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• Can I use boot camp or other virtualization software with Snow Leopard Server?

  Can I use boot camp or other virtualization software with Snow Leopard Server?

  Boot Camp is not virtualization; it boots Windows natively on the Mac hardware. So Boot Camp would be irrelevant to running Snow Leopard Server. Parallels and VMWare Fusion both have at least "experimental" support for running Snow Leopard Server in a virtual machine on Mac OS X, though I don't know how robust it is as of this time. You might ask for opinions on the Parallels or VMWare forums.
  Regards.

• Install Snow Leopard Server Software on non server version mac mini (2009)

  Recently purchased Snow Leopard Server software to install on a early 2009 mac mini (non server version) running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. My goal is to set up and manage a server for a small group and leverage some of services from snow leopard server.
  First of all, can server software be installed on a early 2009 mac min configured with Mac OS X Snow Leopard? This 2GHz Intel Core Duo mac mini has 2GB Ram and 120GB HD. Will the server software install remove the current snow leopard software or is there any special steps I need to take to get the server version software loaded on this mac mini. Any suggestions or advise is greatly appreciated.
  Thanks.

  Yes you can install it on your mini And Yes it will wipe the mini clean with a fresh install of the server software.
  Suggestions ... Learn DNS there are many links on this forum to MrHoffmans very useful notes as well as many discussions about this topic , there is a steep learning curve ahead if its a first time for you !

• Does Snow Leopard Server come with a website design software

  I'm running Snow Leopard Server on my Mac Mini-We've decided to take our website in house, and have set it up on the server.  The site was created by someone for us and is in HTML files.  Is there software that came already on our server that will permit us to edit the files, or do we have to buy additional software?  I don't see iWeb on our server.  Thanks.

  iWeb works, but many sites will find it limiting (eg: no imports) or will outgrow it.
  The typical evolution is from static HTML web pages and CSS and such along to some sort of web content management system (CMS).  That might be home-grown, open-source, or commercial, and most of the CMS packages can be "themed" to present a particular appearance.  Static HTML doesn't scale, and gets fussy to manage.
  If static HTML is your chosen path, then Web (HTML) editors are widely available, and do get discussed here on occasion.  Some that are mentioned include Adobe Macromedia Dreamweaver, RapidWeaver, Webacappella, Freeway, etc.  (Google for details, reviews, trials, etc)
  Migrating your server in-house means maintaining the server and its security, keeping any CMS you pick current, and getting DNS and some other pieces in place, and run-of-the-mill stuff like regular backups and monitoring disk space, and dealing with the usual network and hardware errors.
  One of the other options (as differentiated from operating fully in-house) is to host your web site and related pieces on one of various hosting providers.   (That outsources a bunch of the "fun" here, and usually for little money.)

• Snow Leopard Server Software - Mac Mini Copy vs Retail Copy

  Hi All,
  I recently purchased a mac mini server, with what I thought would be a SL Server license.
  I've used the Mac Mini to run a Leopard server whilst our Xserve was out of action.
  Now the xserve is back, I was thinking of installing SL on the Xserve and keep the mini running leopard until we migrate over.
  When I tried to install SL on the Xserve, it gave me an error. I rang Apple, and the enterprise guy told me this wasn't possible, as the copy that came with the mac mini was hardware specific and just a restore copy of snow leopard server. Bottom line I can't install the Mac Mini version of SL on an Xserve, even though I have paid for a SL license in buying the mac mini!
  Does anybody know if there is any real differences between the hardware specific software copy and a retail version. If there isn't I'll install a copy on the mac mini and copy it over to the xserve. I just want to be sure that I'm not getting a downsized version of software!
  Thanks.

  There are ways to extract the OS from the restore disk so you can use in other system. you will just have to do a little online search. but I think it will be illegal if you care of course... but it would probably be easier to just download a copy from rapidshare or something like that and use your key ..
  As far as feature there is none between the restore and retail copy.

• Snow leopard server for net boot and software updates only what needs to be running to use it?

  Snow leopard server for net boot and software updates only what needs to be running to have it work right?

