ask for advise before formatting my dell poweredge T310
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Hi guys
i want to ask for your advise guys before formatting my dell poweredge T310,
thank you very much
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Advice regarding what specifically, how to format it?
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@IT-ADMIN
Well if you are re-formating it,.. take a bit of time and do some PM on it. Take it outside and get the dust out. -
how to format it and what are the prerequisite (maybe i have to install a monitoring tool to log the server issues, i don't know ) i have to know to do that, it is my first time to format a server grade computers
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knowing that there will be no RAID, the RAID controller was broken so i decided to connect the HD directly to the motherboard using a SATA cable
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@IT-ADMIN said:
how to format it and what are the prerequisite (maybe i have to install a monitoring tool to log the server issues, i don't know ) i have to know to do that, it is my first time to format a server grade computers
If you format it, there won't be anything on it, so nothing to log issues. What do you want to install on it?
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@IT-ADMIN said:
how to format it and what are the prerequisite (maybe i have to install a monitoring tool to log the server issues, i don't know ) i have to know to do that, it is my first time to format a server grade computers
Why are you formatting it? What is causing you to want to do that? We can't really help without knowing what you are attempting to do.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
knowing that there will be no RAID, the RAID controller was broken so i decided to connect the HD directly to the motherboard using a SATA cable
Formatting does not remove or touch RAID. Formatting erasing everything ON TOP of the RAID. It does not clear the system in any way.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
how to format it and what are the prerequisite (maybe i have to install a monitoring tool to log the server issues, i don't know ) i have to know to do that, it is my first time to format a server grade computers
Installing anything first would make no sense since the instant you start formatting everything on the box will be gone.
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this server has windows server 2008 before, now i want to install xenserver on it,
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@IT-ADMIN said:
this server has windows server 2008 before, now i want to install xenserver on it,
Why format? That won't help you in any way. The layer below the formatting will be wiped out by the XenServer install anyway. Who told you that formatting would do something here? Formatting will blow away your data, but won't take away the partitions from Windows. They will linger on until XenServer repartitions the space.
Just pop in the XenServer Cd and away you go. No need to set things up first.
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ah ok i see now, just like any computer, i think i have to do something special
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@IT-ADMIN said:
ah ok i see now, just like any computer, i think i have to do something special
Right, it's just like any other PC. Nothing special happening
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because i heard before that for servers there is like a tool that give the state of the server, but i'm not remembering in which context i hear it
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@IT-ADMIN said:
because i heard before that for servers there is like a tool that give the state of the server, but i'm not remembering in which context i hear it
I think we would need more information to understand what they were trying to tell you.
A server is just a PC. Better built, meant to hold more stuff, rack mount rails and all that... but a PC is a PC under the hood.
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ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
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@IT-ADMIN said:
ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
And then install Xen Orchestra too. Best way to run XenServer! If you are just doing this for a test or a small transition, get the appliance for free. Limited, but super easy to get started.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
And then install Xen Orchestra too. Best way to run XenServer! If you are just doing this for a test or a small transition, get the appliance for free. Limited, but super easy to get started.
i think i'm OK with XenCenter
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
ok guys thank you very much, i will install xenserver as i do previously with my computer (i need only to enable VT on CPU)
And then install Xen Orchestra too. Best way to run XenServer! If you are just doing this for a test or a small transition, get the appliance for free. Limited, but super easy to get started.
i think i'm OK with XenCenter
thanks ScottWhy? We even how a super simple how to built here on how to get Xen Orchestra up and running
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is that web application offer more features ?? because till now i find all i want in xencenter
