up after unsuccessfully being able to find all the required info I needed in one place. In this setup we will be using Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS as the OS. I have this running on a home lab ESXi server 8, on a HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF CPU = Intel Core i7-3770 Installed Memory 16 GB I have some 10K SAS drives installed for the VM's If you have not already, navigate to  Get Ubuntu Server | Download | Ubuntu and download the 22.04.2 LTS ISO Next Lets create our VM that we are going to run this in. *Note Im using ESXi however you can probably do this in Workstation, Fusion, VirtualBox etc The main things to note on the VM creation. Set Ubuntu 64 bit as the guest OS Set your CPU relevant to the physicals CPU, I will be starting with 4 VCPU Set your Memory to as much as you can tolerate, I will be using 12 Disk Space - we are creating a 100G swap file, and the rest of the file can take up some room , so more is better if you can afford it Dont forget to add the U...
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Configure windows (and MAC) to point to a specific DNS server for Specific domain

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 I have probably searched off an on for this solution for about 10 years at this point, and always found some other way to work around the issue. Well today I was searching for some other DNS settings and found this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsclient/add-dnsclientnrptrule?view=windowsserver2022-ps And it actually works! So here is my example: Add-DnsClientNrptRule -Namespace ".universe.lab" -NameServers "10.10.1.1" Ran this as an admin I want any thing going to 'universe.lab' (dont forget to pre-pend the "." ) to go to 10.10.1.1 And then you can check what you have configured PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-DnsClientNrptRule Name                             : {2942DF55-16A3-4EED-B71B-7274B18F4FED} Version                          : 2 Namespace                      ...
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Windows 11 GA Instant Clone Lab with unsupported hardware workaround \ test deploy

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 Windows 11 has finally GA'ed so now its time to do some testing. If you don't have the required hardware no problem, we can apply some work arounds. In our Setup we will be using the following Setup Horizon 8 vSphere 7.0U3 Windows 11 GA First download the Windows 11 ISO, put it on a datastore Create a new VM for the parent VM. I chose Windows 10 as the Guest OS Confirm that Secure Boot is enabled And left everything as Default Now Console into your VM and power it on, Once you get to the  'Windows Setup' screen press Shift +F10 This will bring up a command prompt, from here type regedit and hit enter From this point navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup Right-click on Setup key and select New -> Key option.  Name it LabConfig  Select LabConfig key and then create the following 3 new DWORDs and set their values to 1 to bypass or disable TPM 2.0, Secure Boot and RAM amount checks BypassTPMCheck BypassSecureBootCheck BypassRAMCheck Close regedit, and the comma...
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Windows 8 RSAT tools released for 2012 Server

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server 2012 from a remote computer that is running Windows 8. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972 Overview Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and command-line tools for managing roles and features that run on Windows Server 2012. In limited cases, the tools can be used to manage roles and features that are running on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008. Some of the tools work for managing roles and features on Windows Server 2003. Top of page System requirements Supported operating systems:  Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro **Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 can be installed ONLY on computers that are running Windows 8.** Remote ...
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Upgrading to 2012....Wait a minute.

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So I was all gung-ho about getting my servers upgraded to 2012. I had done all my testing on the RC's , had my documentation all setup and ready to go then ran into these issues: Windows 2012 VM Freezes or reboots host 2008 R2 SP1 - I actually read about this prior to installing it on my clusters. I was able to use the same hardware as a cluster node to verify that my shop is indeed having the issue. The best thing to do would be to upgrade the nodes to 2012 hyper-v 3.0. but again there are roadblocks in the way of that too! To backup the servers with DPM 2012 you need SystemCenter 2012 SP1 , as of right its still CTP2 so it is not going on my production servers. To manage the cluster nodes with VMM 2012, it needs, you guessed it, System Center 2012 SP1 . so as of right now I'm in a holding pattern for my production servers until SP1 is released. Update for HP customers:
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