SLES sp3 w/OES11 sp2 media upgrade reboot to cursor

Pre-upgrade
Sles 11 SP2, OES11 SP1, VMware 5.1 essentials on an Gen 8 HP Proliant DL380, plenty of RAM and CPU
I ran the upgrade media on a test server and everything seemed to go fine a couple of weeks ago. My school district is on spring break, so I decided to do some upgrades. I ran the update media on our one and only file storage production server. I left the upgrade options default, only updating existing packages (I checked to make sure what we are using was upgraded) and I received no errors during the install. Upon reboot, after the VMware splash screen, it just stays at a cursor in the upper left corner of the screen. I tried to use system repair from the disk. It wanted to reinstall grub, but it hung on installing grub for 20+ minutes. I'm rerunning the repair now. Any other suggestions? I have until Monday to get this fixed. I'm avoiding using my prepaid support hours, but I have them if I need them.

Originally Posted by elphantasmo
Got the problem fixed. Called in support, and they fixed the boot loader. Took them about 2 hours of tinkering. Then it got passed off to someone who did one thing different. He ran the unsupported grub install and that seemed to fix things, after all the other tinkering. Finished the update and rebooted a few time without incident.
So you originally did an offline upgrade from OES11sp1 to OES11sp2, right?
I'm curious.... do you maybe have a separate partition for /boot?
With what you are saying I can imagine something going wrong with the offline upgrade placing/upgrading boot files in the wrong location (in the /boot folder of the root partition instead of the boot partition), resulting in booting with an old kernel and thus having a mismatch with other files/drivers/libraries that did get updated properly.
Good to hear that you were able to finish the upgrade in good order after having gotten the server boot fixed!
Cheers,
Willem

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OES11 SP2 -- Use SLES SP3?

The question is simple.
Part1
Should I also be upgrading to SLES SP3 when I do the upgrade to OES 11 SP2?
Due to version confusion -- the answers given in this forum are not always Crystal Clear.
Part 2:
Is this spelled out somewhere in the (thousands of pages) of the documentation that I missed somewhere? (Perhaps I am having a "senior moment" and just can't see the words in one of the manuals.
Thanks for any help.
Cheers!

On 09/01/2014 11:16 AM, davewr50 wrote:
>
> The question is simple.
>
> _PART1_[/B]
> SHOULD I ALSO BE UPGRADING TO SLES SP3 WHEN I DO THE UPGRADE TO OES 11
> SP2?
>
> DUE TO VERSION CONFUSION -- THE ANSWERS GIVEN IN THIS FORUM ARE NOT
> ALWAYS CRYSTAL CLEAR.
Yes; OES versions are, by default (with very, very few exceptions) linked
directly to SLES versions, with OES versions being one SP behind SLES SPs.
Thus, OES 11 SP2 is linked to SLES 11 SP3.
> [B]_PART_2:_
> Is this spelled out somewhere in the (thousands of pages) of the
> documentation that I missed somewhere? (Perhaps I am having a "senior
> moment" and just can't see the words in one of the manuals.
https://www.novell.com/documentation...a/btmu44d.html
Top of the page under Meeting All Server Software and Hardware Requirements:
Code:
Server Software
As part of the OES 11 SP2 installation, you install SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 11 SP3.
IMPORTANT:OES 11 SP2 services were developed and tested on a default and
fully-patched SLES 11 SP3 server base.
As you install OES 11 SP2, do not change any of the SLES 11 SP3 Base
Technologies package selections, such as Java support. Doing so can cause
various problems, such as the installation failing or one or more OES 11
SP2 services not working properly.
If you are installing on an existing SLES 11 SP3 server, be sure to verify
that all of the default SLES 11 SP3 components are installed before
attempting to install OES 11 SP2 services.
I would not define missing this as a senior moment; powerful products come
with lots of docs, and knowing exactly where to find one specific piece of
information is not always clear.
Good luck.
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Upgrading OES 11SP1 to OES11 SP2 problems

Trying to upgrade a OES11-SP1 Server OES11-SP2
but run into problems at Final stage of eDirectory Upgrade
Server is looking for OLD Master replica - which no longer exists
History
Some month ago due to server crashes I added a Server (this time as a Virtual Server)
Copied Data includin GW system
Ran NDSREPAIR to make this the Master Replica (old server now disregarded)
deleted OLD CA and recreated CA on the new server
reconfigured GW etc
(single Server - no external replicas - this server)
Everything running fine for some months
Now needed to upgrade to OES11 SP2 and at final stage ie. when upgrading edirectory its looking for OLD IP
only option is ABORT - so my upgraded did not finish
I'm doing this as a Physical Media upgrade as per OES Manual
I went back to my BACKUP of the VM
I made sure /etc/sysconfig/edir_oes11_sp1 file had the correct IP
I went into YaST > OES Configuration and made sure there is NO mention of OLD IP in any of them LDAP, eDirectory, CIFS etc
are there any other config files I need to check??
Any pointers much appreciated.

