DLU or DSfW for single server setup using NOWS for Small Bus

I'm planning to install a single server in a 5 user office, plus a few remote users.
OES 11 SP1, ZCM 11, GW
As part of this I want to have single sign on to Windows workstations (Win 7), and could use DLU, but I also wonder about DSfW.
They both would achieve single sign on but in vastly different ways.
Which way to go? DLU or DSfW?

Originally Posted by drops
5 users? in my opinion everything is overkill then.
The 5 users is expected to grow to 10 within 3-4 months.
Overkill or not, no end user likes to have two different passwords when they logon, and most don't comprehend the difference between a local logon and the network (OES) logon. If there is a password change policy in place then the problem is compounded.
So the goal is single sign on with unique profiles.
Originally Posted by drops
if its only about desktop access with a local user you have several options
1. DLU
A good candidate, though I haven't used it for some time. Satisfies all criteria.
Originally Posted by drops
2. pgina LDAP auth - local gateway and novell client passthrough auth
Never used this...Is it easy to setup and reliable?
Originally Posted by drops
3. use a generic windows user
I've used this on a small Samba setup once, and it is workable, except for no unique user profile, and not ideal from a security perspective.
Originally Posted by drops
4. DSfw or AD (synchronized passwords)
I've never used DSfW hence my post here. My gut feeling is that it is more complex and difficult to troubleshoot than DLU so I'm leaning towards DLU. That said, I'm also interested on your comments of any PGINA implementations you've done, and if it should be considered.

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Where I am unsure of something, I'll enclose it in [brackets]. Feel free to investigate and confirm or disprove my observations... Where I mention control settings, I use a | to indicate a level of hierarchy in the menu system. This is to distinguish control settings and file system paths.
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Q. How do I control the Twonky server properly?
Q. Where should I put my media so Twonky finds it?
Q. Why doesn't Twonky find my media?
Q. Can I stop Twonky searching in certain folders in my media storage folders?
Q. What are the 'Shared Media' folders for?
Q. Why can people using DLNA clients see media in my private share?
Q. How do I control when Twonky rescans the media store? Optimising operation of the Media Server
Q: How does the Twonky service work on the MyCloud?
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Q. Where are the Twonky settings stored?
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Optimising behaviour for Media Clients
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http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10420
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http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3299
You'll need to know how to use SSH to log in as root to the MyCloud:
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/etc/init.d/twonky
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service twonky restart
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A: Since Twonky is a service running on MyCloud, it is not visible in the shared space, so you have to log in via SSH, and navigate around the MyCloud's Linux file system.
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ls -l  Q. Where are the Twonky settings stored?
A: One of the files listed above is the Twonky configuration file:
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Now, this is where some of the fighting occurs, because both MyCloud and Twonky can modify this file...
When you are happy that Twonky is working correctly, I'd recommend making a copy of the file in your Public area, where it won't be mangled by MyCloud firmware upgrades or restarts. For instance:
cp /CacheVolume/twonkymedia/twonkyserver.ini /shares/Public/twonkyserver.ini
If things go wrong, you can reinstate this file by swapping the source and destination.  Q. What do all the settings in Twonky's configuration file do?A: [Most of them are provided with comments that explain their purpose].
[There are some 'magic numbers' embedded in the configuration file that seem to cause problems, and I don't know what changes those; I suspect that a firmware upgrade does it. If anyone can monitor these values before and after a MyCloud firmware upgrade and report any changes, I'd be obliged:
# UserID Please Do NOT change it manually
userid=<redacted>
# twonky info for Media Feeds Please Do NOT change it manually
twonkyinfo=<redacted>]  Q. How do I clear Twonky's database and start again?
A: If Twonky doesn't seem to be behaving correctly (not finding media correctly, or partially, or finding unwanted media), then it may be useful to clean up the database. There are a number of escalating actions you can take. Starting with the mildest, and increasing in severity, these are as follows:
1. Initiate a library rescan, using either Settings|Media|DLNA Database|Rescan in the Dashboard, or Settings|Advanced|Server Maintenance|Rescan Content Folders in the Twonky UI.
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A: You can enable activity logging using the Settings|Advanced|Logging control in the Twonky UI. You can also open the logfile from there.
Alternatively, the logfile is stored in Twonky's area:
/CacheVolume/twonkymedia/twonkymedia-log.txt
There's also a MyCloud system logfile that records actions on the Twonky server, such as start and stop:
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cd /usr/local/sbin
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/etc/contentdir
Replace this with a single control line, with no line terminator, e.g.
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The format is a comma-separated list of shares and media search and aggregation control flags:
+ enable media searching on the share
- disable media searching on the share
A look for all media types
M look for music
P look for pictures
V look for videos
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uploadmusicdir=/shares/Public/Shared Music
uploadpicturedir=/shares/Public/Shared Pictures
uploadvideodir=/shares/Public/Shared Videos
servermanagedmusicdir=/shares/Public/Shared Music
servermanagedpicturedir=/shares/Public/Shared Pictures
servermanagedvideodir=/shares/Public/Shared Videos
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* Breaches of this trust should be punished in an appropriate manner...
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Thanks in advance
Andreas

