Installing SBS 2011 on an HP Proliant ML110 G6 / ML150 G6 / DL360 G7 Server Woes Resolved

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Nkorsakov, on July 25, 2011 at 4:58 pm said:

Hello !
Can you expalene How you add the RAID Controller Drivers ?

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- Alan Hardisty, on July 30, 2011 at 7:33 am said:
  
  You need to download the drivers from the HP website (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=uk&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3984625&prodNameId=3984626&swEnvOID=4064&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-f48f94c33b3745a5bfaefeaeb1) then extract them to a USB drive and when you have booted from the Windows SBS 2011 USB drive and are at the point where you want to create a Disk for SBS to use, you can install a Driver from the USB drive and continue the installation.
  
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Simon Chong, on August 4, 2011 at 12:55 am said:

Can I install windows 7 on this machine?

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- Alan Hardisty, on August 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm said:
  
  There are no specific Windows 7 drivers available from HP for this server, so you would not get support if you ventured down the route of installing Windows 7 on it, but I wouldn’t necessarily rule it out completely.
  
  I would suggest you try it and see how far you get, but don’t be surprised if you don’t find drivers for all the hardware components.
  
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Bob Dorrestein, on August 23, 2011 at 10:02 am said:

Windows 7 can be installed on this machine. I have done that, but don’t remember how

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guylaine, on October 26, 2011 at 5:18 pm said:

i want to know how include network drivers on the media(or usb rive)

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- Alan Hardisty, on November 16, 2011 at 10:18 am said:
  
  This is not something I have done before. I would just add them to a USB drive and plug them in personally.
  
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Sebastijan, on November 16, 2011 at 10:01 am said:

… or you just copy drivers for raid controler on USB stick and select it on install. The drivers are in folder compaq>drivers>w2008x64>hpahcisr on their Easy Set-up CD. That can save you hours of work!

Sebastijan

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- Alan Hardisty, on November 16, 2011 at 10:07 am said:
  
  I expect you can – but not knowing how old the drivers on the CD are (sometimes the CD’s are several versions behind the ones on the web), I prefer to download the latest ones and that way I know I am up-to-date.
  
  Alan
  
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Ken MacNeill, on November 21, 2011 at 11:15 pm said:

Worked like a charm Alan!! Thanks for the very usefull post. Want a job? 🙂

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- Alan Hardisty, on November 21, 2011 at 11:39 pm said:
  
  I’m self-employed. Not looking to become an employee if that is what you mean.
  
  Glad the post helped. Happy to assist you if you have a project that needs some additional technical skills.
  
  Alan
  
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Matthew Holt, on December 7, 2011 at 2:09 pm said:

Thanks for a really helpful post, creating the bootable USB was taking aaages. I used the drivers you provided above, copied to a pen & this enabled SBS2011 to see / understand the RAID controller during the installation – worked a treat.

Many Thanks
Matthew Holt

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Mike Heanue, on January 25, 2012 at 6:59 pm said:

You sorted me out once again Alan. Thanks for providing an easy guide unlike HP who must have been aware when they put the installation dvds in the boxes and gave us no direction as to how we were to install the OS when 2011 is not on the easy set up dvd. Isnt that what beta testing is for!!

The big IT companys have become like a bunch of old ladies who dont want to talk to each other. Kind of strange when you are jointly providing your products!!

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Larry Schuldt, on February 22, 2012 at 7:42 pm said:

Alan,

I, too, am struggling with installing SBS 2011 Standard on a DL380 G5. In my case, I have a P400 SAS controller and 8 73 GB disks. I have pulled down the drivers from the HP web site and whether I install the driver or not, I get the same message: Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an exixting system partition. See the setup log files for more information.

Could there be another driver required besides the SAS controller. If so, do you have any idea what?

