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Updating BIOS on HPE 380 Gen9 to newest version P89_3.08_01_12_2023

Updating BIOS on HPE 380 Gen9 to newest version P89_3.08_01_12_2023

I'm continuing with the HPE server resurrection mentioned in the previous post. Updating firmware with newest SSP ISO (P52574_001_spp-Gen9.1-Gen9SPPGen91.2022_0822.4.iso) went smooth. All disks, and NICs ware updated. However BIOS remained the same v2.90 from 2021. So I downloaded the latest version available

Changing IP of HPE ILO 4 via CLI (SSH) and without need of hptool.

Changing IP of HPE ILO 4 via CLI (SSH) and without need of hptool.

It was time to pull the 'not so old' HPE ProLiant 380 Gen9 server out of storage, as it had found a use for it as a backup test server. The ILO was statically configured on a subnet that I didn't happen to be using. Nor did I have a

Unable to upload image to Ghost CMS with API error 500 and message "Internal server error, cannot upload image.

Long story short, a nodejs module was missing. This module is called "sharp". How do I know this? Well, in case of an error with ghost, you can easily go into debug mode by stopping host with ghost stop and then running it in debug mode with ghost run. # ghost

Paragon Backup & Recovery 14 Compact (with download links)

Recently, I came across an old backup on one of my NAS that I made with Paragon Software. Unfortunately, the new version is incompatible with version 14.

[WARN] Home Assistant CLI not starting! Jump into emergency cconsole

[WARN] Home Assistant CLI not starting! Jump into emergency cconsole

I was doing Zigbee2Mqtt update in Home Assistant, and part of this update is always reboot of whole HA VM, because my Conbee II which is passed-trough in XCP-NG can't survive this update. I need to shutdown VM, reattach USB to it and start it again. Normally this takes couple

With a little help from ChatGPT about automation, make havoc with randomly turning on lights with Home Assistant

With a little help from ChatGPT about automation, make havoc with randomly turning on lights with Home Assistant

This isn't a post about "BaD AI ToOk OVER MY HoME, BeWaRE!". I was wondering if there was a way to make lights go on and off randomly in Home Assistant. I imagined an alarm automation that, when a breach is detected, could just start a show with lights on

Error updating Ghost with "platform is incompatible with this module" or "warning Resolution field <module> is incompatible with requested version" or "There appears to be trouble with your network connection. Retrying..."

First of all, I apologise for this horror title, but I didn't know how to name it properly, so I just filled it with problems I encountered. So I have been having this problem for quite a while. At some point, a simple "ghost update" would stop working and produce

The Playstation 5 DualSense controller only works in the main menu, not in games.

The Playstation 5 DualSense controller only works in the main menu, not in games.

This is a very brief note about a problem that recently happened to me. After normally starting my PS5 with controller by pressing the central PS button, the console would start up normally. I was then able to browse menu, store, settings etc. After starting the game I was greeted

Integracja kotła KOSPEL EKCO.M3 i modułu CM.I z Home Assistant

Integracja kotła KOSPEL EKCO.M3 i modułu CM.I z Home Assistant

Zakładam, że jeżeli tu trafiłeś, to sam kocioł masz już podłączony i działający, tak samo jak moduł CM.I Moduł CM.I, może pracować zarówno w trybie chmurowym jak i lokalnym, przy czym, jeżeli masz podłączony moduł do chmury Kospel, to w Twojej sieci jest on również widoczny pod lokalnym

20x4 LCD display with data from HomeAssistant using ESPHome

20x4 LCD display with data from HomeAssistant using ESPHome

This is kind of note to myself because I've spent quite some time figuring everything out. My goal was to use LCD monitor with 20 chars x 4 rows with one of ESP32 boards to display as many usefull information as possible. First what we need - you will find

Upgrade TimescaleDB extension

TimescaleDB is extension for PostgreSQL database that greatly improve performance of database by automatically partitioning data into time-based chunks to support faster performance at scale. I use it with my Zabbix server when partitioning is a must when you have large amount of statistics. However update of TimescaleDB is a

All mails rejected by Spamhaus; Error: open resolver

All mails rejected by Spamhaus; Error: open resolver

Today suddenly all incoming mails ware rejected by my mailserver. People contacted me with information, that they received undelivered notification with status of: 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [SENDER IP] blocked using sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org; Error: open resolver; Now what the heck is open resolver? At first I

The ESET Push Notification Service servers cannot be reached. Configuration of proxy on ESET Protect VM (Centos)

The ESET Push Notification Service servers cannot be reached. Configuration of proxy on ESET Protect VM (Centos)

After switching to from 8.x to 9.x of ESET Security product and also Eset Web Console (On-prem), I started to receive warnings of push notifications servers not reachable. For this network and implementation is a mix of two or three things. 1. Clients have to be able to

How to change graph title in Cacti (1.2.11)

How to change graph title in Cacti (1.2.11)

It took me way too long than I want to admit. So here is a problem. After adding new device to cacti with properly configured SNMP, it detects interfaces, and graph title is constructed from its hostname, IP, name of interface and some static words like Traffic. This laeads to

TrueNAS Snapshots and Windows Share protip!