Between Exchange protocol-based log files, PerfMon .blg files used by Managed Availability, IIS logs, etc., the total footprint can add up quickly and these logs are not purged automatically. You can take a look at this site below and use the powershell
script to clean it up.
http://www.c7solutions.com/2013/04/removing-old-exchange-2013-log-files-html

DSfW, Groupwise, Zenworks on single server

Hi
I am thinking of installing Novell Open Workgroup suite for Small Business, and putting DSfW, Groupwise, Zenworks on a single server.
Is this sane?
Has anyone done this before and can vouch that it would work?
I even wonder if GW and ZW would co-exist on the same server. The docs for ZW only recommend a dedicated server, which means that it still should work with GW, but not so sure if DSfW is thrown into the mix.
My main reason for DSfW is for the single sign on for the 5 Windows workstations, though maybe I am better off with still using Novell client, Zenworks and DLU.
- Gordon

Originally Posted by W_Prindl
GW and ZCM can coexist in a small environment quite well. I have this
running and do not see performance problems at all.
Good to know!
Originally Posted by W_Prindl
Regarding your USB passtrough Vmware ESXi performance problem I have no
experience - but I see very often USB performance problems on real
hardware, too. Is there such a big difference between USB unvirtualized
and virtualized?
Not too sure, but for the few days I was running backups over USB, it seemed extra slow. I should have tested the throughput but it was only temporary until a backup server was setup. I might re-run some real tests on our ESX server and see what the actual difference is. Also as per VMware VMware KB: Supported USB device models for passthrough from an ESX or ESXi host to a virtual machine there is very limited support for USB devices, which surprises me a bit due to the prevalence of USB on server hardware. Though as VMware's core market is enterprise, they wouldn't see too much demand for local USB backup...Bring on USB 3!
Originally Posted by W_Prindl
For virtualization of only one guest you could use vmware workstation
or XEN (but I don't know for now, if DSfW is supported as a XEN guest)
instead of ESXi, that way you get native USB performance for your host
OS.
I haven't tried XEN of late, but from testing it 18 months ago, it was a lot more complicated than ESXi. I think it was lacking in nice management tools and at the time using VMware's Workstation and ESXi were intuitive and easy enough to use, so have stuck with them ever since. I might have to give XEN another test. How do you find working with it?

