November 2008 - Posts

Wed, Nov 19 2008 15:46

Managing ILO Users & Passwords from the Command Line

To follow up on the previous post I made about ILO scripting, this one runs through how you can change the password or add a user without having the login details to the ILO. I do thi al the time when I get new servers built in the field and while the...
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Wed, Nov 19 2008 15:33

Read/Write ILO Details from the Command Line

If you have access to an HP server running Windows but you don't have access to ILO information (such as IP info), you can export it all to an XML file using a tool HP includes in the Proliant Support Pack. The tool is called hponcfg.exe and it's...
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Sun, Nov 16 2008 14:45

Scripting the Installation of Supplemental Language Support

I've spent a lot of time lately working on automating server builds. One of my TODOs which I finally tackled today was installing support for the Complex Script and East Asian language packs which you normally have to manually check off in the regional...
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Sat, Nov 15 2008 21:56

Updated Attachments and Links

I just went through and fixed all of the posts (mostly scripts I shared) which referred to attachments which weren't there anymore. When I migrated this site to the new software I'm using a couple months ago, the migration tool didn't migrate...
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Sat, Nov 15 2008 21:24

Amazon EC2 on Windows

Amazon announced the ability to run Windows virtual machines on their cloud computing platform, EC2, a few weeks ago. I had the opportunity to play with the technology for a few weeks and I was really impressed all around with the experience. If you're...
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Sat, Nov 15 2008 21:16

Retrieving Machine Serial Numbers from the Command Line

Here's a handy trick I discovered recently when I needed to get a lot of server serial numbers pretty quickly. Normally you have to login to the Dell or HP management website and dig around before you can get the serial number. Sometimes the website...
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