Windows Home Server

SiD the Turtle · 10 Apr 2010 at 09:14

Exactly. I use Lights out so the server boots at 6pm so it's ready to use when I get in and turns itself off 10 minutes after the last client has disconnected.

platypus · 10 Apr 2010 at 09:20

I leave mine on 24/7 crunching/folding anyway.

jbloggs · 10 Apr 2010 at 10:46

I would have thought you could automate that process? Set it to Hibernate/sleep after X minutes inactivity, with a wake-on-lan letting other machines access it when required.

I use Grid Junction (addin for UPS) which overrides the hibernation function of WHS, so I'm waiting for the author of this addin to create a new version of it (v1.4.1) with this function added...

I had looked at LightsOut, but (if I'm not mistaken) you can only set it up so that it has to run each day and there was no option to manually wake up and hibernate the WHS box, there may also have been some other restriction with it...been a while since I looked at it, but the new version of Grid Junction will do exactly what I wish...

SiD the Turtle · 10 Apr 2010 at 10:50

Lights Out does have the option to manually wake up and hibernate the box, I'd give it another try it's a lot more feature-rich now compared to when it was first released.

geuben · 10 Apr 2010 at 11:07

Bry said:
Lightsout addin allows you to:
...

2) Prevent your computer from shutting down if clients, network addresses are using x amount of bandwidth or if a backup is in process.

Where do I find those settings?

At the moment I have it hibernate 10 mins after the last client disconnects, but this means I have to have a client pc turned on when using my Xtreamer else the WHS will go into hibernation during playback.

SiD the Turtle · 10 Apr 2010 at 11:09

geuben said:
Where do I find those settings?

At the moment I have it hibernate 10 mins after the last client disconnects, but this means I have to have a client pc turned on when using my Xtreamer else the WHS will go into hibernation during playback.

Go into the LO page on the console, into the status page, click settings under monitored sources, click more and there you'll find it.

geuben · 10 Apr 2010 at 11:35

SiD the Turtle said:
Go into the LO page on the console, into the status page, click settings under monitored sources, click more and there you'll find it.

Thanks, turns out I was using an old version of lights out (pre installed). Updated it and found a whole load of extra options.

jbloggs · 10 Apr 2010 at 13:19

SiD the Turtle said:
Lights Out does have the option to manually wake up and hibernate the box, I'd give it another try it's a lot more feature-rich now compared to when it was first released.

I'll give it another look then...

Thanks...

jbloggs · 10 Apr 2010 at 21:17

For those interested, WHS v2 (Vail) installation & setup...

SiD the Turtle · 10 Apr 2010 at 23:20

Looking forward to a new release of WHS, having used Windows 2008/R2 at work pretty heavily, a 2008 based server for the home would be nice.

Bry · 11 Apr 2010 at 10:48

geuben said:
Where do I find those settings?

At the moment I have it hibernate 10 mins after the last client disconnects, but this means I have to have a client pc turned on when using my Xtreamer else the WHS will go into hibernation during playback.

It was definitely not in the earlier versions. it came out in the latest version.

The actual setting is under Monitored sources

wonder_lander · 12 Apr 2010 at 09:30

jbloggs said:
For those interested, WHS v2 (Vail) installation & setup...

Be interested to see the final feature list to see whether it's worth "Upgrading" to WHS v2

I guess as an OEM OS then there will be no true upgrade available so I'm going to have to work out how to migrate my data across when the time comes.

platypus · 12 Apr 2010 at 09:55

One thing that really irritates me about WHS is that you can't remove the default folders.

Looking forward to a stable version of WHSv2, but given that it's Microsoft I wouldn't use it until it's had a few service packs

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platypus · 19 Apr 2010 at 14:25

K well I need to buy WHS now as my evaluation key is running out. Doubt its worth waiting for v2 as it will be ages until it's ready.

zom247 · 21 Apr 2010 at 17:13

Just put another HDD in my case and got it added ok. However, when I start WHS I now get the following error:

"At least one service or driver failed during system startup. Check event viewer"

I've looked in event viwer and the only thing is this error:

"schannel - Event ID=36870"

I can log into the server from my PC and access all my files so not sure what's happening. Anyone shed any light on this?

knowlesy · 21 Apr 2010 at 20:13

hey guys, If I reinstalled WHS on a different machine and brought all my data store hdds could I just add them to it and all be fine and dandy without losing information ?

v2 looks like itll kick my idea of a power friendly unit using an atom processor to the curb .....

SiD the Turtle · 21 Apr 2010 at 23:17

I very much doubt it.

knowlesy · 21 Apr 2010 at 23:47

so what happens if your machine kicks the kirb..... :S

easyrider · 22 Apr 2010 at 01:16

knowlesy said:
so what happens if your machine kicks the kirb..... :S

You make a backup of your shares.

i.e a backup of your server.

I myself have the drives with duplication on

Then I have the server backed up to a number of external drives.

So for example

Flood kills the server and internal drives...

I rebuild a new server and "reinstate" the server backup of those shares from my external drives upstairs.

Note: These drives upstairs are not part of the storage pool. But server backup USB disks.

lokkers · 22 Apr 2010 at 06:32

knowlesy said:
so what happens if your machine kicks the kirb..... :S

You are backing up externally, right? In case [insert catestrophic server death here] happens?