New, Single Server - DNS, Web, Wiki, Mail Setup Issues

I'm having some issues properly setting up 10.7.3 to host internal DNS and external Web, Wiki and Mail. I'm having issues with the web and wiki hosting. Since those are the most important right now, I haven't really had a chance to fully test the other features. I was able to do some testing of the mail and iCal but it was limited.
Long read below but I thought the specifics would be helpful...
My goals and configuration are:
***GOALS***
Primary:
1) Host a public website: example.org and www.example.org
2) Host a public wiki: main.example.org and www.main.example.org
3) Host a public mail server: [email protected]
4) Host a public, group calendar
4a) Read only to majority - Read/Write to a group
5) Host a global address book for authenticated users
Secondary:
6) Allow anonymous public access to a file share (read only)
7) Allow authenticated access to the same file share (read/write)
8) Do as much of this via GUIs as possible.
***SETUP AND CONFIGURATION***
Physical:
1) Business class Internet (no blocked ports)
2) A single, public and static IP address
3) Domain name and public DNS via GoDaddy
4) Wildcard Cert: *.example.org from GoDaddy
5) Late 2011 (bought in Jan 2012) MacMini Lion Server (the $1,000 one).
5a) Upgraded the RAM to 16GB (need for VMware Windows clients)
5b) Added two USB to Ethernet adapters.
6) Using a new model AirPort Extreme Base Station (bought w/ the MM) as the main router.
Initial Configuration:
7) Setup a Mac Address reservation for the main and two USB Ethernet ports along with the wireless too.
7a) Main port = 10.0.1.5 / Others are .6, .7 and .10
8) During the setup, I chose the Host on the Internet (third) option and named my server: main.example.org
9) After the setup completed, I upgraded the OS & Admin Tool to 10.7.3 from a clean install (on #5 now)
DNS Config
10) I used the admin tool to open DNS and change:
11) "Primary Zone Name" from main.example.org to example.org.
12) In the "Nameservers:" block, I changed the zone name there but left the nameserver name alone (zone: example.org /// Nameserver Hostname: main.example.org).
13) The Machine Name and Reverse Zone was left alone. RZ resolves to main.example.org. sudo changeip -checkhostname is good. dig on the example.org and main.example.org are good to go (NOERROR).
OD Config
14) From the server app, I clicked Manage/Network Accounts and setup the OD - No issues.
SSL
15) From the server app, I created self signed cert, generated a CSR, got a public Cert, then replaced the self-signed with the public one - No issues.
16) Changed any service using the self-signed cert to the public one - No issues.
17) Changed the cert in the OD to the public cert from server admin - No issues.
In order: File Sharing, Mail, AB, iCal, Web, Wiki, Profile Manager, Network Groups, Network Users
18) File Sharing was setup using the server app
19) Setup mail using the server app to start it and the server admin app to configure it - No issues there (I think...)
20) AB - Flipped the switch to on
21) iCal - Flipped the switch to on - I setup the e-mail address to use after I added the network accounts.
22) Web - Flipped the switch to on - Default site worked (main.example.org)
23) Wiki - Flipped the switch to on - Default wiki worked. (main.example.org)
24) PM - Checked the sign config profiles and enabled the device mgt. I then flipped the switch to on - Default settings and pages worked.
***MY PROBLEMS***
Website:
Adding a website for example.org gave me the red dot in the server app. To fix that, I added a Machine Name record to my primary zone (PZ = example.org Machine Name = example.org). I first tried using the same 10.0.1.5 IP as the main.example.org and left the reverse mapping alone (still resolved to the NS of main.example.org).
That gave me the green light in the server app when trying to add the website again. From there, I changed the "Store Site Files In" to the location of my website files (and confirmed "Everyone" has Read Access in the folder's security settings). I left the other info alone (all defaults accepted) and clicked done.
Access to the website works on the server but external access doesn't (Network Error/timed out tcp_error). Checked the AirPort settings using the AirPort utility (version 5.5.3) and the Port Mapping (under the "Advanced" icon) show serveral services all pointing to 10.0.1.5. Thinking it could be DNS I tried main.example.org externally and it failed the same way.
I ran the changeip command (good to go) and dig on example.org and main.example.org and they both resolved to 10.0.1.5 correctly.
I removed the example.org Machine Record from the zone and it now looks like:
PZ=example.org / ZONE=example.org / NS=main.example.org
Machine Record=main.example.org / IP=10.0.1.5
RM=10.0.1.5 / Resolves=main.example.org
PLEASE HELP!

The amount of users (if relevant):
On site - 1 (Me)
Off site - 16 (Windows clients - some have iOS devices too)
Web site traffic - less than 50 regular visits per day (avg of 15) with a peek of ~125 once a month.
This is for a 501c3 public nonprofit made of all unpaid volunteers (including the officers and directors). All of us have paying day jobs and I just so happen to be the guy that knows just enough to get myself in trouble here.

Help with Proper DNS Setup for Leopard Standard Server Setup

Hello All,
Problem Description-
I was reviewing some training today on DNS setup and checking for proper setup with the sudo changeip - checkhostname tool and I seem to have an incorrectly configured DNS setup. So I need some help on correcting it. When I go to the "Server Preferences" tool I cannot log in using apple.ourdomainname.com instead in order to use the tool I have to input localhost as the server name. Now I just thought that the system was broken or something and with the help of my training I now see it's a DNS problem. I thought I had everything proper since I followed the steps of creating proper DNS/RDNS entries with my ISP. Now I am stuck wondering what else isn't working properly due to the DNS issue. Thanks in advance.
Technical Info-
My ISP provides us with 5 static IP's and we have asked them to create entries and verified the setup of apple.ourdomainname.com = x.x.x.x which is one of our public IP's assigned currently assigned to the WAN port of our Apple Airport Extreme. We have also had them create a PTR record which also is present, verified and functional. Our MacMini running 10.5.5 is connected directly to one of the ethernet ports on our Apple Airport Extreme which is our NAT/Firewall for the LAN. So during the setup of the Standard Server install the OS configured the Airport with the required ports for chat/web/vpn. And mobile Mac's can VPN in and gain folder access and web works fine too. We don't use the e-mail portion so I can't say how that works. The server is using the DNS of 10.0.200.1 which is the IP of the Airport and the airport is programmed with the DNS of OpenDNS servers 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. The reason for this whole long shpeal is that I want to give as much technical background as possible for the best possible help.
Thanks
DM

What happens when you use 'Localhost' instead of 'localhost' (i.e. capitalizing the 'L')?

