Adding a second xserve

Hi
we have 1 x Xserve G5 running OSX Panther server 10.39 connected via fibre channel to Xraid. We are buying a new Xserve G5 Dual 2.3 with OSX Tiger server.
Does anybody have have any suggestions as to the best way to integrate the new server as our main server whilst using the old server as a back up.
Will we need to purchase extra fibre channel cables/cards to connect to the Xraid etc.
We only use the server for file sharing, ftp and IP transfer.
Any suggestions would be helpful
Thanks in advance

Do you want full, automatic failover when the main server dies? or do you want a standby system that you can drop in place?
The reason I ask is because I'm guessing the files you want to share are on the XServe RAID, and that's where it gets tricky. You cannot directly connect the same volume to multiple hosts at the same time. It's easy to manage the software failover part (getting the old machine to look like the new one on the network), but getting the old machine to pick up the XServe RAID volumes is a little tricker.
There are really two approaches you can take on that - one is a series of scripts that talk to the fiber channel switch (which you'd need to buy) to disable the fiber channel ports going to the new machine and enable the ports going to the old one - now the old machine can see the XServe RAID and mount the volume before it fires up the various file sharing processes that rely on it.
The other option is to get XSAN (or other SAN software) which would let you connect both machines to the same storage device. The downside to this, though, is that XSAN requires an additional server known as the Metadata Controller which acts as a sort of traffic cop, directing each server to the appropriate files on the RAID. You might be able to get away with the backup machine acting as the metadata controller, but I don't know if this is a supported configuration.

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we are rapidly using up the space and need to know the easiest method for adding capacity.
We want the two RAIDs to show up as a single volume, so when we buy the second Xserve RAID will it need to be the same capacity as the first i.e 14 x 400Gb drives?
Also what is the procedure for adding this second RAID, will it involve backing up the data, wiping and rebuilding both RAIDs as RAID 50. or is there a way to do this without wiping data?
Anyone who has been in this position I would be grateful of their advice

First off, ideally the arrays should be the same size. Mixing drive sizes in an array is never a good idea. Usually the RAID controller will base the array on the smallest volume in the set and just use whatever it needs from the others, leaving the rest of the space unused (and inaccessible). e.g. if you try to RAID a 500GB volume and a 750GB volume, the 750GB volume will be treated like a 500GB volume and you lose the extra 250GB.
By far the safest option is to do as you describe - backup the data, rebuild the array and restore the data.
There is one other option, though, that might work, but I'd still backup the data before trying it.
diskutil has an addToRAID option which allows the addition of an extra drive to a RAID set. I've only ever used it on RAID 1 mirrors, never on a RAID 0 stripe, so I don't know if it'll work, but it might be worth trying. You don't have anything to lose.
Note that this kind of expansion isn't really viable long-term. If you expect to do this frequently you might consider alternative options like XSAN which can add any sized volume to a virtual pool of storage, growing organically.

I can't get my ICloud started. Each time i try to sign in..it indicates that theres a problem with my email apple address but never indicates what. I added a second email but the same result. Have changed my password numerous times...no result?????

I have followed the instruction relating to Icloud connection.When i went to system preferences, my Apple address is continually rejected. I have added a second email as suggusted by an Apple site but i still get the same message. Im not told why the Apple ID/email is not accepted when it is accepted in all other Apple sites. I changed my password numerous times to ensure it wasnt the password but to no result. It continued to state that my Apple ID was the problem. I live in Malta,Europe. Have new Apple Mac Pro and Ipod. The annoying thing is that ICloud continually send me the problem notice but do nothing to tell me how to fix it? Can i switch this notice off? Help???????

Welcome to the Apple community Yao.
If you mean that Find My Phone is asking for a password to a different Apple ID to your current Apple ID.
This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details.
The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID using your current password, you don’t need access to this address if it’s previously been used with your Apple ID, once you have saved these details enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone" and delete the account from your device.
You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, save it once again and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
This article provides more information about Activation Lock.

Adding a second time capsule?

I've reviewed some of he discussion on adding a second Time Machine but two issues arise. The information relates to older Time Machine software and leads to confusion.
I have an Airport Extreme with S/W version 7.6.4 and would like to add a newer Airport Extreme to back up the older one. Reading the suggestions on adding a new TC didn't cover the newer Time Machines and I could find Apple's instructions for doing it.
Somewhere I read that the new TC could be connected to the old TC but forgot the port setup. Also, newer instructions for adding a second TC so both the old and the new acquire the same data could not be found.
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The network setup is fairly trivial.
Plug TC2 into TC1. (the hardware is Time Capsule.. TC as per your title.. or is it Airport Extreme as per your question..?? Time Machine is software on your computer.. and totally unrelated to the hardware.)
Makes no difference which way around you do it. Plug WAN of the 2nd device into LAN of the 1st device. And setup the 2nd device in bridge.. wireless is up to you.. off or on?? Roaming or not??
As far as backup is concerned.. you need to be clear in the question. And sorry it is a bit mixed up now.
But I can tell you what you cannot do.
You cannot backup to both units at once. You can however setup Time Machine in the computer to backup sequentially to both.
See Q34 http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
The TC itself cannot backup to another TC.
(extreme with hard disk amounts to the same thing.. with caveats)
You can backup one TC to another manually via a computer.. it is slow and I do not recommend it.. if a fault creeps into backup1, you are simply copying said fault to backup2.. AND it is poor for another reason.. Time Machine cannot do it.. you will need another utility eg Carbon Copy Cloner.. and even then you will probably end up backing up a huge amount of data every time.. since TM works so strangely you cannot just backup differences.