On 9/29/2014 2:06 AM, bharat1 wrote:
>
> The old server kept crashing.
> I added a new server to the Tree and started copying data off after
> shutting down Groupwise on the master.
>
> Server crashed after copying GW (all files) and part way through copying
> other files
> at that point tried various things but had to abandon the old box and
> make this one master.
> I manged to sort GW & had to take out HDD from the old server to access
> other data
> and setup CA etc
> That was some months ago
>
> I'm using physical Media method to upgrade from SP1 to SP2
> I'm following the docs Upgrading to SP2
> I get past the NCC config > Upgrading the Server Software during upgrade
> and then get to Upgrading eDirectory
> Unfortunately the only option is Upgrade or Abandon at this stage!!
>
> Is there no other way to interrogate eDirectory settings
> I'm sure I'm not the first to have a crashed server !
> and won't be the last
>
> I thought of adding a permanent 2nd IP like you suggest but not tried it
> yet !!
> guess I'll have to try that next... (since its a VM I can have multiple
> attempts)
>
>
not sure if this is too late to help - we ran into something similar a
while back. The wrong ip address it was looking for was in a file
/etc/sysconfig/novell/edir2_oes11
after changing the ip address in that file we were able to complete the
ugprade

Licensing detail for OES11-SP2-addon_with_SLES11-SP3-x86_64-

Dear team,
Please let us know, How we can take license for OES11-SP2-addon_with_SLES11-SP3-x86_64-DVD.iso.
As we have downloaded this 4GB image and starting installation, can we active license for OES11-SP2-addon_with_SLES11-SP3-x86_64-DVD.iso later on.
When we should activate license (before 2 months of installation of OES11-SP2-addon_with_SLES11-SP3-x86_64-DVD.iso)
We want DSFW services for Novell edirectory, how we can achieve please suggest us.
We want technical chat support immediately to understand the infra and novell tools to utilize in it.
Please help.

Hi,
From what I understand here ... you don't have license contract with Novell right now isn't ? We need to contact a Novell Partner in your area to get Novell licenses.
Where are you based?
Regards,

OES11 SP2 - Linux File System and NSS Pools & Volumes

Planning to install our first OES11 SP2 server into an existing tree - the
idea is to run this new OES11 server virtualized on VMware ESXi 5.5
The existing tree has two physical NW6.5SP8 servers running eDirectory
Version 8.7.3.10b (NDS Version 10554.64). One of the existing Netware
servers is used for DHCP/DNS, File Sharing from three NSS volumes and
Groupwise 7.0.4 whilst the second server is used for FTP services and
eDirectory redundancy. Ultimately the plan is to have two virtualized OES11
SP2 server with one for file sharing and the other for making the move from
GW7 to GW2012. And we're planning to stick with NSS for file sharing on the
new OES11 SP2 server.
I've come across a couple of posts for earlier versions of OES which
recommended not to put the Linux Native OS File System and NSS storage
pools/volumes on the same hard drive. Apparently the advice was a result of
needing to allow EVMS to manage the drive which could be problemmatic.
I've read the OES11 documentation which says that "The Enterprise Volume
Management System (EVMS) has been deprecated in SLES 11, and is also
deprecated in OES 11. Novell Linux Volume Manager (NLVM) replaces EVMS for
managing NetWare partitions under Novell Storage Services (NSS) pools."
So I'm wondering if there is still a compelling requirement to keep the
Linux Native File System and NSS pools/volumes on separate hard drives or
can they both now safely co-exist on the same drive without causing
headaches or gotchas for the future?
Neil

