{"id":9665,"date":"2009-05-28T15:34:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2009-05-28T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","slug":"hp-proliant-support-pack-for-windows-server-2008-r2-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9665","title":{"rendered":"HP Proliant Support Pack for Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>HP released a support pack (8.16) that includes support for W2008 R2 beta.\u00a0 The Support Pack includes all the drivers, management tools and management agents for optimal performance and manageability of HP Proliant servers.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seem sites that never use the Support Pack and they couldn\u2019t manage their servers.\u00a0 In fact, those sites tended to be pretty poor.\u00a0 The software is free.\u00a0 Heck, it\u2019s part of the price of your server so use it!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWindows Server 2008 R2 is being released in beta form by Microsoft. For HP customers who participate in the beta program for this product, download the white paper below for help on implementing the beta operating system on ProLiant servers. Official HP customer support for Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available when Microsoft releases the official version.\u00a0 <\/em> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/h20000.www2.hp.com\/bc\/docs\/support\/SupportManual\/c01639594\/c01639594.pdf\"><em>Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta on HP servers<\/em><\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.hp.com\/pub\/softlib2\/software1\/supportpack-windows\/p1772800085\/\"><em>ProLiant Support Pack 8.16 for Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta<\/em><\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/h20000.www2.hp.com\/bc\/docs\/support\/SupportManual\/c01639594\/c01639594.pdf\"><em>Implementing Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2008 R2 pre-release build on HP servers<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Credit: <a title=\"Dan Taylor\" href=\"http:\/\/h18004.www1.hp.com\/products\/servers\/software\/microsoft\/os\/windows2008r2\/index.html\">Dan Taylor<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/h18004.www1.hp.com\/products\/servers\/software\/microsoft\/os\/windows2008r2\/index.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HP released a support pack (8.16) that includes support for W2008 R2 beta.\u00a0 The Support Pack includes all the drivers, management tools and management agents for optimal performance and manageability of HP Proliant servers.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seem sites that never use the Support Pack and they couldn\u2019t manage their servers.\u00a0 In fact, those sites tended to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9665\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HP Proliant Support Pack for Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-server"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HP released a support pack (8.16) that includes support for W2008 R2 beta. 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