MediaSmart Home - Patches and Upgrades

After installing PP3 Beta

Photo Webshare — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:58:55 GMT

I downloaded and installed PP3 Beta. It indicated success, but when I go to resorces on the server settings, it still says Power Pack 2. Somehow this does not strike me as being right, and should indicate Power Pack 3 Beta. Am I mistaken? Marv

EX495, Power Pack 3 and XP to Windows 7 upgrade

HPUser — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:22:34 GMT

I'm a new HP Media Smart owner. I bought an EX495 in preparation for the windows 7 upgrade in order to have a back up of my XP instances and a back up of the 'clean' windows 7 instance after the upgrade. I had expected that EX495 would be Windows 7 ready since it is the newest version, but looks like I was mistaken. I gather that Microsoft is going to release a "Power Pack 3" for the home server OS that will make the server windows 7 compatible. What is the best course for my Windows 7 upgrade... 1) Install on the weekend of October 22 as I originally planned and back up with EX495 as is with Power Pack 2. 2) Wait for Power Pack 3 to be released sometime late this year / early next year before upgrading to Windows 7 on my client machines. I've been moving tons of files to the shared folders on the EX495 from other NAS products that have disappointed me in the past. From a link in this forum, I read that the upgrade would not preserved shared data. Is this correct? I hope I read this wrong! Thank you in...

HP Confirms 3.0 Upgrade for Legacy EX Series Owners, Available December

Community Headlines — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:01:00 GMT

HP's promised upgrade for previous generation MediaSmart Server is taking one step closer to reality. According to this statement from HP's Allen Buckner, HP plans to make a 3.0 upgrade disc available to all legacy EX MediaSmart Server owners for a nominal fee. While much of what we hypothesized back in may is coming to fruition, such as the EX47x loss of Photo Webshare, there are a few things we didn't expect. For example, HP is hoping to perform in-place upgrades, keeping all user data in tact, in leiu of a full factory restore. Unfortunately, the LX195 won't be joining in the 3.0 fun. The reasons behind the mini-MediaSmart Servers's omission remain unanswered, but limitations of the Atom platform would be the most likely culprit. Full statement below: "Back in May, we announced a plan to allow current MediaSmart Server customers to upgrade to the most current software version beginning this Fall. Below are additional details on the plans to deliver these upgrades. HP recently announced the new EX490/495 MediaSmart Servers. These Servers provide our latest software capabilities including an enhanced video converter, greater Mac Support including bare metal recovery, and a simplified user interface. It is this software version...

Resurrection

Gav2k — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:28:57 GMT

Hi guys long time no speak.... Anyway I'm after a bit of advice. i have the original ex470. basically a couple of months after purchasing the unit my job changed as did my computing needs so i went all out mac. so the ex470 was put in its box in the corner of my office and never used. i noticed it the other day and thought id pull the old girl out and see if hp did ever sort out the issues with the unit. I didn't have the original p.c that it was setup with nor any of the others but i do have a laptop with vista on for testing reasons so i decided to format the mediasmart and start from scratch. now the issue i have is the software is the original 1.11 whatever it was. i see hp has updated this software but the mediasmart refuses to download.. i seem to remember that there was a manual way of doing this, can anyone talk me through the process and provide the most current non beta release for me. the windows software is up to date. just the actual mediasmart Isn't. Thank you Gav

Mac control panel will not work OSX 10.6

Jimi — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:17:17 GMT

Install new server everything ok all updates worked on XP.. Mac software on install disk ver 1.0... Server is accessable from the mac just fine. Installed the software from the server, when it askes for the server name and password the apply button flashes blue with click. Nothing else... Will not take input. Under the window where you input the password it writes Authenticated with a green dot. Other than that it appears to work fine on mac

HP EX487 - Patch Install Failed Due To Invalid Password

peruytu — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:37:24 GMT

My HP Update software tells me that there's an update to my Mediasmart Server software. I proceeded with the update but once I get to the point where it asks me my user name and password, I put in my admin user name and password but it wont take it. I've even reset it using WHS Console and still no go. I know HP doesn't support this, but just to varify I successfully logged in via Remote Desktop with the user name and password and it works fine. But for whatever reason it won't let me install the patch because it wont accept my credentials. Now a few minutes ago, I noticed that my current software version is 2.5.10.27311 - 4/23/2009 and the patch on the HP Update application is 2.5.10.26972... it's an older version, so what gives?

Will not install updates

MacDesign — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:19:34 GMT

I've had an EX470 since January 2008. A couple of weeks ago I realized that it had not updated the software for a while and there was no web connection to check for udpates. I fixed the connection, and found I had to manually uninstall the BETA Addin pack using the Remote Desktop Connnection in order to get it moving again I ran into a few problems doing that, but they seemed to straigten out and it started installung the outstanding updates. I'm now at 6.0.2030./2 However, the WHS icon is red, and under Network critical it says WHS updates have been downloaded and are ready to install, Launch WHS console to to install these update --- but its been sitting like that for several days.

Failed Update - HP EX485

pzl1nz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:24:22 GMT

Hi all: I searched the forums and couldn't find anything pertaining to my issue. Well here is the skinny. Got a HP EX485. This morning the server Notification blinked red indicating there are updates available (9/16/2009). I started the update which included: (Downloading Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954459) (update 1 of 5)... done! Downloading Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB961118) (update 2 of 5)... done! Downloading Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 (KB956587) (update 3 of 5)... done! Downloading Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2003 (update 4 of 5)... Everytime I have tried the update it always hangs on IE8 update. I have rebooted several times and tried the update several times. I have also let it sit for a few hours knowing that sometimes you have to exercise patience. Any ideas or anyone else having this issue? Thanks!