New MacPro server can run headless?

I am about to pull the trigger on a new MacPro server with Lion server. I assume after I use a monitor/keyboard for initial setup like I have done with my Mini server, that I can put this beast in a rack and run it headless? It will not complain about no keyboard or monitor on power up?
thanks in advance.

Yep - the system doesn't care about a monitor or keyboard to run.
Most tasks can be performed via ssh over a network connection. You also have a built-in VNC server which you can use with any of the VNC clients out there, or Apple's Remote Desktop application.

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We have a small office network of 6 macs that connect to a Panther server, this server provides DNS and file sharing and thats about it a Filemaker Sever and Retrospect Server. I doesn't suffer from heavy use
I have been using a a separate mac to run Quickmail server 1 (os9) and I need to upgrade it as some of the mail protocols are out of date.
We have a static IP address assigned to our mail gateway by our service provider.
My question or advice
Should I just start using OS X server to run mail services
or
Upgrade Quickmail and continue running it separately on a new mac mini (or similar)
My concerns are at the moment any problem with email locally can be solved pretty much without effecting the other server or the network.
Thanks

The basic setup is prety simple...
Replace following with your own equivalents...
Domain name: woopee.com (the domain name after the "@" in your emails)
Host name: mail.woopee.com (the hostname your MX record points to. Does not need to match server hostname. This will be the hostname mail server uses when communicating with other servers)
Local Host Aliases: woopee.com (a list of the domains you want to accept mail for. Probably just same as Domain name?)
Local network: 192.168.10.0/24 (LAN IP range for local users. Used to bypass authentication when they send mail out)
Server Admin-> Mail-> General...
Tick:Enable POP
Tick:Enable IMAP
Tick:Enable SMTP, Allow incoming mail, Enter Domain name & Host name (from above).
Mail-> Relay
Tick: Accept SMTP relays... Enter localhost IP: 127.0.0.1/32 and Local network (from above).
Tick: Use these junk mail rejection servers. Add: zen.spamhaus.org
Mail->Filters
Tick: scan for junk mail. Minimum score: 5 (can be reduced later)
Junk mail should be: Delivered (will just tag and forward to recipient)
Tick: Attach subject tag: * Junkmail *
Tick: Scan email for viruses
Infected messages should be: Deleted
Tick: update junk mail & virus database: 1 time per day
Mail->Advanced->Security
SMTP: none (this prevents smtp authentication from anyone outside your Local network)
IMAP: Tick: Clear, Plain, Cram-md5 (or leave all unticked if only using pop accounts)
POP: Tick: APOP
Mail->Advanced->Hosting
Local Host Aliases: Add: localhost & woopee.com (separate entries, see Local host aliases, above)
That's it (I think ...although I cannot guarantee I have not missed something). There will be no problem setting this up and seeing it going whilst still using the existing mail server. Set up client accounts to send and receive from new server and you can send mail around internally to test. Last thing would be to change your firewall port-forwarding for SMTP from existing server to new one.
Watch the mail.log in Console for any errors & do plenty tests.
Ensure users have mail enabled in Workgroup Manager.
There are plenty mods available beyond this. Have a good read through the mail services manual (I know its a bit confusing at times) and you should see where the above settings fit in.
Lots of stuff on the forum here which you can search for. Spam filtering in particular can be made far more effective but requires editing of the underlying unix configuration files - again, plenty of previous discussions about that on forum. Meantime, the zen.spamhaus.org RBL will filter out a great many spammers.
-david

New M5000 server - Can't get bge0 to work in the OS

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Hi all, I'm new to the forum
Have installed the above mentioned server running the x86 platform with Solaris 10 1/08 with broadcom ethernet adaptor cards.
My network connections are giving issues. bge0 and bge1both show physical activity and these are my configs
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lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
bge0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.170 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 0:11:25:22:1f:26
bge0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 10.0.0.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.255.255.255
ether 0:11:25:22:1f:27
My default router also exists
# vi /etc/defaultrouter
192.168.1.254
~
The hosts file
# vi /etc/hosts
::1          localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.170 hostname1      loghost
10.0.0.1      hostname1
~
~
And the device files
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hostname1
~
~
# vi /etc/hostname.bge1
hostname2
~
~
All these including restart procedures aren't working.
I dont seem to be able to get to other devices on the network yet the local TCP/IP stack behaves just OK. I can ping all the interfaces but cannot ping any device on the network.
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New Mini Server - Can't see volume to migrate from.