  Netboot and Software Update, at its simplest.  Mac OS X Server also expects to have functional IP networking and DNS services (somewhere) on the LAN (and if you're behind a NAT gateway, then the DNS server(s) are on your LAN and not out at your ISP), or things get weird.  SUS (usually) works out of the box, outside of cases where there's an outbound firewall.  Netboot can be more effort to setup, in terms of what you're loading into the clients.

• Updating Snow Leopard Server Software on Dual Intel Mac Mini

  I have a 2009 Mac Mini Dual Core 2.53 Intel with 4 gb Ram running as a server under 10.6.8 Max OSX Server.
  But I have never used the server capabilities and don't reallyneed them.
  The Boss, Wife, wants ITunes radio on it, but it won't work apparently unless you run 10.9.
  I tried updating to 10.9 server, but it wouldn't downlaod because the downloader said it needed to run under OSX 10.9.
  I am trying to download Mavericks to see if it'll install, but I'm guessing the server level security won't let it.
  How can I update to OSX 10.9  Server to basically keep her system as "same" as possible...so ITunes radio will work on it for her?
  Is there an easy way other than copy as much as possible to another HD, reformat the entire original Mini HD and start from scratch?
  I don't know if I can install another OS on it's second internal HD and just boot up from that one..since I think the server systen may not allow multiple boot drives?
  Is there an easy solution to updateing Snow Leopard Server to Mavericks? 

  Help appreciated Greatly.
  I downloaded Mavericks with no problem and held my breath to see if it would install OK.
  It did.
  No major issues and just about everything is working OK right out of the box.
  Transition from Snow Leopard Server to OSX Mavericks Single User OS went fine.
  Donlt have to worry about archane "Server Language" anymore and administerring this computer will be much easier.
  Hope it's a stable build.

• Nslookup Snow Leopard Server DNS problems

  I have a mac mini that I'm trying to turn into a snow leopard server. Attached to the mac mini I have three external hard drives which act as back ups to our mac book pro laptops. I have installed the server software and downloaded all the updates and I can see the drives on the server and I can acess the external drives and backup to them with out a problem. The issue that I have is that when I run nslookup I get an error message which tells me that it can't find my name and that I need to rerun so software commands.
  I'm also unable to run either dns or podcast producer which was the main reason for buying the server software. I have a static ip address and believe I have configured everything correctly but I just can't seem to sort out the DNS and problems.
  Any thoughts - thanks
  Russell

  This is the Discussions > Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard > Installation and Setup forum. Your questions involve Mac OS Server, which is a different OS product. Thus, you will get better results posting to the Apple - Support - Discussions - Mac OS X Server forums.

• Upgrade MySQL in Snow Leopard Server

  Hi all. This is my first post.
  I have a Mac Mini Server with Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 (aka. Snow Leopard Server)
  wanted to update the native MySQL. I followed these instructions
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4006
  Now I know that it is parallel installation of MySQL.
  https://discussions.apple.com/message/15535136#15535136
  Finally,I installed MySQL 5.5.15 from MySQL.com (x86 dmg file)
  Now I have three MySQL servers in the system. Runs only the oldest (native 5.0.92)
  I want to:
  1) Remove unnecessary MySQL servers.
  2) I would like to MySQL service could be run in the Server Admin.app. If this is not possible to run the “MySQL Preference Pane” in System Preferences.
  If this is not possible then I would be able to run in "MySQL Preference Pane" in System Preferences.
  Working with AS is probably possible.http://www.jamesbantz.com/2010/08/08/upgrading-mysql-on-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopa rd-server/#more-172 (See step 6)
  Now I have a “little problem” with the distinction which files belong which MySQL.
  Please help
  Thanks

