Configuring ILO from the commandline

I just got an interesting question from a colleague. He wanted to know if it was possible to configure ILO from the command line. A quick google search came with an interesting link:

http://briandesmond.com/blog/read-write-ilo-details-from-the-command-line/

So the quick answer is "yes". You do need to have the HP Proliant Support Pack installed, but when you have it, it's under C:\Program Files\HP\hponcfg. There is also a gui version, in that directory, to make things even easier: hponcfg_gui.exe

Want to do it for Linux? Possible too!

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=397991&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=397989&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2026

Look for the "HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility for Linux"on that page.

You're welcome.

Cloned VM's and WSUS

 When you clone Windows machines, you may run into the issue where WSUS updates are not working. Even though sysprep has been run, the wsus authorization appears to not have been reset with it. I use this script below to reset the Windows Update to a fresh state.

net stop wuauserv
del c:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v AccountDomainSid /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v PingID /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate" /v SusClientId /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v LastWaitTimeout /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v DetectionStartTime /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v NextDetectionTime /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v AUState /f
net start wuauserv
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
pause

Paste this into a batchfile, run it, and wait a short while, and then the updates should start again. Note that this deletes the WindowsUpdate.log file. If you want to do troubleshooting of previous WSUS errors, either delete that line, or copy the file to a safe place. I delete it so I get a fresh view of what is happening with the Windows Updates.