I am considering a Apple iMac but would be interested in adding a second monitor. Does it have to be an Apple monitor or can i add any monitor with a thunderbolt cable and DVI or vGA adapter?

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I'm at a loss and really really frustrated with Apple for the first time in my life.
I've added a second email address and tried over the last 3 days on my iPad and Mac to change my security questions. There is no option present that I can see that allows you to do this without first entering the answers. (to which I don't know anymore)
I called Apple support (even in english) and every time the call has been dropped.
In all the years since switching to Apple I've always been impressed with the level of customer service. This is the first time that I've felt this level of sincere frustration.
I'm not sure why I have to book a time to speak with someone. Updating or changing security questions, should be a process one can do over the internet. I'm confused either way why questions are necessary if the apple password entered was correct. It's not my bank account; why the need for such extreme security just to download an app paid for by an iTunes card!
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Hello there, Kate.
Apologies for your frustration. For your security the existing questions need to be answered before new ones can be created. The following Knowledge Base article provides some additional steps to try if you are unsure of the answers to the existing ones:
Apple ID: All about Apple ID security questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5665
Specifically:
What should I do if I don't remember the answers to my Apple ID security questions?
Try answering them at least once to see if you can get them right, even if you are not sure you remember the answers to your security questions.
If you are confident you can't remember them, try one of the following:
If you have three security questions and a rescue email address
sign in to My Apple ID and select the Password and Security tab to send an email to your rescue email address to reset your security questions and answers.
If you have one security question and you know your Apple ID passwordsign in to My Apple ID and select the Password and Security tab to reset your security question.
If you have one security question, but don't remember your Apple ID password
contact Apple Support for assistance. Learn more about creating a temporary support PIN to help Apple confirm your identity when you contact Apple Support.
Note: If you have forgotten your password and answer your security questions incorrectly too many times in a row, you will be unable to try to answer your security questions for a period of time. During that time you will not be able to reset your password and will not have access to your account.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
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Hi,
I've have just added a second optical drive to my MP,
it's an LG, "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B" according to
system profiler. I'v left the original apple
superdrive as-is, and put this in the second bay. I'm
pretty sure I've set it's jumpers to "slave", but it
was in an external bay and I don't have a manual or
anything, so I'm not 100% sure.
Both drives work fine, on their own, but they don't
seem to want to work together. Programs seem to have
to wait for the 2nd drive to finish whatever it is
it's doing, before they can get access to 1st drive
(or vice-versa).
I was under the impression that both drives can be
working at the same time, and it would seem pointless
having two drives if they can't work at the same
time?
I don't have to change anything about the original
superdrive when adding a second drive, do I?
Looking at your specs. the drive is an LG. I have an LG as well not the same model but I set my jumper to Cable Select, that is what worked and it is the same setting as the original Sony SuperDrive.
I am certain it will work as it did no mine.
My specs:
ATA Bus:
SONY DVD RW DW-D150A:
Model: SONY DVD RW DW-D150A
Revision: 1.MD
Serial Number:
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10L:
Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10L
Revision: LL10
Serial Number: K18E8582228
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 1
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
William

Adding a Second Airport Express

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The second Express can "extend" the signal provided by the AirPort Extreme, but it cannot "extend" the signal from the AirPort Express that is already "extending".
The Express always needs to be located where it can receive a strong signal from the main router in order to "extend" that signal.
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The domain has this MX record: "domain.com. IN MX 10 domain.com."
The other XServe is intended for some of our clients. However... it has not a real domain assigned. Only the DNS server alias points to this server (dns2.domain.com, our first XServe is the primary DNS).
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Can I proceed this way or is an other proceeding more recommended ?
Do I need to add a MX record to our domain.com DNS config like "dns2 IN MX 10 domain.com." - not sure if this works overall ? Note that we don't want to send or receive mails by dns2.domain.com, it would just be that there is a value at SA mail service configuration.

