Recently I had some confusion with a client over what tape should be inserted into which tape drive and their capacity. The colour of the tape however is what was easily determined and helped resolve the issue quickly. I figured I’d post this for others in case they need it. This table is accurate for HP LTO tapes – but other vendors use different colours. … [Read more...]
How to bypass iLo security logins when you forgot the password
Dana Epp has released his first video on how to bypass the password on the HP iLo systems. This is pretty useful for when you forget the password for your iLo or you take over a customer site and you don’t know the password at all. The process Dana recommends is very simple and takes moments. Check out his video here … [Read more...]
SMB MVP Tour – Australia Done – now for the rest of the world!
Australia this week was the first continent completed in the SMB MVP Tour of the world (www.smbmvptour.com). Attendance for these free events was outstanding and I personally want to thank all those that contributed to or attended the events. The topics covered included SBS 2011 Standard, SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Multipoint Server 2011 and the cool HP hardware … [Read more...]
HP ML 330 G6 – Random Reboots
I’ve had a HL ML 330 G6 for quite some time now, and I use it to do a number of things all around HyperV. I’ve had a problem where it will intermittently reboot and until now I’ve not investigated it. I figured it was due to something strange I was doing vs anything else. Anyway – once I spoke to HP and talked to them about the problem they advised me of a fix … [Read more...]
HP R5500 UPS – Strange Flashing Lights.
On a customer site today and we are setting up two new HP R5500 Rack Mount UPS for the client. The tech has installed them and we powered them up… but we have two lots of flashing LEDS on the front panel. I downloaded the manual from the HP website here. Ok – so a quick check of the manual shows that the two LEDs are the Utility LED which is flashing green and … [Read more...]