New Server Deployment

Hi all,
First time posting on the forums. Sorry if I get the etiquette wrong.
I have a couple of questions to pose about deploying a server for the first time.
The organisation I have moved in to are not very good with their IT. They have no server, and they are running their computers as if it were a home network and sharing everything through Home Group.
I am planning a server deployment for them and needed to clear a couple of things up before hand.
1. They are all interconnected via WiFi and Netgear access points across the buildings on site. Is this going to pose a problem with a server deployment. IE: If I use the server for DNS and DHCP, would I just need to assign static IP's to the devices from
the server.
2. Is it a good idea to even allow the server to do the DNS and DHCP?
3. They are so IT helpless that they have Windows 7 Pro on several computers using the one license (I am in the process of purchasing proper licensed versions for each computer - just takes time to get them to shell out the money). Is this going to pose
a problem for client access to the server or will they all still be able to connect and access server resources?
4. Do you have any recommendations for good security software?
5. Am I able to schedule a backup to a NAS drive from within the server?
Sorry for all the questions.
I have never had to deploy a server and never worked in an environment so badly managed before.
Thanks in advance.
Chris

Hi
If you have a server i would install Server 2012 or 2008 R2 depending on the licenses you have and then let that be your active directory server as well as DNS and DHCP.
Let your wireless just be a hop for machines but give the wireless a static ip.
Make sure all your machines have a good Anti-virus installed as well as your server.
Yes you will be able to backup to a NAS. What software do you want to use? if you go server you can use windows server.

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SAP's response to the original set of questions posted here:
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....1.Number of server nodes depends upon the CPU speed.J2EE Engine
can support upto 21 server nodes in a intance.
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the server node from the DB....
=====================
To which I replied:
=====================
.....2. I thought when you did the initial 'Add Server' it was supposed to
create a duplicate Server process. But, when I check the directory
structures of the newly created Server processes, they aren't anywhere
close to being the same as the original Server0 process. For example,
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this wasn't transferred/copied to the new Server1 or Server2. The same
was true for other customizations. Also, when looking at the structure,
Server0 has approx 80,000 files and 15,000 sub-folders. When looking at
the new Server1 & Server2, they are both different in size in both
files and folders in respect to each other and compared to Server0.
Shouldn't they all be the same?"
You replied:
"2.When you create the "New Server"its not the dublicate server.
Its a new server.You can not copy mising files from one server to other
J2EE engine syncronises the server nodes in the instance."
But, from actual experience, it does NOT synchronize the nodes, rather
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& folders are synchronized. True or False?
-No custom files/folders are synnchronized. True or False?
-Custom values, whether part of standard SAP deliverables or custom
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The reason I'm asking such specific questions is because of what we are
seeing. I'll use the same example from before. We modified the
index.html file for the Portal in Server0. When we added the new
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default index.html file was created for the new server nodes. That is
an example at the file level. Here is an example from a configuration
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server specified in TREX service properties. When the new server nodes
were created, this setting was NOT transferred. Therefore, TREX didn't
work until I specifically went back into VA and added the TREX settings
to the new server nodes. This is a major problem and opens up three
more questions:
1.How do we know what settings were transferred vs. those that weren't
transferred?
2.Also, if you can't copy missing files/folders from one server to
another, then how are we supposed to get those files/folders into the
new server(s)?
3. Is there a way to do a comparison between the server nodes to see
what settings are missing?.....
=====================
SAP's reply:
=====================
.....-When a new server process is added, ONLY standard SAP delivered files
& folders are synchronized. True or False? TRUE
-No custom files/folders are synnchronized. True or False? TRUE
-Custom values, whether part of standard SAP deliverables or custom
deliverables, are NOT synchronized. True or False? TRUE
-Each server node needs to be configured independently. True or False?
YES.
If any new server node is added,J2EE Engine syncronises the information
at the time of next restart......
======================
My Reply:
======================
.....1.How do we know what settings were transferred vs. those that weren't
transferred?
2.Also, if you can't copy missing files/folders from one server to
another, then how are we supposed to get those files/folders into the
new server(s)?
3. Is there a way to do a comparison between the server nodes to see
what settings are missing?.....
======================
SAP's Reply:
======================
.....1.How do we know what settings were transferred vs. those that weren't
transferred?
NO there is no way.
2.Also, if you can't copy missing files/folders from one server to
another, then how are we supposed to get those files/folders into the
new server(s)?
You need to deploy the appliactions again on the new server.
3. Is there a way to do a comparison between the server nodes to see
what settings are missing?
No there is no way......
======================
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Portal server deployment best practices

anyone out there knows what is the right way to deply portal server into production environment instead of manually copying all the folders and run the nessarily commands? Is there a better way to deploy portal server? Any best practices that i should follow for deploying portal server?

From the above what I understood is you would like to transfer your existing portal server configuration to the new one. I don't think there is an easy method to do it.
One way You can do is by taking the "ldif " back up from the existing portal server.
For that first you have to install the portal server in the new box and then take back up of existing portal server using
# /opt/netscape/directory4/slapd-<host>/ldif2db /tmp/profile.ldif
edit the "/tmp/profile.ldif " file and modify <hostname> and <Domain name> with the new system values.
copy this file to the new server using
# /opt/netscape/directory4/slapd-<host>/ldif2db -i /tmp/backdb.ldif
and also copy the file "slapd.user_at.conf " under /opt/netscape/directory4/slapd-<hostname>/config to the new system.
Restarting the server makes you to access the portal server with the confguration of the old one.

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