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May 2nd, 2012 07:00
POWER EDGE 2900 ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORD PROBLEM
i am using a power edge 2900 server, and i forgot my administrative password is it possible for me to load a fresh copy of windows server 2003 without formating the hard drive?
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DELL-Geoff P
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May 2nd, 2012 08:00
Good morning.
You have a few options you can try:
1. Research with Google for tools to help you reset the password.
2. Do a parallel installation to recover your data and then reinstall the OS on clean drives.
3. The recommended method would be to boot the server with an OMSA LIVE! bootable CD, which can be downloaded from here: linux.dell.com/.../OMSA64-CentOS55-x86_64-LiveCD.iso
Once its created, you can boot the server with the CD, mount an external drive and recover your data. Once its recovered, then you can reload the server and restore your data.
Regards,
DELL-Geoff P
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May 2nd, 2012 09:00
You can do a parallel installation on a separate array, usually a single drive RAID 0. If you do an OS install on C: it will require the RAID controller drivers or the drives won't seen to install the OS, repair or otherwise. Doing the repair installation may not reset your admin password and may leave you at the same place that you are.
If you have any data on C:\, you will need to recover using the parallel install or the OMSA LIVE! CD ISO and then reinstall the OS and applications once you are finished. Your options are fairly limited.
Regards,
Dev Mgr
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May 2nd, 2012 07:00
It's against the board rules to discuss methods to reset a password, but what you're asking should be ok to discuss.
You can install Windows over the existing copy (w/o a format), but you'll have to reinstall all applications again (though you can back up your relevant data this way).
DELL-Geoff P
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May 2nd, 2012 08:00
The OS installation CD doesn't have the RAID controller drivers, so it doesn't see the hard drives. Using the Server Installation CD will load the drivers, and you can reload the OS at that point. This will not affect the data on your D: partition. Make sure when reloading its pointing to C: and not the D: partition. You will need to reload any applications when you are finished, as Dev Mgr advised previously.
Regards,
ruwamne
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May 2nd, 2012 08:00
Sir,
Am using PowerEdge 2900, my main problem is i disjoint the system from domain and i cant remember my local Admin password and there is very important data on drive D:/ and the OS is on C:/. I try to repair the OS (server 2003) or re install so that i can get access to my Dbase folder, but the installation CD is not detecting the SCSI drive.
My question is: is it possible to download the Dell server management ISO CD and use it to reinstall my machine without formatting?. Please help.
ruwamne
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May 2nd, 2012 09:00
I'm very grateful for the response.
1- Please how can i do a parallel installation on PowerEdge 2900
2- Is it possible to re install the OS on C:/ with out formatting the driver
Thank you,
Rabilu
ruwamne
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May 5th, 2012 01:00
Thanks for the good support, I used option 3 as you recommend.
For one week am battling with this problem but you help me to resolve it within 30min, I wish you know how am happy.
May God continue to bless DELL
Rabilu
ruwamne
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May 5th, 2012 01:00
Thanks for the good support, I used option 3 as you recommend.
For one week am battling with this problem but you help me to resolve it within 30min, I wish you know how am happy.
May God continue to bless DELL