Hi Willem,
Many thanks for the further reply.
So we can just use the VMWare setup to "split" the one physical drive into
two virtual drives (one for the OS and the second for the pools).
And I've seen posts in other forums about the need for a decent battery
backed cache module for the P410i controller so I'll make sure we get one
(probably 512Mb module + battery).
Can I ask what is the advantage of configuring each VM's virtual disk to run
on it's own virtual SCSI adapter (by setting disk1 to scsi 0:0, disk2 to
scsi 1:0, and so on)?
Cheers,
Neil
>>> On 9/5/14 at 12:56, in message
<[email protected]>,
magic31<[email protected]> wrote:
> HI Niel,
>
> xyzl;2318555 Wrote: >
>> The new installation will run on a Proliant ML350 G6 with P410i>
> controller
>> so we can use the raid capability to create two different logical drives>
> as
>> suggested.
>
> As you will be using ESXi 5.5 as host OS, it's not needed to split
> thehost server storage into two logical drives... unless that's what
> youwant in perspective for "general performance" or redundancy reasons.
> Italso depends on the options that P410i controller has.
>
> On a side note, I'm not too familiar with the P410i controller... domake
> sure you have a decent battery backed cache module installed, asthat will
> greatly help with the disk performance bit.
> If the controller can handle it and the controller can handle it, go
> forraid 10 or raid 50. That might be too big a space penalty but will
> helpwith disk performance.
>
> Once you have your VMware server up and running, you can configure
> thetwo VM's with each two or more drives attached (on for the OS,
> thesecond or others for your pools).
> I usually create a virtual disk per pool+volume set (e.g. DATAPOOL
> &DATAVOLUME on one vm virtual disk, USERPOOL & USER volume on an other
> vmvirtual disk).
> With VMware you can than also configure each VM's virtual disk to run
> onit's own virtual SCSI adapter (bij setting disk1 to scsi 0:0, disk2
> toscsi 1:0, and so on).
>
>
> xyzl;2318555 Wrote: > Do you have any suggestions for the disk space that
> should be reserved> or
>> used for the Linux Native OS File System (/boot, /swap and LVM)?
>>
>
> Here's one thread that might be of interest (there are more
> throughoutthe SLES/OES
>
forums):https://forums.novell.com/showthread...rtitioning-%28
> moving-from-NW%29
>
> I still contently follow the method I choose for back in 2008, justwith
> a little bigger sizing which now is:
>
> On a virtual disk sized 39GB:
>
> primary partition 1: 500 MB /boot , fs type ext2
> primary partition 2: 12GB / (root), fs type ext3
> primary partition 3: 3 GB swap , type swap
>
> primary partition 4: LVM VG-SYSTEM (LVM partition type 8E), takes up
> therest of the disk **
> LVM volume (lv_var): 12 GB /var , fs type ext3
> LVM volume (lv_usr-install): 7GB /usr/install, fs type ext3
> * there's still a little space left in the LVM VG, in case var needs
> toquickly be enlarged
>
> One thing that's different in here vs what I used to do: I replaced
> the/tmp mountpoint with /usr/install
>
> In /usr/install, I place all relevant install files/IOS's
> andinstallation specifics (text files) for the server in question. Keeps
> itall in one neat place imo.
>
> Cheers,
> Willem-- Knowledge Partner (voluntary sysop)
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Media Upgrade Crashed - Can't Restart

I recently upgrade to FCPX 10.1.1. When I started FCPX I got a message about needing to upgrade my files - I clicked OK and sat back - then FCPX gave an error message part way through the media upgrade - I didn't look too closely at the error - but it stopped the upgrade part way through. It asked if I wanted to move the old files to trash, I said no, and exited FCPX with the intention of starting again - but I don't seem to be able to.
I've got rid of the new library file and put the events and projects folders back where there were, but FCPX just creates a new empty library and doesn't offer to upgrade media.
I've done some digging and found a reference to using Event Manager X (which I have) to organise media into separate libraries - this seemed like a good idea (given that FCPX crashed on upgrading one of my events or projects) - but I had the same problem - I can use EMX to hide all or most of my projects and events, but the new FCPX ignores everything - whether there's anything unhidden or not.
So I see two ways forward:
how can I get FCPX back to it thinking it is running for the first time (to try and get it to pick up my media in the old file structure again)
is there a way of simply importing into a new FCPX library the events and projects folders from the previous version?
Or if those are both daft approaches - any better ideas please?

