By on January 04th, 2008

HP Media Vault mv2100 and mv5100

HP Media Vault

Yikes! The MediaSmart Server has been chopped in half….or has it?

Actually no. It’s the new Linux powered NAS device from HP known as the Media Vault. Available in 2 configurations the entry-level mv2100 comes with a 500Gb hard drive, and the mv5100 has two 500GB or 750GB drives. Additional capacity is available via two USB 2.0 ports and additional drives can be added for RAID 1 capability also. Gigabit Ethernet, and DLNA / UPnP networking (as well as direct-attached mode) are as standard. Both also include 2 GB of offsite, online backup.

Pricing is TBA for the mv5100 but the mv2100 is expected to retail for $299. Both will be available in March.

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By on January 04th, 2008

2 New Knowledge Base Articles

Two new Knowledge base articles have been added for Windows Home Server. The first is How to troubleshoot the “Backup service is not running” error message in Windows Home Server (946339) and covers five different methods to troubleshoot the “Backup service is not running” error message or backup database inconsistency error in WHS.

The second article is The Windows Home Server client connector software cannot find the home server (946412). When you try to install the client connector software on a home computer, the installer tries to find the server machine by connecting to a Web service that is running on the home server. However, in some cases, the discovery process cannot find and connect to it. This problem occurs when Internet Explorer is configured to use a proxy server and the article details a resolution.

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By on January 03rd, 2008

HP adding Streaming, Vista 64-bit Support and Anti-Virus

HP Mediasmart Server

HP has got some more enhancements coming to its MediaSmart Server this February for free which will be available via download. The 3 updates include server protection via McAfee Antivirus which will be free for the first seven months. PacketVideo technology will enhance the the media streaming process from MediaSmart Server to other digital media devices in the home and it will also add advanced graphics such as thumbnails of photos, in-menu browsing and album art. And finally Windows 64-bit support will also be added for Vista users.

One of our contributors John Czernek, had this to say:

This raises a few questions that hopefully will be clarified during CES.  Will HP offer the anti-virus to current customers?  And I’m curious if the improved data streaming is some new version of Windows Media Connect.

HP is also launching a lower cost MediaSmart server based on Linux and a MediaSmart Receiver that includes Media Center Extender.  Microsoft probably isn’t too happy with an alternate product offering so soon.  It should be interesting to see how HP positions the two.

Thanks to Nicholas Rayner and John Czernek for the news.

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By on January 02nd, 2008

Latest Data Corruption Status

One of the benefits of now being an MVP is that tonight I had the opportunity to take part in the monthly discussion with the WHS Team which highlighted that the data corruption issue which affects some users will NOT effect those using just the one hard drive. So, only those of you using multiple hard drives can be affected, with duplication turned on or off. The team are still working continuously for a fix.

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By on January 02nd, 2008

Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Home Server Demo

If you have looked at the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Home Server page lately you may have noticed that they have but up a flash demo that takes you through the features of the unit.

View the demo from here.

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By on January 01st, 2008

More MVP's

Today four new MVP’s were announced, bring the total to seven. MVP’s or Microsoft Most Valuable Professional’s are people that have made significant contributions to various technical communities (in this case WHS) throughout the year.

So congratulations to Andrew Edney author of the Windows Home Server Users Guide, Woody Leonhard author of Windows Home Server for Dummies, Christoph Dommermuth from German home-server-blog.de and finally myself Philip Churchill webmaster of this site MSWHS.com, as I got one too. So thanks who ever nominated me, it’s nice to be appreciated for this site.

The first day of the New Year, an MVP Award and my birthday tomorrow, it’s going to be a great year. 

Thanks to Terry Walsh for the details on Christoph Dommermuth.

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By on December 31st, 2007

Happy New Year

MSWHS.com was formed back in June when we started this site with our first post entitled Good Evening, Afternoon or Morning – Wherever you are. It’s been a great year and after numerous beta builds Windows Home Server was finally released to an eagerly waiting public in the later part of 2007.

So what does 2008 hold in store for us? Update Release 1 of WHS is due any month now with numerous updates to the original code and this your site also has some great things coming up. Bigger and better articles, more tutorials, WHS related book information, Add-In lists and a better, bigger forum too amongst other things.

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So in the meantime until next year (tomorrow) thank you for making this site one of the most popular stops for Windows Home Server information – Happy New Year!

