We're trying to keep the firmware current on a fleet of HPE DL380 Gen10 Plus servers, but firmware upgrades are failing catastrophically on the MR216i-A and MR216i-P HBAs.…
I've noticed that some anime streaming sites, like hianime, get taken down. I'm curious about what stops the developers—aside from legal issues—from just moving their site code to…
This morning, my WSUS server went totally haywire, utilizing 100% of the CPU and hogging 16 GB of RAM. I had to kill IIS just to regain control.…
I recently did some maintenance on my Dell R720 server, including applying new thermal paste to the CPU and cleaning the fans. Everything was fine after the maintenance,…
I'm dealing with a Dell R540 server that has a RAID array consisting of 9 x 8TB drives, and one of them has failed. Since the server is…
I've been digging into Cloudflare's services lately, especially after experiencing some disruptions during their scheduled maintenance. As someone who's new to this, I'm curious about a couple of…
I'm dealing with a failed P840 controller on my HP DL380 G9 server. I noticed the fans were really loud, and when I checked iLO, it confirmed that…
I manage a number of HP ProLiant servers with licensed iLO, all set up with email alerts configured identically. Each server has staggered monthly reboots scheduled during maintenance…
I reset my Samsung TV because Amazon Prime wasn't loading properly, but now I'm stuck on the setup screen since it won't connect to my WiFi. I even…
I've got a 600GB disk that's stuck in "rebuilding" mode for 4 days on my IBM System x3650 M4 server. I can't see any rebuild percentage because I…
I'm a brand new sysadmin, and I can't shake the feeling that something's not quite right with how our server maintenance is handled at my job. I work…
I'm looking for some guidance on maintaining my RDS servers. We have a setup with 6 Remote Desktop servers, plus a broker and a gateway. I want to…