I recently upgrade to FCPX 10.1.1. When I started FCPX I got a message about needing to upgrade my files - I clicked OK and sat back - then FCPX gave an error message part way through the media upgrade - I didn't look too closely at the error - but it stopped the upgrade part way through. It asked if I wanted to move the old files to trash, I said no, and exited FCPX with the intention of starting again - but I don't seem to be able to.
I've got rid of the new library file and put the events and projects folders back where there were, but FCPX just creates a new empty library and doesn't offer to upgrade media.
I've done some digging and found a reference to using Event Manager X (which I have) to organise media into separate libraries - this seemed like a good idea (given that FCPX crashed on upgrading one of my events or projects) - but I had the same problem - I can use EMX to hide all or most of my projects and events, but the new FCPX ignores everything - whether there's anything unhidden or not.
So I see two ways forward:
how can I get FCPX back to it thinking it is running for the first time (to try and get it to pick up my media in the old file structure again)
is there a way of simply importing into a new FCPX library the events and projects folders from the previous version?
Or if those are both daft approaches - any better ideas please?

OES11 SP2: Ganglia did stop updating

On one of my OES11 SP2 servers novell-ganglia does not update the RRD
databases any more. The web interface does run fine, but only old data
is available. gmond and gemetad are both up and running. A restart of
these services did not fix the issue.
The configuration is identical to that of other servers where the tool
is just running fine. So I'm a bit lost on where to look for the error.
Gnther

Originally Posted by laurabuckley
Hi Howard,
Glad that the forums have been of assistance to you
Subsequent to the postings above, it has been reported that if the install path contains directory names that don't adhere to 8.3 naming conventions, python errors may be observed. Perhaps file this one away as "good to know".
Cheers,
Thanks everyone,
Has anyone confirmed that this is the issue by simply renaming the first folder that unzips with a non-8.3 name? The rest seem to conform upon quick inspection? I jut completed my install by manually installing each of the different updated agents using the GUI, etc. The automatic update failed with the python error. Certainly would be nerve racking for someone less experienced. Something that I know we all want to avoid so that GroupWise is easier for new administrators to adopt.
-Nyle

I purchased Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection Design Across Media Upgrade for Windows at a business closing. What do I need to find out before I can use it?

I purchased Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection Design Across Media Upgrade for Windows at a business closing. What do I need to find out before I can use it?

I couldn't tell you what you purchased, and it might even be difficult for an Adobe employee to do so. The business could have a few options as far as what they might have purchased.
Your best bet, considering what little you paid, will be to hand it over to someone you might sell it to and let them try it out. If it works, then it works.

Media Upgrade Suggestions

Im planning to do a home entertainment and network upgrade in the next few months. I've done lots of research, but still find I have serveral unanswered questions. First, let me say my employer uses Linksys products almost exclusively, and without any major problems for many years. Because of that, I bought the Linksys WRT310N router a couple of years ago. It currently has 2 desktops, 2 X-Box 360s wired into it, and 3 laptops, 2 PSPs, 1 Zune, and 2 Apple MP3 players all wireless and it has worked without so much as a hickup since I installed it. Therefore, I would like to stick with Linksys products if possible, and the "Gigabit" speed.
I've been looking at the media hub with 1 TB of storage as a place the family can put all of our pics, videos, downloaded songs, etc into one central location. My questions are:
1- Is it possible to limit access to certain folders to only certain users ? While the majority of folders aren't a big deal if everyone sees, there are certain floders, pics, etc that I use for work and cannot be viewed by everyone.
2- Can remote access be setup so I (or anyone else) can add/store files from the remote location? When on business, it would be nice to be able to dump my files onto my "server" to keep my portable media empty. Also, my daughters that live out of town, could put their family photos on there for the rest of us to view.
3- Is 2 TB the absolute max capacity on the media hub? For instance, If I bought (2) 2TB hard drives and installed them, will it work?
4- What is the best way to connect the media hub to my network? Remember, all the LAN ports are already full. Would I better off getting some type of wireless adapter for the media hub? If so, what? Or should I buy some type of either wired, or wireless, adapter to plug in the X-Box 360s, then connect that to the network? That would free up 2 LAN ports, and I could use 1 to plug in the media hub.
5- What is the best way to get all this to my TV/ entertainment center? I'm seriously considering adding an X-Box 360 to my entertainment center. I want a DVD/CD/MP3 player (Blu Ray would be nice, but honestly, I think the days of video store rentals are about to be extinct), and I know from looking at my son's setups, they can access stored media on my computer and play on their TVs , use Net Flix, and some type of digital radio through their X-Box 360s. I don't know what else it can do, but that's pretty much all I need anyway. Or is there a better way to do this?
6- What type of software comes with the media hub? Can it be changed to somethng like Windows Home Server software? Is there software out there that will let me do what I want it to do? Currently, all our computers are running XP home with either SP2 or 3.
I know this is a lot, but I've read so much, and I'm so confused. I'm a relatively simple, computer illerate man, and change is hard for me. I JUST got my 1st big screen HD TV, so what I get now will probably not get replaced or upgraded for atleast 10 years. And while I know I get what I pay for, I'm not really looking to spend thousands of dollars either. I'd like to stay in the under $1500 range.
Thanks for the help !!!!