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By on December 31st, 2007

Monitor WHS Events and Auto Reboot Server

How would you like a piece of software that monitors your Application, System, Security and WHS event logs on Home Server, and then sends an alert to your email address or mobile device and then even has the ability to reboot Home Server if a critical system failure is detected.

Well we have info for you on a piece of software that does just that, and did I mention that it is even FREE!

PA Server Monitor

PA Server Monitor Suite (Free Edition) monitors your Server Event Logs (Application, System, Security plus custom event logs) and sends alerts to your email or mobile device. The details are also written to the windows event log and as we have already said, if necessary it also has the ability to reboot Home Server if a critical system failure is detected.

PA Server Monitor Suite runs as a service and has many other useful features as well.

More details on the suite from here.
PA Server Monitor Free Download.

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By on December 31st, 2007

Print from WHS when away from Home

MyHomeServer.com has posted an article on how to share your WHS connected printer over the Internet. The 16 step article takes you through the steps necessary to print when away from home – Read it here.

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By on December 30th, 2007

The Week in Review – Sunday's Summery

What been going on this Christmas week at mswhs.com. Here’s your chance to catch-up if you missed something!

  • Data Corruption Update
    • The Knowledge Base article explaining about the data corruption issue when saving or editing specific programs that are stored on a WHS-based system has been updated to include the followingThese issues occur in the following scenario: A home server is under an extreme load. For example, lots of…
  • WHS Hard Drives must be formatted to NTFS the correct way
    • One of Tranquil PCs customers received an error message when he tried to open a file within a folder in a backup set. As it turns out he had converted his drive to NTFS using Partition Magic 8, which did not convert it properly. So make sure that all drives are converted correctly (if necessary)…
  • Add-In: Event Viewer
    • Benjamin Robichaud has made an add-in that displays the Windows Event Logs, also known as Event Viewer in the Home Server Console. Once installed you can choose which log to monitor, filter the entries with Show All, Warnings, Errors, etc and clear the logs as well. Download from the following page.…
  • WHS File Corruption Issue – More Info
    • Windows expert Ed Bott has been in contact with the Windows Home Server team, who have given more information on the file corruption issue that affects the following programs when using them to save files to your home servers: Windows Vista Photo Gallery Windows Live Photo Gallery Microsoft Office…
  • Another Way to Restore Files in WHS – Shadow Copy
    • As well as WHS having a back-up engine built in, it also has a lessor known feature to also help you protect your data, Volume Shadow Copy. Shadow Copy (also called VSC, Volume Snapshot Service or VSS) automatically creates point-in-time copies of files as you work, so you can quickly and easily…
  • Welcome Back
    • Welcome back and I hope that all have all had a wonderful Christmas. Hopefully if you have been good girls and boys then Santa would have bought you a HP or Tranqual Home Server or some other wonderful gadget. If not don’t worry sit back, relax and enjoy some of the great stuff we have […]
  • It’s the Season for a Home Server
    • From all the team here at mswhs.com we’d like to wish you a very Merry Christmas! With special thanks to you our readers, the Windows Home Server team, and our contributors who have helped this site to flourish since we started back in June 2007. Whilst I nibble on some mince pies and put on […]
  • What the web is saying

    Mary Jo Foley writes on her blog “All about Microsoft” that a Linux guy by the name of Jason Perlow gave Windows Home Server a thumbs up Read the post and the debate which follows. Next Windows expert Ed Bott explains on his blog that to buy the OEM copy of WHS does NOT require you to […]

  • Add-In: Windows Home Server Power Saving
    • Blogger Albert Griscti-Soler was after a way to to put his Windows Home server into standby or hybernation from 2am to 5pm (weekends excluded) to save 60% of his electricity bill but could not find an easy way to do it….until now! Albert has written an add-in that enables the task to be completed…
  • Power Management Add-In for Scaleo Home Server
    • The German Home Server Blog and We Got Served have details on a power management add-in for the Scaleo Home Server which is due to be released in Europe in January (2008). The system system continually runs in Hibernation mode and only wakes up when you need to connect to it. The Power Management…
  • Add-In Whiist Enables Homepage Image Editing
    • If you have not tried the add-in Whiist then now may be the time to try it. As well as allowing you to create and manage web content on your Windows Home Server the latest version 0.80 allows you to change the default image on the homepage of your server with the ability to preview […]

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