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1. #Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives how to#
2. #Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives install#
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4. #Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives Pc#
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I wouldn’t say the MediaSmart or DataVault server is as fast as my MicroServer, and it certainly is lacking 4GB of RAM, but it runs reasonably well:

#Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives password#

When you log in using the VAILSERVER\Administrator, and the password you created in the cfg.ini file, you’ll see that the server is indeed setup and ready to roll: clicking Start, then Run, and typing in MSTSC /V VAILSERVER, or whatever name you called it in the file above. At this point I used “MSTSC” or Remote Desktop to connect to the server.Also, when I went to I saw the remote access site being turned off: The LED light stopped blinking aqua/red and just went back to blinking aqua when it was done. The installation of the rest of the server took ~20-25 minutes for me.I’d just leave it use the answer file, but if you left out the piece out of the answer file above, you could also just run setup from here. While the Answer file should take you all the way through setup, once you find your server get’s an IP address you can browse to and you should see a webpage for WHS 2011 to download and run the wizard.I also constantly refreshed my router DHCP list so I could see when the server obtained an IP address. You should hear the hard drives during this phase. The OS installation takes ~ 8-10 minutes. The health LED will blink the aqua through the BIOS bootup, then aqua/red during the OS installation.

#Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives install#

The server should automatically boot off the USB key, format the drive and install all of the operating system files.

Please note that this will erase the ENTIRE primary hard disk on your server, so make sure you have a backup of ALL your data, and customization. When you’re finished, place the drive back into the MediaSmart or DataVault server.

#Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives Pc#

Remove the drive from the server and attach it to another PC (I used Windows 7) and then erase the primary partition.

In order to have the MediaSmart or DataVault boot off the Thumb Drive for installation, you’ll need to completely erase the primary hard drive (the lowest one in the MediaSmart/DataVault server). Where VAILSERVER is the name of the server, Passw0rd is the server password and some password hint is the hint to remind you of what you set your password to. Inside the cfg.ini, you’ll need to answer questions, so design your file like this: The unattend file is called cfg.ini, and needs to also be in the root of the thumbdrive with the WHS 2011 DVD image on it. As you probably know, the MediaSmart or DataVault server doesn’t have a video input, so you’re going to need to do the install via an “unattend file”. This makes the Thumb drive and the DVD look identical in Windows Explorer. Next up you’ll have to copy the Windows Home Server 2011 DVD to the root of the disk.

#Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives how to#

I already have instructions on how to do that here. First you’ll need to format it and make it bootable. I’m actually using the Data Traveller by Kingston. The image is slightly bigger than 4GB, so I had to step up to an 8GB thumb drive. The first step here will be to prepare your media, usually on your client computer. (I hear it works on the ex48x, but I only tried the ex49x) So if you’ve got the grey top, you’ve got a lot more work to do that isn’t covered here. Also, I think the MicroServer is quieter than the MediaSmart (at least the ex475 that I had)Īdditionally you’ll have to use the EX490/495 or DataVault as Vail requires at least 2GB of RAM, which aren’t in earlier models of the MediaSmart servers (e.g. But it’s still a cute little form factor.

#Hp mediasmart server ex470 2tb hard drives plus#

I took this opportunity to get an HP ProLiant MicroServer, plus it does at least RAID1 (Mirror) where the MediaSmart or DataVault servers cannot do any form of RAID. Well, I’m positive this is something that HP will not support, so don’t even think of calling them if you go down this road, but I figured it’d be fun if you wanted to continue to use the same hardware.