Server is setup, now what?

As I posted last week I am in the throes of transition from 2 stand-alone edit stations to 3 clients and Final Cut Server. My server is a Mac Pro xenon Tower that I have put a 120G SSD drive into the empty optical bay to be the boot/app drive running Snow Leopard, FCPServer, and FCP for ingest and occaisional FCP duties. The server has 4 2T drives in the internal bays setup as 2 Raid 1 storage devices, The clients are 27"iMacs on a gigabit ethernet network.
Now what do I do? I have the client software on the iMacs and can log in and see some assets. What I need to be enlightened on is the actual workflow. How do I start a "production"? How to I transfer existing FCP projects and the various elements into the server? How do I make them into a "production:? Where exactly do I put them? The amazing thing about this process is that there seems to be so much that is assumed by whoever wrote the documentation, and there is no info on how to actually USE the FCServer. If there is online documents about this I would appreciate any guidance. Thanks......

In more detail I guess I having a bit of a brain **** about the structure of FCPServer. The folders created for Library, Media etc. What goes there and how do I get it in? For example I have a bunch of video clips and stills that were provided by a client. How do I get them into the FCPS system?

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The installation process got as far as registering a message like, "Upgrading Services, failed". The only option was to click the Lion icon for reboot. That, I did, then I couldn't find the 10.7 Server Admin Tools, which I had to download separately. The "Open Directory" part of the Server Admin UI does not have the *expected* start/stop button and the service is stopped.
It would be nice to have a post-upgrade program to checklist what went well, what needs fixing with pointers to resources. It's possible none of my services programs got upgraded.
I got an email receipt with a link to "Report a Problem" which turns out to be mostly a hole for getting lost, but at least it got me here to present feedback.

goeres wrote:
But do we need all the blows and wristles?
Yes. Lion Server out of the box does not allow for complex custom configurations short of manually editing text configuration files, which is an ironic step backwards from SL Server considering Apple's commitment to ease-of-use GUIs.
Instead of improving the admin tools that were available with SL Server, they simply removed too many of them. That would suggest that they've given up on the market for business servers to focus on the market for toy servers for home use, which is a bit disconserting considering that Lion Server's security is also woefully lacking out of the box. It's hard to figure how any IT professional could take it seriously.
The Internet is a dangerous place to play with a server. Apple's quest to simplify OS X Server with Lion has resulted in a server package that is dangerously simplistic. If Lion Server becomes popular for home use, I expect to see a rapid expansion of botnets.

Lost 10.3 server OS disk, now what?

Hi all,
I just inherited an old G4 Server that had a 10.3 server OS on it (the OS license is taped onto the machine itself, so if I have the installer, I can get it registered/operational as we already have a license), along with about 20 eMacs and ibooks to run off of it. Unfortunately by the time I inherited it, the root drive was so badly corrupted (read: corrupted partition, catalog B-tree, volume info, everything.. very bad. major crash) I had to nuke the drive and temporarily install the standard Tiger OS on it, just to get it to boot, and backup the data drive.
I've looked everywhere, but the original installer disks for the 10.3 server OS is nowhere to be seen, and no one knows nothing. The computer lab is in such a mess sometimes I feel like I want to bury my head underground.. but that's another story.
I'm even afraid to call Apple to even ask if they would be willing to sell me a backup copy installer for such an old OS so I can get this server up and running again. Has anyone had this kind of issue (lost archaic OS, asking apple for a replacement disk)? if so, how much do they charge typically for idiocy such as this?
If the replacement disk is expensive, then I can try to beg the financial people to let me buy a 10.4 Server off eBay or something, but given the budget constraints, I'm looking for the cheapest possible solution to the problem...
the client computers are currently running off of another server until we figure this one out, but it'll be a matter of time before they boot us off...
Any word of wisdom is appreciated..

try calling apple support and see if they'll send you the media for 10.3 server. otherwise, find it used on amazon or elsewhere online. if you have a local apple rep. or reseller, that may be worth a shot, too.
10.3 server sort of sucked, though. if you can at least run 10.4 server on it, do so.
don't even try 10.5 server for anything but the lightest loads. depending on the specs, it may not even install on the g4 machine you have.