Thanks in advance,
Larry Schuldt

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- Alan Hardisty, on February 22, 2012 at 10:35 pm said:
  
  Hi Larry,
  
  Is this the driver that you are using?
  
  http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=uk&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=1121516&prodNameId=3288134&swEnvOID=4024&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-97136b7d1d834a808d6455fb20
  
  Also – are you using / trying to configure the server with the latest SmartStart CD (version 8.70 x64) ?
  
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  - Larry Schuldt, on February 22, 2012 at 11:26 pm said:
    
    Alan,
    
    No, I’m not using SmartStart; I tried to use the latest greatest yesterday, but it didn’t offer SBS 2011 as an option with the DL380 G5.
    
    I AM using the driver you referenced.
    
    larry
  - Alan Hardisty, on February 22, 2012 at 11:31 pm said:
    
    Weird! Have you tried creating a bootable USB drive with SBS 2011 on it and then installing the driver?
  - Larry Schuldt, on February 22, 2012 at 11:47 pm said:
    
    Not as yet; I don’t own an 8 GB flash drive. I have tried both the Microsoft DVD and the HP Branded DVD with the same results. How do you manage the installation? Do you just drop the drivers in a different directory and then browse to it at the appropriate spot or have you figured out a way to merge the drivers into the installation?
    
    Larry
  - Alan Hardisty, on February 22, 2012 at 11:50 pm said:
    
    I usually boot from the USB drive and then you can install a driver from CD / memory stick, it then finds the disk drive and off you go installing.
  - Larry Schuldt, on February 24, 2012 at 3:59 am said:
    
    Alan,
    
    You are correct. I was under the impression that the use of the USB key was just to get a faster installation. It is not, it’s mandatory. I would guess that some clever coder put in code to write some info about the driver to the bootable storage. That’s a very bad idea of the storage is a DVD-ROM, but works fine if it’s a flash drive… Anyway, it’s installed and running. Thanks!
  - Alan Hardisty, on February 24, 2012 at 8:15 am said:
    
    Perfect – that’s great news. I always keep a USB version of SBS 2011 with me just in case now.
    
    Thanks for the update.
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andrewpai, on July 12, 2012 at 10:37 am said:

Guys add the driver during install phase of sbs!
select repair.youll be away… worked for me..

using buiiltin b110i raid 1+0 without smart start!

very staright forward…
Raro..

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Franz J. Schafer, on September 15, 2012 at 4:02 am said:

We are able to install the OS from th disc & have the appropriate RAID drivers installed, but continue to get multiple errors with SBS 2011. Services randomly stop, random shutdowns etc…HP Support has replaced virtually every component on the server.
The only component that has not been replaced are the Hard Drives. We have 4 HP branded (1 Seagate & 3 Western Digital Drives.) running in a Raid 1+0 array. The controller has been replaced and a battery pack added.

Are other folks having success with the Proliant ml150 G6 running SBS 2011?

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- Alan Hardisty, on September 21, 2012 at 3:35 pm said:
  
  I have installed a few happily.. They are not the fastest server in the world when it comes to SBS 2011, but the ones I have installed are all working happily.
  
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  - Franz J. Schafer, on September 21, 2012 at 3:59 pm said:
    
    We discovered our problem I believe. It does not matter how intelligent you are. You must use the SBs console for all your configuration. Never use the standard Windows Server Console. The commands in the SBs console are deeply tide in to the entire system. There are scripts ever run and commands that will be sent which Emmanuel configuration will not apply. I’m glad I found out the difference between S P S and regular Server 2008.
  - Alan Hardisty, on September 21, 2012 at 4:03 pm said:
    
    SBS is designed to be managed by non IT literate people and it is designed to be managed by the Wizards. Not using them is where people start to encounter problems!!
Tom, on September 24, 2012 at 10:49 am said:

Today I ran into this problem, installing SBS2011 on a ML150 G6, the workaround I created was to run de Easy Setup CD, create an partition, and select W2008 R2 standaard to install. Wait till it askes to insert the correct installation media and put the SBS2011 cd in. Now it says it is waiting for the correct media, power off the ML150.
Start it again and run the SBS 2011 installer and select the earlier created partition. Works for me.

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