  Welcome to the forums.
  The cited Apple directions in HT4006 are for adding headers and client components for Mac OS X Server for MySQL, and not particularly for upgrading MySQL on Mac OS X Server.  (That may well cause problems.)
  How good are your pre-installation backups?  I'd roll those in, and undo the HT4006 changes, and (if you're not going to scratch this whole upgrade) follow what Mr Bantz describes in his posting.
  Irrespective of the particular path followed here, you do also still get to "own" all of these changes, including the on-going maintenance and upgrades, which means that you own any security problems, the inevitable software upgrades and updates, and whatever other fixes might be needed.
  Alternatively, consider moving to Mac OS X Server Lion (10.7), as it does not contain MySQL, so you can load whatever MySQL you want and (so long as you keep it from getting tangled with PostgreSQL) you're good to go.
  I would not generally expect to be able to use Server Admin or the other tools to use or manage your local MySQL.  The Server Admin tools are not set up for these sorts of changes and have a history of getting tangled when the underlying servers are changed.   If you do manage this goal and do have Server Admin working and whether following Mr Bantz's directions or via some other means, then your changes still might not survive any particular future Mac OS X Server upgrade, or Server Tools upgrade.  (Which means you'll have to debug and rework the changes, or find somebody that has figured out what broken and follow those instructions.)
  If you discover you have the need for these sorts of upgrades often, I'd suggest loading and using Linux or one of the BSDs.  Installing newer versions of stuff means more work and sometimes far more work, and tends to un-do what Apple provides, and tends to cause problems like you've encountered here.  In all seriousness, Linux or BSD is the platform you'll want, if you find yourself tweaking; they're set up for exactly this sort of tweaking.  Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server aims at a different market.

• Setting up Snow Leopard Server with Address Book, iCal for Small Business

  Hello Folks,
  I have a small business with 2-3 people and I want to setup Snow Leopard Server on a Mac Mini. I have everything in place, RAID, Backup drive etc.
  What I need is a guide on how to setup the server correctly and how to setup Address Book Server, iCal Server, DNS, etc. I was in IT a long while back but have gone back to my creative roots and sworn off IT but I am in a situation where my IT guy's wife is pregnant so he is busy painting the baby's room, etc.
  I was looking at Snow Leopard Server for Dummies and a few other books. Do you guys have any suggestions on resources for me to read or research that would give me very straightforward steps in getting this setup. I am at a point where I can re-install from scratch if needed.
  For the ease of those that might respond let's assume I know my way around Mac and general networking as a whole.
  Thanks in advance for any advice.
  Cheers,
  Jason

  Hi Guys,
  First of, I will give you a brief background on me regarding networking as a mac user since 1994. I can setup and network multiple macs without a server in our home and small office. Turning file, print and internet sharing with a regular Mac OS X client version at no problem at all. This would be my first time setting up a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.
  I'm in the same boat as Jakekub but we do not have a static IP from our DSL provider. We just bought a Mac Mini Server for our small office with 3 iMacs and 1 MacBook. We will just use the server for internal usage and to centralized things out and use some of server's features like Address Book, Mail, iCal etc. I've search the forums and found Orhidy's post here:
  http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2148553
  I even followed the sample IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS Server and I think I had it correctly setup initially. And I think I got it all running on the basic setup base on his instructions. So I tried to test my DNS settings via Terminal > hostname then got answer as
  servername.companyname.private
  And double checking DNS again with a command: sudo changeip - checkhostname and was given an answer of:
  Primary address = 192.168.1.192
  Current Hostname = servername.companyname.private
  DNS Hostname = servername.companyname.private
  The names match. There is nothing to change
  dirserv:success = "success"
  But here's another one that bugs me. I tried to follow from "Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Dummies" the command line:
  NSLOOKUP hostname
  and got an answer of:
  ;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 192.168.1.192, trying next server
  Server: 192.168.1.1
  Address: 192.168.1.1#53
  ** server can't find hostname: NXDOMAIN
  So does it mean that I still haven't configured my server properly?
  Thank you all for the help in advance!
  dive

• Time Machine on Snow Leopard Server

  I would like to setup a backup service using Time Machine of a Mac Pro Snow Leopard Server (10.6.5) to an external hard drive connected with USB. Are there any gotcha's with this type of setup that I need to be aware of? My faint memory recalls an issue with Time Machine backing up a server.
  The server is mainly used for file sharing in a small (<10) person office.