Get a Sony PS3 to complete your entertainment center, the PS3 is wireless ready and can function as a Bluray player and an independent mediaplayer. Plus you can play games on it.
To free up an ethernet port on your router, you can get a Linksys WET610N gaming adapter.
If you really need a centralized storage device with ability to limit access, the mediahub is not the device that you want. It does not have access restrictions. You can check out this device.
You can check here for articles about the mediahub if you decide to get it.
Cheers.

Tomcat running high utilization on OES11 SP2

I have Groupwise 2014 with webaccess and calendar publishing host installed on the same OES 11 SP2 in virtual environment. Tomcat is slowly eating up available CPUs until the system becomes unstable. Rcnovell-tomcat6 restart will temporarily clear the problem. The problem is described in TID 7010072 however, the document specifically says that the fix is not for OES11. Does anyone know how to address this on OES11?

Originally Posted by smflood
On 08/07/2014 20:46, bobodajdaj wrote:
> I have Groupwise 2014 with webaccess and calendar publishing host
> installed on the same OES 11 SP2 in virtual environment. Tomcat is
> slowly eating up available CPUs until the system becomes unstable.
> Rcnovell-tomcat6 restart will temporarily clear the problem. The problem
> is described in TID 7010072 however, the document specifically says that
> the fix is not for OES11. Does anyone know how to address this on OES11?
Firstly I'm not aware of an equivalent TID specific to OES11 so I'll ask
my Novell contacts.
OES11 uses novell-tomcat6 rather than tomcat6 as used with SLES11 with
configuration file at /etc/opt/novell/tomcat6/conf/novell-tomcat6.conf
so in the meantime perhaps make the same change as noted in TID 7010072
for SLES11 to the OES11 file.
Note there is more than one line (re)defining CATALINA_OPTS so I'd be
tempted to add the following line below the last CATALINA_OPTS line:
CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xthr:minimizeUserCPU -Xms800m -Xmx900m"
Restart the OES11 tomcat process via "rcnovell-tomcat6 restart".
HTH.
Simon
Novell Knowledge Partner
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We are experiencing the same issue on our OES GroupWise 2014 server. Restarting novell-tomcat6 fixes temporarily, but always returns. Anyone find anything further with this? Just downloaded (1/12/15) and installed latest available hotpatches for GW2014 and SLES/OES, but did not resolve issue.

No Boot into XP sp3 after 2.1 & spe upgrade

I installed the Boot Camp 2.1 updgrade. Rebooted. Installed the XP sp3 updgrade. Rebooted. The first XP screen (with the repeating dashed bar) comes up, but it hangs and won't boot in the OS. I have tried letting it alone (in case sp3 requires some "adjustment" time), but after 30+ minutes nothing happens. Hopefully have not lost functionality via MS upgrade.
Thanks for any assistance in advance.

I too had the same issue after creating a boot camp partition on my new iMAC and then installing from a Windows XP SP3 CD. (EI. hang at logo screen). Tried the Boot Camp 2.1 update with no success. Noticed by accident that if I disconnected the ethernet network connection to my ADSL modem/router that XP would boot every time with no hangs. Suspicious of network driver but in desperation did a windows update and Voila! problem solved. Can anyone explain this? I also have a MBP with boot camp and XP2 with no problems at all.