One Search service application for multiple web applications in a single server

We are planning to host 17 Web applications in a single Server. Do I need to create search service application for each web application or I need to create one Search service application , create a Content source for each web
application and create a Result source for filtering. Which is the best approach. And which approach takes more RAM memory.
In my application I am using Search web part, "Recently Changed Items", "Popular Items" web parts. when I created only one one Search Service application for all web applications and using Result sources ,
I am not getting the results. What could be the problem.

Hi,
One SSA is ok, but you should think about access rights. If the access is clear cut between all the web apps you should be ok with one SSA. Multiple result sources limiting on content source also works, but could easily be bypassed.
Multiple SSA's will eat up RAM/CPU like a mother :)
As for popular etc.. it could be due to how those sources are set up, but haven't investigated or tested this much.
Thanks,
Mikael
Search Enthusiast - SharePoint MVP/MCT/MCPD - If you find an answer useful, please up-vote it.
http://techmikael.blogspot.com/
Author of Working with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

How do you setup a server to use multiple DNS servers that are not connect to each other?

Is there a way to setup a server that connects to two different domains to use the proper DNS server for name resolution?
Let say there are two DCs: serverA.subdomaina.domain.com and serverB.subdoamainb.domain.com. The domains are independent and not connected. Now you need a common server that is connected to both and need to resolve names from both
domains.
Is this possible?
I have setup a server in a workgroup. One NIC has the subdomaina.domain.com connection specific suffix and the other nic has the subdomainb.domain.com. Each NIC has the DNS server listed for the domain it is connected to.
This configuration will resolve FQDNs of one domain but not the other. This I believe is due to the fact the server only querys one DNS server and doesn't try the other DNS server.
Is there any way to make the server try another DNS server, if the first one doesn't have the entry?

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Here adding to the words of “Tim”, a forwarder is a DNS server on a network used to forward DNS queries for external DNS names to DNS servers outside of that network. You can also forward queries according to specific domain names using conditional forwarders.
A DNS server on a network is designated as a forwarder by having the other DNS servers in the network forward the queries they cannot resolve locally to that DNS server. You can refer information regarding forwarders and how to configure from beneath link.
Understanding forwarders
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782142(v=ws.10).aspx
Configure a DNS Server to Use Forwarders
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754941.aspx
Hope it helps!
Regards.

Server Setup advice for a video production house

Hello Forum,
I recently started working for a small video production company, I need advice on the type of server and other hardware and services that will allow my co-workers to work efficiently. Here are some details:
Currently we are going to buy a new server, I am not sure what we should look at getting,
currently we use a mini mac running OSX server and have 6 iMacs that the editors and other staff use.
We also have a 15 TB Drobo network storage device which is attached to the mini-mac server we are going to replace.
The production team uses Final Cut and Motion to build documentaries.
The other issue is that need a way to connect the office in Baltimore to the office in Washington DC and ideally share files between each location, currently they cannot access the network from Baltimore and have to have a copy of the unedited footage on their own Drobo.
What type of server setup do you recommend? Quad core? speed?
Should we set up a VPN to connect offices or does someone have a better idea, if so what applications do we need?
I know windows networking pretty well, but Mac is totally new to me.Currently editing files from the server is really slow and files are usually pulled to the iMacs to do editing, burning DVDs from files on the server hardly ever works- they pull them local then burn the DVD and it works.
I would love to hear suggestions to help us get up and running.
Anyone know of a good website for server setup- Since there is no Domains in OSX that i know of, how can we secure the network? Links would be great.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.

Well if your looking for performance. You could get a Promise VTrak E-Class RAID with 32TB of storage, later on you can add more chassis to the raid for more storage space. The raid can be expanded up to 160TB. (80 drive bays, each drive 2 TB)
Using fiber you could attach the raid to an xServer or Mac Pro (running mac os x server). You'll probable want at least 8 or 16 GB of ram on the server.
The server can run a copy of final cut server. Witch makes it easer to work as a group. Mac OS X server, when properly configured, can also be used to create a VPN between both locations.
Final Cut Server will let editors check in/out specific parts of the documentaries. So the project lives on the server; instead of scattered over every ones computers. Part of this is you can pull down thumb nails versions of the video to work off of. Only when you do the final render do you download the HD version of the video.
If you want even better performance on the editing stations. you could also upgrade to Mac Pros. Mac Pros have upgrade slots witch you can use to add fiber networking. You could also use the upgrade slots to add a black magic real time HD capture card.
Or if you want to keep the imacs. you might want to hook the server to a switch by fiber, and have the imacs connected to the same switch by 1000-T
If you call apple i'm sure they'd be happy to help you figure this all out.
for info on Promise: http://www.promise.com/apple/
for mor info on final cut server: http://www.apple.com/finalcutserver/

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