Dell Command Update – pulling back the curtains

TLDR: You need to learn SKU’s (SystemSKUNumber) for Dell systems if you want to be successful in automation for Dell. – Script on GitHub for GARYTOWN’s Dell PS Functions early beta Alright, so I write a lot of PowerShell functions around Dell Command Update, (DCU) and Dell updates, basically leveraging the feed that DCU uses … Read more

Low Space on EFI (System) Partition – Clean up

Hey folks, this seems like a topic that keeps coming up, despite the fact I had assumed everyone was creating large EFI volumes (984MB) by now, but I keep finding folks who have 100MB and run into issues. Recent email from customer: GitHub Code: garytown/CM_PowerShell_Snips/SystemVolumeBinFiles.ps1 Microsoft Method for Cleanup: “We couldn’t update system reserved partition” … Read more

OSD HP Image Assistant Revisited – Offline – HPIA Repo on NAS / FileShare

From Series: OSD HP Image Assistant Revisited – an Overview – Page has link to GitHub & TS Exports So in this blog series, now we’re moving to hosting the HP Softpaqs (Driver / Firmware etc Updates) ourselves, on our network, so we don’t need to download from HP, saving bandwidth, hopefully time, and having … Read more