Windows 2008 Standard SP2 inplace upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 failing

Hi All,
I'm encountering an issue with performing an in-place upgrade of Windows Server 2008 SP2 to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
Server details:
Virtual machine running on VMware ESXi 5.
Uninstalled AV and backup software
Domain controller also running AD Certificate Services#
UAC disabled
Running setup as a domain admin
When launching setup, the process completes "Copying Windows Files". After a few seconds or being on "Gathering files, settings and programs 0%", an error appears on screen -
Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the installation.
Error code: 0xC0000005
Errors and information up to the fatal errors in the setupact.log setup summary:
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info MIG Loading replacement manifest data for Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Core
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info MIG Loading replacement manifest data for Microsoft-Windows-WSRM-Service
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info [0x080841] MIG UPGCSIAgent: Enumerating installed manifest source using C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6\wcp.dll
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Warning [0x080405] MIG EnablePrivilege: AdjustTokenPrivileges failed (Error:0x514)
2013-04-28 19:26:35, Info CSI 00000001@2013/4/28:18:26:35.866 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.5) called (stack @0x7feeff78c85 @0x7fef1646a4e @0x7fef1646676 @0x7fef1647a53 @0x7fef164c291
@0x7feedd728ba)
2013-04-28 19:26:35, FatalError [0x090001] PANTHR Exception (code 0xC0000005: ACCESS_VIOLATION) occurred at 0x000007FEF00498CF in C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6\wcp.dll (+00000000001498CF).
Minidump attached (107516 bytes).
2013-04-28 19:26:36, FatalError [0x090001] PANTHR Exception (code 0xC0000005: ACCESS_VIOLATION) occurred at 0x000007FEF00498CF in C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6\wcp.dll (+00000000001498CF).
Minidump attached (107788 bytes).
The diagerr.xml has the two minidumps but they are just encoded straight into the xml file. Thanks for any assistance. /Ashley

Hi,
Generally such kind of issues are caused by third party programs such as CD burning programs, device driver etc.
First please refer to this article to see if there is anything helpful:
Guide for Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff972408(v=ws.10).aspx
Meanwhile from the description, it mentioned a file under C:\Windows\winsxs. Check the permission of the folder amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_676975d87cc9b6e6 and the file wcp.dll to see if the permission
and ownership are correct compare with the other folders.
Also as it provided 2 minidump files, you will need to use WinDBG to read the minidump files and see if there is any further information.
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2012 Upgrade to R2 - Client Protection Agent Upgrade - Reboot?

MSFT states in their upgrade doc for DPM 2012 R2 "You must upgrade all of the protection agents. This might require a restart of the protected computer."
What has been your experience reboot/no reboot as I know agent upgrades during past couple years (updates) haven't required a reboot?
If have to do reboot not good as I have over 175+ production machines.
Thanks,

Hi,
DPM 2012 R2 UR3 agent update does a require a reboot and it is documented several places in the UR3
article.
Note This UR3 agent update requires you to restart protected servers in order to create or change protection groups. VM backups may fail in Windows Server 2012 R2 until the server is restarted.
Important information
We recommend that you restart the protected computer after you apply the Update Rollup 3 Agent update.
If Protected Computers are not restarted after you apply Update Rollup 3, the following things can occur:
Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Regards, Mike J. [MSFT] This
posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
It says recommend, not required. Like I said, at least 1 agent I updated using the DPM Console went straight to OK, no reboot required. The others went to reboot required, but after removing the registry flag, worked fine. I pointed the servers are the new
DPM install (new datacenter) and was able to recreate all of the protection groups with no issues. We are only backing up Server 2012/Server 2012 R2 servers though (both hyperV and SQL clusters), so maybe the issues are for 2k8 servers.

7962 VOIP Phone Dies After switch upgrade/reboot

Hi
Recently I upgraded several access swicthes (2960, 3650's) which have POE and Cisco 7962 phones connected. After the upgarde and subsequent reboot, the IP phones failed to power up and are effectively dead.
All that happen on the phone now is that when the POE cable is connected, the phones mute button LED light flashes before the spekaer LED lights up and remains lite up.
Approx 5 phones across multiple switches have died this way.
Can anyone tell me if this is a behaviour they have experience and how they may have recovered from it.

I am searching for a power adapter now.
Yes - appears to be only 7962
The Watts are displaying as 7.0 as opposed to the normal 6.3 and the Device ID is showing IEEE PD
Version 12.2(55SE9)

XP SP3 BACK TO SP2

I have the error message "The ODBC resource DLL (C:\WINDOWS\system32\odbcint.dll) is a different version than the ODBC driver manager (C:WINDOWS\ODBC32.dll)". The MS web site says to reinstall MDAC. It also says MDAC comes with XP SP2.
Which I installed some years ago and am now running SP3. Can I install SP2 over SP3 to restore the MDAC and then reinstall SP3? If not what can I do?
Thanks for any help.

No, I dont think downgrade is possible. Also, you should look into moving to Windows 7 now, its hardly 2 months left for Win XP :)
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