Confessed, I don't know anymore even it was just a few days ago... anyway, I can explain it, maybe it helps you:
My problem was that I have two XServes - one with my company's domains and the other with domains and websites of my clients.
On SA, mail service, tab "Settings", "General" you need to specify a domain name and a host name for the SMTP service.
So far so good. On my first XServe (with my own domains), I simpy used "starenterprise.com" for both fields. Not really correct, but it works fine
However for my second XServe I had no free domain that I could add there (and I refused to register one "just" for this purpose).
So I finally decided to create a subdomain in my main domain's DNS records (in fact, since I run my own primary/secondary name servers, I simply used the alias for the second nameserver that resides on the second XServe).
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I hope I was of assistance. Let me know if anything is unclear

[SOLVED] Running VirtualBox on a second XServer

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X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-ARCH x86_64
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(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
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record: This extension is known to be broken, disabling extension now..
record: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20500
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.1.0_BETA1
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Waiting for the remote session to open...
Remote session has been successfully opened.
waiting for X server to shut down
And I am back to bash. VB is not running, second XServer is not running.
When I execute the same file from a virtual terminal, same thing happens.
Just starting a second xterm like this works fine:
xinit -- :1
But it comes with all the GNOME stuff, I want absolutely nothing of that. Just the VM GUI.
Last edited by corsakh (2009-11-15 06:30:35)

I changed to:
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X :1 -ac -terminate &
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Last edited by corsakh (2009-11-15 03:52:53)

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Of course now I've screwed up the reverse DNS and
such and my users can't login over AFP (though SMB is
ok).
How do the users connect to AFP? WAN or LAN, Hostname or IP ?
My initial IP has a properly configured
reverse lookup, the new IP does not. The new IP is
using the ISP's default domain name.
In a situation like this, am I supposed to configure
both IPs to resolve to the same computer name?
myServer.company.com ? Or should each IP resolve
differently..
Reverse lookups (PTR records) shouldn't come into it. If users use a hostname to connect then all you will need is an A record to convert the hostname to an IP. If they use an IP to connect, then no DNS is accessed. So if you cannot connect directly using the IP address then it suggests firewall or config - test for open 548 port etc.
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so to add a visio diagram , we need to do the following:-
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We have 2 iMac's in the house. To simplify things, I added all the household iphones and ipads and ipods of the family only to my imac machine, and only under my itunes account.
So when ever the family wants to add apps, movies, anything in itunes, I use my only imac to do this since all itunes purchaes are only under my one itunes account. All our household-family i-Devices are registered under my itunes account, so that everything I purchased can be easily added or shared between any one of the household i-devices.
But.... on our second household imac, that iMac was originally registered under one of the kids name. They do not use itunes on their iMac (the second machine).
If they want music or movies, or apps added to their iphone, we plug that into my imac only so everything can be shared via only my itunes account (remember, all the iphones and ipads are registered to my itunes account only).
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Soooo.... I was wondering if I factory-restore the second household imac, fire it up, and re-register that second Imac under my name and itunes acct, would this make it possible to also share all of my itunes purchases (mirror) onto that second iMac in the house?
So in that way, they could use the second iMac and itunes mirrored on the second machine (having re-registered to my account) to load itunes stuff onto their i-Devices?
In other words, if a person had two imacs that they owned, both registered to one owner, then signed into itunes on both machines with only their itunes account info, would that extend the itunes stuff in iMac #1 to iMac #2?
Like having two or more iPhones under one itunes account (for sharing purchases), does this method also work for two (or more) iMacs as if both were owned by one person.
I know.... there are probably other ways to share itunes purchases between machines and different accounts, but I hoped to keep it simple. Just have both imacs under my name, my one itunes account. Wouldn't that be fairly easy?
When we added the other iPads and iPhones under my machine, under my itunes account, that method has worked great for sharing.
So if someone wants songs. movies, whatever purchased under my itunes account, added to their i-Device, they just bring it to me and tell me what they want as far as music/apps/movies, and I easily add it to their i-Device. No pain, no sweat.
I just wanted to "also" add that ability to a second imac in the house. And thought to do so, I could just factroy-restore that second imac, and re-register it under my name only, both machine now under one owner. Then fire up itunes and sign into my itunes account on the second machine.
PS. factory restoring this second iMac is not an issue since about the only thing we would have to save off and transfer are their safari bookmarks.
Oh.... And since my iMac has been updated to Lion via the app store, could a second machine registered under my name also share that same app store Lion upgrade? Or is Lion one upgrade per machine, per the same owner? Not installable on two machines, under that same owner?
(Buying Lion a second time is no big beal, however)
But mainly, my question is with re-registering that second iMac under my name, as with the first imac.
Or think of it as if I were to buy someones used iMac, and add it to my ownership.
Can iTunes then be shared or mirrored between two iMac's? One owner?

I guess my issue then is just with itunes...
I was looking at the solution the long way around originally, I guess.
I read somewhere that one could have 5 computers (iMac's in my case) under one itunes account.
But the i-Devices can only be linked or synced to one computer.
Sounds fair.
So... on this second iMac, how can I mirror my itunes media to that second machine?
The easiest way.
Can that be done?
So my itunes media can be accessed on both iMac's?
That second iMac can be apple-registered to the other family member, and still can be setup to acces "my" itunes media?
BTW.... I do have my itunes media-purchases on an external hard drive already. Always have done it that way.
I was hoping I could "share" that itunes media drive between the two machines. My itunes account.
So no matter what computer a device (iphone) is synced to, the same "itunes" media will be available for syncing,
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