Showing posts with label ASR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ASR. Show all posts

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Disabling ASR on a Windows Server

ASR stands for automatic server recovery. It's a service whereby the iLO features of a HP server will reboot it, should it detect that something has gone wrong with the operating system. Good idea, except when the detected failure isn't really a failure. Or you want to be able to troubleshoot the problem while it's occurring.
The most straightforward method for changing this setting is to boot the server into the BIOS setup (F9) screen, and browse to Server Availability –> ASR Status.
Sometimes, you’d like to make this change without downtime, however. It appears it’s possible. Unfortunately, it also appears that a reboot, at some point, still is necessary.