I recently ordered a Xeon E3-1265L v2 CPU to replace the stock Intel Celeron G1610T in the Gen 8 Server.These processors have much better performance and cost a lot less now so definitely worth looking into. I followed the steps in the Official Maintenance and Service Guide PDF below: HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Maintenance and Service Guide…
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Clone via Export/Import I wanted to clone Win10 after installing so i would not need to install it for new VM’s. To do this i installed a VM with Win10. As soon as getting into the desktop I ran sysprep from: C:\Windows\system32\sysprep Note: This is not required if the VM…
Installing A DC on Server Core uses less resources: Create new VM named DC01 Go through the install Set 30GB disk size Choose Non Gui install once installed type sconfig enable rdp configure name DC01, restart connect to host using rdp type powershell get-windowsfeature Install-WindowsFeature -Name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools The below…
Reset RAID: remove logical drives and recreate. 1 x 500GB, 1x 1.3 TB DL Install Hyper-V 2016 server using iLO on a 3ogb partition Run all updates on hyper-v server Create other partitions during disk setup such as 800gb VM Storage and 1TB Disk Storage Install: Win 10 1803 Enterprise…
In Hyper-V Virtual Switch Manager i had unticked “Allow management operating system to share this network adapter” and also enabled VLAN identification. After applying this i lost all network connectivity to the host Hyper-V Server. I had to access it through the console and run PS cmdlet: Get-VMSwitch Remove-VMSwitch “Name…
plink -ssh -2 -pw Windows1 root@192.168.0.10 “/sbin/shutdown.sh && /sbin/poweroff” Tested on HP Gen8 MicroServer REFS: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2712966#2712966
Not sure why VMware can’t get this right and why there are 10 different consoles? I was getting a keyboard error where in the browser console i press \ on my keyboard it displays a # instead. This is very frustrating if you need to type in UNC paths which…
Its been a while since I updated my Gen8 Server so decided to do the whole upgrade at the same time. Everything worked fine with no errors. Update iLo 4 firmware to 2.55 Aug 16th 2017 Extract the file then run the bin file in the firmware update section of…