TrueNAS Snapshots and Windows Share protip!

I was blown away today while randomly checking something on my Windows Share with Family photos. When setting up TrueNAS I've ofcourse configured daily snapshots. To my knowledge, ZFS snapshots can be viewed when mounting in separate mount, then you can get old version or deleted file from there. Snapshot

TLS Error: TLS handshake failed, TLS Error: local/remote TLS keys are out of sync

TLS Error: TLS handshake failed, TLS Error: local/remote TLS keys are out of sync

My rocksolid OpenVPN server dropped every connection at once. Quick inspection of logs on server shown: 2022-01-17 11:07:28 us=339922 MULTI: multi_create_instance called 2022-01-17 11:07:28 us=340120 x.x.x.x:65086 Re-using SSL/TLS context 2022-01-17 11:07:28 us=340967 x.x.

BookStack addon in Home Assistant - mail delivery configuration.

BookStack addon in Home Assistant - mail delivery configuration.

I just discovered this awesome self-hosted app called BookStack [https://www.bookstackapp.com/] while searching for something I can use to store all knowledge and instructions for myself from various of systems, networks, scripts etc. Luckily there is addon in Home Assistant. So installation is just as simple as few

Unifi AP keeps disconnecting from controller

Unifi AP keeps disconnecting from controller

I've spent countless hours debugging this, and solution is so simple... Context. I had an UniFI controller as an addon to Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi 4. It was working as expected for years. Then RPi 4 started to not be enough for my HA, and also other stuff needed

iDRAC6 - Drive Error
Either Virtual Media is detached or
Virtual Media redirection for the selected virtual disk drive is already in use.

iDRAC6 - Drive Error Either Virtual Media is detached or Virtual Media redirection for the selected virtual disk drive is already in use.

I aquired old Dell PowerEdge R710, and wanted to give him second life as temporary NAS with 15k SAS drives. As it was provided as is there ware password on iDrac that I didn't know, so I reset to factory defaults. After login and launching virtual console (which is not

Update Windows 7 to 10 with Update Assistant failed with - 0x8007001f - 0x20006 Installation failed in SAFE_OS phase with an error during Replicate_OC operation, 0xC1900101 – 0x20006. Solution that worked for me.

Update Windows 7 to 10 with Update Assistant failed with - 0x8007001f - 0x20006 Installation failed in SAFE_OS phase with an error during Replicate_OC operation, 0xC1900101 – 0x20006. Solution that worked for me.

As the title said. I got my very old VM with still Windows 7 running, and I wanted to upgrade it in place to Windows 10. This is not supported oficially by Microsoft nowdays, but you can just download Update Assistant [https://www.microsoft.com/pl-pl/software-download/windows10] and run

Making access lists update for Cisco ASA, from failed login attempts in maillog

Making access lists update for Cisco ASA, from failed login attempts in maillog

I had enough of checking everyday maillog on various systems so I wanted to have complete list from last day of IPs that I need to block on my firewall. I already have ACL for mail server, and I wanted to copy-paste already prepared commands on top of it, as

Expand NetBSD root partition

Expand NetBSD root partition

I already wrote [https://pro-it.rocks/netbsd-pv-domu-lvm-disk-extend/] how to expand LVM partition on NetBSD, however expanding root partition is not as easy as none root partition. I've got schema prepared for small machines like firewalls and vpn terminators, which has only one 10GB disk, and whole filesystem is on one

XCP-NG LACP bonding - 4Gb/s with Cisco 3750X

XCP-NG LACP bonding - 4Gb/s with Cisco 3750X

As I wrote some time ago here [https://pro-it.rocks/pseudo-failover-internet-controlled-by-homeassistant-and-zigbee-socket-using-asa5520/] , I've got new server to host all my internal servers and services, especially, home automation, lots of monitoring tools, space for files, vpn tunnels and many more. I have choosen this server [https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/

Home Assistant Energy Management in 2021.8.0 not showing all devices with power monitoring (zigbee2mqtt)

Home Assistant Energy Management in 2021.8.0 not showing all devices with power monitoring (zigbee2mqtt)

In newest release [https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2021/08/04/release-20218/] of Home Assistant there is cool new feature called Energy Management which adds dedicated dashboard when you can monitor all your devices that can do such measurment, mostly smart sockets. This should work out of the box, and

Pseudo internet failover controlled by HomeAssistant and zigbee socket using ASA5520

Pseudo internet failover controlled by HomeAssistant and zigbee socket using ASA5520

This might look a little too complicated for its purpose, but it actually works quite very well. Recently I've migrated all standalone machines tu new server based on low voltage Atom C2758 CPU (8 core, 20W). Hypervisor of my choice is XCP-NG, as this was the easiets method to get