How to Troubleshoot Hybrid Entra Join and Windows LAPS
A command-driven workflow for diagnosing a Pending Hybrid Entra Join device when Windows LAPS unexpectedly rotates the local administrator password.
Intune Shared Android Devices for QA: The Real Trade-off
A field note on choosing Dedicated with Entra Shared Device Mode or Fully Managed Intune enrollment for shared Android QA phones and tablets.
k3s Disk Usage: 9 Steps to Find and Clean Unused Images
A real k3s disk audit that found stale container images, recovered about 28 GB across three workers, and tuned kubelet garbage collection safely.
Proxmox Storage Upgrade: When SAS RAID10 Beats SSDs
A field note on choosing capacity over flash performance for an older Proxmox host, including RAID10 math, controller risk, cost, and migration impact.
Proxmox Backup Is Not Disaster Recovery Until Restore Works
A recovery-first field note: an earlier VM restore was unsatisfying, so compare Veeam, PBS and native Proxmox backup using the same isolated full-VM restore and host-rebuild criteria.
How to Migrate a Stateful App from a VM to k3s: A Cutover Checklist
A practical, evidence-based VM-to-k3s migration checklist from a real Snipe-IT cutover: independent backups, data verification, NFS writes, TLS testing, DNS change and rollback.
Audit k3s etcd Backups: 10 Checks Before You Trust Them
A non-destructive k3s backup audit covering datastore type, snapshot inventory, schedule, retention, QNAP copies, server-token protection, file integrity and an isolated restore test.
Kubernetes Disaster Recovery: Why an etcd Snapshot Is Only One Layer
A field note from a small k3s environment: etcd snapshots matter, but credible recovery also needs the original server token, GitOps state, database backups, persistent file protection and restore evidence.
Kubernetes Developer Platform: 7 Design Decisions for a Small k3s Cluster
A practical design note for building a resource-constrained Kubernetes developer platform on an existing k3s cluster with Rancher, isolated namespaces, quotas, dedicated workers and automatic cleanup.
Scale Azure PostgreSQL: 8 Safe Steps from B2s to B1ms
A cautious, repeatable procedure for right-sizing Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server from B2s to B1ms while planning the restart, validating connections and keeping rollback ready.