  Are you backing-up the clients, or the server, or both?
  Like most folks here, I'm not very familiar with the Server product, but I understand TM can do either or both.
  You may find better advice in the Server forums, at: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96

• Unable to access gateway and DNS via VPN (L2TP) with Snow Leopard Server

  Summary:
  After rebooting my VPN server, i am able to establish a VPN (L2TP) connection from outside my private network. I am able to connect (ping, SSH, …) the gateway only until the first client disconnects. Then i can perfectly access all the other computers of the private network, but i cannot access the private IP address of the gateway.
  Additionally, during my first VPN connection, my DNS server, which is on the same server, is not working properly with VPN. I can access it with the public IP address of my gateway. I can access it from inside my private network. A port scan indicates me that the port 53 is open, but a dig returns me a timeout.
  Configuration:
  Cluster of 19 Xserve3.1 - Snow Leopard Server 10.6.2
  Private network 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -> domain name: cluster
  -> 1 controller, which act as a gateway for the cluster private network, with the following services activated:
  DHCP, DNS, firewall (allowing all incoming traffic for each groups for test purposes), NAT, VPN, OpenDirectory, web, software update, AFP, NFS and Xgrid controller.
  en0: fixed public IP address -> controller.example.com
  en1: 192.168.1.254 -> controller.cluster
  -> 18 agents with AFP and Xgrid agent activated:
  en1: 192.168.1.x -> nodex.cluster with x between 1 and 18
  VPN (L2TP) server distributes IP addresses between 192.168.1.201 and 192.168.1.210 (-> vpn1.cluster to vpn10.cluster). Client informations contain the private network DNS server informations (192.168.1.254, search domain: cluster).
  _*Detailed problem description:*_
  After rebooting the Xserve, my VPN server works fine except for the DNS. My client receives the correct informations:
  Configure IPv4: Using PPP
  IPv4 address: 192.168.1.201
  Subnet Mask:
  Router: 192.168.1.254
  DNS: 192.168.1.254
  Search domain: cluster
  From my VPN client, i can ping all the Xserve of my cluster (192.168.1.1 to 18 and 192.168.1.254). If i have a look in Server Admin > Settings > Network, i have three interfaces listed: en0, en1 and ppp0 of family IPv4 with address 192.168.1.254 and DNS name controller.cluster.
  The DNS server returns me timeouts when i try to do a dig from my VPN client even if i am able to access it directly from a computer inside or outside my private network.
  After i disconnect, i can see in Server Admin that the IP address of my ppp0 interface has switch to my public IP address.
  Then i can always establish a VPN (L2TP) connection, but the client receives the following informations:
  Configure IPv4: Using PPP
  IPv4 address: 192.168.1.202
  Subnet Mask:
  Router: (Public IP address of my VPN server)
  DNS: 192.168.1.254
  Search domain: cluster
  From my VPN client, i can access all the other computers of my network (192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.18) but when i ping my gateway (192.168.1.254), it returns me timeouts.
  I have two "lazy" solutions to this problem: 1) Configure VPN and DNS servers on two differents Xserve, 2) Put the public IP address of my gateway as DNS server address, but none of these solutions are acceptable for me…
  Any help is welcome!!!

  I would suggest taking a look at:
  server admin:vpn:settings:client information:network route definitions.
  as I understand your setup it should be something like
  192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 private.
  at least as a start. I just got done troubleshooting a similar issue but via two subnets:
  http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2292827&tstart=0

• Can't Star iChat Service after update to Snow Leopard Server

  We had installed Mac OS X Server on a Mac Pro, and we had the iChat Service working in the organization; but when we update to the Snow Leopard Server we can't start the iChat service again. In the Server Admin app, on the iChat node in the Overview I have this:
  iChat Service is: Stopped
  Start time: not available
  Domain: not available
  Client connections: not available
  With the update if I choose the iChat service node, I can't see the Start iChat button.
  Can somebody help?
  Thanks a lot.

