THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA

Out on the HP web site and checking that I'm ready to go and it looks like I need to do some homework on my HP system.  This HP document is the recommendations for Windows 2003 sp1 on ProLiant servers.  Now I have a ProLiant ML370 G4 Xeon.  And according to this I need a minimum ROM date of 12/2/2004.  Hmmmmm.. well since I know I installed that little guy over Thanksgiving weekend that tells me I need some ROM upgrades in order to be ready to go when the Service Pack for SBS 2003 sp1 comes.  It also indicates that I should have the 7.30A Proliant support pack [I have no idea what I have] and it says the harddrives I have have the right digital signature. That's nice to know [I'd hate to not have the right drivers for those drives  :-)

Ah ha, there is a known issue with Data Execution Protection [DEP] and Windows 2003 sp1.  When DEP sees something trying to do something weird with memory it freaks out a bit and protects the system and there's an known issue with HP Insight Management agents and SP1 [I'll have to see if  I have those installed].  I saw this actually back in the beta as when Trend sent down their major update for the antivirus when they had a patch, the engine update caused a DEP exception.  You can put in an exclusion or you can get an update for the HPs from this link.

Bottom line... I have some ROM updating to do in the coming weeks before that SP comes out, me thinks.