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After reading this...
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Can you swap existing drives into new MacPro tower?

I have an old MacPro silver tower with 1.3GHz processors in it and not a lot of RAM. My buddy has a slightly newer one that looks the same but with I think 2.6GHz processors and a lot more RAM. He said I could have his except for the hard drives because he got a new Mac, but I'm wondering, if he gives me his, can i just take all the drives out of mine and put them in his drive-less machine in the same slots they exist in in mine, and everything should work right? or does it not work like that

There never was a Mac Pro 1,1 or any other that had 1.3GHz (but it did have 1300MHz front side bus, with 2.0 - 2.66 - 3.0GHz processor)
About this Mac.... or system profile.
Yes you can use your drives though you probably need to use his drive bay sleds.
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SSD for new Mini Server?

Hi, guys!
First time poster here
I would like to know your opinion on the following:
I am planning to go for a new Mini Server and run it in pair with an external Thunderbolt RAID storage. All shared data will be stored on the external RAID, while the internal Mini's disk will be used for running OS, storing account data and running basic services like File Sharing, Print Sharing and VPN. The question is: will I benefit from replacing the default 7200 HDDs with an SSD?
Of course, the machine will start faster and generally run smoother, but I don't really care about that as I will hardly ever see its interface after the setup is done. I am interested in whether SSD will contribute to increasing speed when my users will access their data (stored on the external RAID)? The access chain is as follows: Client computer - LAN - Mini Server (with HDD or SSD) - Thunderbolt connection - RAID.
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Open the Terminal and paste or enter the following at the prompt:
diskutil list
Press RETURN. This will list for you the device information for your HDD. Here is an example of the output:
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Yosemite                119.2 GB   disk1s2
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You want what you see at the top left - /dev/diskn, where n is the integer number. Then enter or paste at the prompt:
sudo diskutil cs revert /dev/diskn ; replace the n with the integer number found above.
Press RETURN and enter your admin password when prompted. It will not echo to the screen, so be careful typing. Press RETURN again. Wait until it completes the process which is when the prompt returns.
Given the potential danger when using the Terminal in this way, please be sure you have first made a reliable backup. Better safe than sorry.

Export Approuved Update from old server WSUS to the new WSUS server

Hello,
I want to export all update approuved from one old WSUS server to one new WSUS server
Can you help me please ?
Best Regard

Hi,
>>I want to export all update approuved from one old WSUS server to one new WSUS server ?
There are three steps to exporting and then importing updates:
Make sure that the options for express installation files and update languages on the exporting server are compatible with the settings on the importing server. This ensures that you collect the updates you intend to distribute.
Copy updates from the file system of the export server to the file system of the import server.
Export update metadata from the database on the export server, and import it into the database on the import server. The last section explains how to import exported updates to a replica server
Here is the official solution:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720486(v=ws.10).aspx
Best Regards.
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Hello All, I finally got my new MacPro.

Hello All,
I finally got my new MacPro. Can I use Migration Assistant or Time Machine to transfer Adobe CC to the new Mac or must I re-download and re-install ? Everything is working fine. Thanks !
vollick

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Can an early 2008 MacPro be reconfigured as an effective video server for 2 27" 2013 iMacs plus a New MACPRO (to be released) and how would be the best way to do it.