  Please try here http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1352
  OS X Server Snow Leopard > Chat and other items.
  8:40 PM Monday; January 4, 2010
  Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

• Installing Snow Leopard server (10.6.0) over Snow Leopard 10.6.2

  I need to convert my Mac Pro to run Snow Leopard Server. I have the DVDs.
  The installer tells me I cannot perform the upgrade because the OS on the machine
  is more recent than the one on the DVD. I guess I have to downgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.0
  before I can install the server OS. I do not want to reformat my hard disk, because I want to
  keep the data there. How can I accomplish what I want to do.

  server questions should be asked in the server forum
  http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=264
  assuming your mac pro did not come with 10.6.2 preinstalled you can reinstall 10.6.0 on it in the usual manner. boot from the snow leopard 10.6.0 install dvd (insert the dvd, reboot and hold "c" at the chime). and follow the instructions. this will preserve your data and applications. but as with any system install you should have a full backup before doing it.

• Windows VNC clients cannot connect to Snow Leopard Server native VNC server

  I am resurfacing the following related comment made in another post that discusses the same issue I am having with VNC on Snow Leopard. This is still an issue and I cannot connect to our Xserve's Snow Leopard Server with a VNC client on Windows.
  I don't want to install another third party VNC server onto our SL Server, and am looking for a VNC client for windows that will connect to our SL Server.
  Does anyone have any solutions?
  == QUOTED TEXT BELOW ==
  Re: Newbie: Connect Windows -> OSX Server
  Posted: Nov 4, 2009 9:26 AM in response to: Antonio Rocco
  I would politely disagree. Yes, definitely, the Mac 'Screen Sharing' app works a treat, and Apple Remote Desktop.app works as well, but I am coming from a Window's PeeCee.
  For me, connecting to my 10.5(.8) Server via tightvnc gives 'Server did not offer supported security type!". Using RealVNC to this machine states "No matching security types Do you wish to reconnect to ... ?" a telnet to this AppleVNCServer service (port 5900), shows RFB 003.889 *, or Remote Frame Buffer Major 3, minor 889.
  Also, connecting to multiple 10.6(.1) Clients with Tightvnc correctly asks for a password but then hangs at "Status: Security type requested". Using RealVNC opens, connects, asks for authentication, and exits. Telneting to this AppleVNCServer service (port 5900), also shows RFB 003.889 *.
  The Current Version of the protocol is supposed to be 3.8, that is Major version 3, minor version 8. Not 80 or 800 but Eight). http://www.realvnc.com/docs/rfbproto.pdf and I believe that tightvnc only supports up to version 3.7.
  On each station I have installed the 'old' OSXVnc.app as a service (to a unique port). OSXVnc utilizes protocol 3.3 and I can control them successfully, but that is of my own doing because of this issue.
  Now JollysFastVNC works a treat to any machine I have EVER tried to connect to. I have not tried COTVNC or any of the others (too slow for me, when they wer e around)
  Also, I just noticed that RealVNC states that their free and personal version will not connect to Mac OSX (x86 and PPC) but the Enterprise one will. I just Dl'ed the Enterprise Viewer and it gave essentially the same thing ('protocol is not valid' message, even after it asks for a password). Anyway, I am not here to hijack this thread, just trying to keep the info flowing and open.
  Maybe I am the only one with these problems but the bottom line is I cannot use Real or Tight, or UltraVNC to administer my server or clients as long as AppleVNCServer gives out the 003.889 protocol version.
  Peter
  * The ProtocolVersion message consists of 12 bytes interpreted as a string of ASCII characters in the format "RFB xxx.yyy\n" where xxx and yyy are the major and
  minor version numbers, padded with zeros.

  Searching on the net brought me to the same solution that Mr. Hoffman found as well, I was a bit skeptical at first but since he recommended it, and all my other attempts failed, it was a last resort and I have some additional notes of my own for a successful solution. Read the two links below first before doing anything, as they contribute to the solution in tandem.
  http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=7221295&postcount=20
  http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=9081641&postcount=28
  I should probably just create an entirely new post with all of the steps that worked for me, but it's rather straightforward nonetheless.