We are a small eiting studio with an early 2008 MacPro (maxed out on ram) with a 4 Port SATA card, 2 27" 2013 iMac's, and we will be purchasing a new MACPRO once they're released. We work with Final Cut X primarily and would like to create a server solution to share media assets between the computers as well as insure our media assets are protected. Ultimately we see us moving toward an LTO tape backup solution for projects and we currently use the Acera 8 slot 32tb Raid for media storage. We use .DMG's to organize projects and we've had success networking the MacPro to one of the 27" iMac's and we can effectively mount projects off of the RAID on to both computers as long as the .DMG for that project isn't mounted on both computers. However we can really only run background processing (like rendering or inputing video) we can't really edit as it appears even with a CAT6 capabled connecting the two still isn't enough to be able to edit.
Ideally when the new macpro comes out we would like to explore the ability of turning the 2008 MacPro into our server and buy an attached storage solution but I'm unsure if this will work, what we would need to do to make it work efficiently (read fast), and what my limitations might be. Is it as easy as installing a new PCI 4port 1gigE card in the back and connecting our 2 27" Imacs and the to be purchased new MACPRO to that and insalling OS X Server?
Most of our projects are recurring and ongoing and require us to share our extensive library of live performances as well as insure its availibilty all the time without having to install the RAID set associated with those projects. We have about 80tb's of video we'd like to keep accessible.
Any help is appreciated and I would be glad to fill in any blanks if I left any.
Lastly, I might add that I'm not a fan of onebox solutions from the vendors, I believe that Apple has the products I need to do what I'm talking about and most 3rd party one-box solutions end up out-moded with in years of purchase.
Thanks,
Steve Wolfram
Elysian Post & Production, LLC

Gigabit Ethernet can be limiting for large file transfers, which usually segues into either 10 GbE NICs and/or (less desirably) link aggregation and/or an Xsan configuration with Fibre Channel SAN storage, if you really needed the I/O speed and scale.
If you're serving large volumes of data and it's the the server-to-host Gigabit Ethernet link that is the limit (as differentiated from the RAID array or related I/O link as the bottleneck), then you're left to either or both 10 GbE NICs and FC HBAs, whether via Thunderbolt HBA adapter or via FC HBA in a PCIe slot. (Thunderbolt is not an option on any current Mac Pro or Mac Pro Server I'm aware of. That'd be PCIe. Conversely, recent iMac systems have Thunderbolt and no PCIe. And there's no Thunderbolt to 10 GbE NIC listed by Apple.)
Discussions of the new Mac Pro are premature, beyond the information Apple has posted. (But I'd probably also wait a month or three after release of any new hardware and software, in any event.)

Can anyone help?? Another new MacPro thread....

Hi all.
Another person here having big issues with PP CC 2014 on the new MacPro..
A little background;
I've been having issues with PP for years. Previously I was a photographer, and Lightroom was my software of choice. That was a great Adobe experience, pretty faultless software really...
Then when I moved to video it was a different story... obviously it's a whole different ballgame dealing with video files, I've not had much luck with my editing workflow!
I was working off an underpowered PC first, then was on a few Macbook Pros. Eventually, I got the go ahead to get a new MacPro from my employer, I thought that would solve all my problems! How wrong I was!
Even after the apparent "fix" for the GPU issues, I'm still having problems...
I'm no Adobe basher....No one wants PP to work well more than me (Al Mooney got highly offended on Twitter after I suggested PP might be slightly less than perfect!)
I'm hoping I might get some tips to improve performance or even a fix for the issues I'm having.
Here's the gist of my specs, can give more if needed;
Yosemite 10.10.2 (14C109)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC
AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB
My main drive is a G RAID 8GB TB2
So,
My main issue is that when a sequence gets more complex, the performance dips massively, to the point where it's unusable and crashes constantly.
The timeline freezes, the playhead is laggy, the system gets really slow to respond in general..... Maybe 15 seconds for the keyboard to respond to keypresses. (or else I need to tap spacebar twice instead of once to get it to respond). If I try to make any change on the timeline that anything more than a simple delete etc, the system can freeze and I need to force quit.
Another symptom is that when quitting the program, often it doesn't quit properly and I need to force quit.
The sequences I'm working on don't seem that demanding (especially give the machine I have) so it's really confusing as to what the issue is.
We're talking videos usually in the 2 -5 minutes range. Maybe 4 video layers. Footage wise; generally 1080p XAVC from a Sony F5, some Canon 4K from a 1DC. Can PP really handle native footage, should I be transcoding??? One of the big benefits of PP is the apparent ability to handle native formats, so it's really disappointing if that's the issue....
I do use a reasonable amount of plugins, like Izotope for denoising dialogue, the dreaded Red Giant plugins, and occasionally Red Giant Denoiser (is this the root of my problems??!). My current project has two layers keyed interviews (2 angles) and I'm using Ultrakey for that. (I bought Red Giant Primatte Keyer, but my system isn't powerful enough to run it without major issues....ridiculous!!)
If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them. I've read other threads but my issue seems different. I can't rule out that I'm making some obvious mistake in my workflow either... so any general workflow best practise tips in that regard would be good too.
Sorry for the long thread and thanks for reading.

Hi healyb2,
Sorry you're experiencing this issue.
I think I've identified one of the issues, Izotope 4 Dialogue Denoiser.....
I've disabled it on an existing sequence and the crashes have stopped (for now).
Let us know if these issues crop up again. You can let us know directly here: http://adobe.ly/ReportBug
So, possibly (like Red Giant) Izotope plugins may not work usably in Premiere Pro....... which really grinds my gears......
Actually, we work hand in hand with plug-ins developers in the realm of compatibility. Some of these plug-ins companies are quite small so you have to pay close attention to precisely what is supported for the host application. In some cases, it takes some time to catch up to the latest versions.
why are Adobe not calling out the plugins as not usable? What about the plugin manufacturers themselves? I can't see this being a performance issue on my end...frustrating!
That's actually up to the plug-ins manufacturers. Please communicate with them accordingly regarding compatibility. Sorry for any confusion this may have brought about.
Thanks,
Kevin

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Hello!
I´ve bought Oracle 11g Standard Edition One 4 years ago, (Release 1 11.1.0.6.0 )
and installed on a Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
We ara planning migrate out BD to a new server with Windows Server 2012 (64-bits)
Can i install and use that Oracle version on the new server ?
or
Can i download and use the same version @ 64-bit with the licence i have with the 32-bit version?
or
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Hello, me again... (sorry for insist)
4 years ago, we purchased and use an Oracle 11g Standard Edition One Release 1 ( 11.1.0.6.0) @ 32 bits, and runs very good on a winsvr 2008 @32 bits.
I was told i can run Oracle without problems on a WinSvr 2008 @ 64bits
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On new MacPro with Microsoft Office. Two email accounts, same service provider and server, yet one email account is fine and the other dumped the entire server of 35,000 emails into inbox. Need to keep server load for business, but how can emulating server on one account be fixed?

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Deploying Jira using Weblogic 10.3 - Can't access new jira server

I was able to install WL 10.3, create a new domain named, 'atlassian', and add a new server to that domain named 'jira'. I add a datasource to 'jira' then deployed jira via a .war to the new server. By default the new domains AdminServer comes up and is accessable via port 7001/console, but the managed server, jira requied that I start nodemanger before it would allow me to start 'jira' sever. Now, jira sever, datasource and app are all running, but I can not access via URL.
The Jira Server is running on port 7011, but I get a 404 when attempting to connect to http:\\<myserver>:7011 or http:\\<myserver>:7011\jira. Any ideas here are appreciated since Jira is not certified on 10.3, they aren't much help.
Edited by: user9952700 on Mar 25, 2009 3:54 PM

Atlassian has pretty good user forums, you might be able to get additional help there:
http://forums.atlassian.com/forum.jspa?forumID=46
Does the deployment screen show it has "Running". What does the deployment screen for the app show its context root as?
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