Set up Mac Mini Server, now what?

I helped someone set up a Mac Mini Server just out of the box.
turned on, connected directly to their router, put in all the new info to set up the mac mini and then looked at it....
So we read we need to create SERVER USERS, not users for a separate account on the mac mini, but server users. did that, or so we think we did...
one person who wants to run it is running 10.5.5 on is mac book, so I went to the iMac running 10.6 and went to sys prefs and connected to the server ... or so we think we did.
the green light is on but NOW WHAT?
the server doesn't show anyone connected.
but they can see the server on the side bar and when they connect to that, they have to use the password for the mac mini not their server password we created so they are not connected to it as a server they are connected as a hard drive, but the server admin software shows that NOW there is a user connected...
Am I missing something. how do you take advantage of the server software if you have to connect like you would to someone else's computer?
and then why create server users on the server if they are not connecting to it through that?
What are we missing?

I am not sure if this is exactly what the original poster was looking for, but perhaps I can try to clarify for him because I am coming from a similar place (and I think there might be a lot more of us now that server is a $50 add on, so a lot of novices setting up home or small business servers for the first time).
I think this problem might be worsened by the fact that though apple has done a decent job of explaining how to set things up in the server app itself, they seemed to have skipped over what you are supposed to do on your user computers that you are trying to connect with the server.
Anyway, I would like to start out with using server on my mac mini for file sharing and time machine backups (and then expand from there, once that is up and running), so I have gone through the setup of these in the server app: creating the user accounts, assigning them access to a couple of external HDs that I have attached to my Mac Mini, i tried to match the account names to the user accounts that are on the laptops that we are trying to wirelessly connect to the server, etc.
So my expectation is that then I would restart my computer, it would match up the username on the laptop with the username account on the server, i would login and then the file shares would automatically mount. Or, I could go into my Login options on my admin account of one of the laptops that I am trying to connect to the server and I could join it to the server. Both of these options seemed to be spelled out in the only explanation of what is supposed to happen from the user perspective, which was in the Snow Leopard documentation:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Mac_OSX_Server_v10.6_Getting_Started.pdf on pg 111 or so.
But neither of these routes are working for me, so I am wondering what I am doing wrong.
Jonathan

HT4972 i was trying to update my iphone 3gs ios but in iphone it is saying that iphone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavialable so now what should i do

i was trying to update my iphone 3gs ios but in iphone it is saying that iphone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavialable so now what should i do now plz help mee

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A friend of mine downloaded an app from the internet onto my iPod Touch 4 so I could play pokemon on my iPod, I deleted the app but now iTunes and the App Store won't open, they say that the certificate for this server is invalid. What should I do?

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When am trying to restore my iphone it says iphone cannot be activated because activation server cannot be reached what i need to do now?

when am trying to restore my iphone it says iphone cannot be activated because activation server cannot be reached what i need to do now?

The servers are getting slammed. Bunch of people trying to download iOS7 at the same time.
There is a chance activation servers might be down/slow for now. Just keep trying throughout the day. Some other forum users are experieincing similar things.
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\\SERVER\Clients\Setup\setup.exe with Windows Vista Error

I added the first Vista client to an SBS 2003, SP1 domain. Until now, all clients were WinXP, SP2. Office 2003 is installed on the XP clients, and the Vista client, which may not be pertinent to this problem.
As is normal, "\\SERVER\Clients\Setup\setup.exe /s SERVER" is executed when a user logs on to any domain client. On the Vista client, I always get the dialog -- regardless of the account privilege -- asking for permission to run Setup.exe. It is annoying. Occasionally, the Program Compatiblity Assistant will appear and advise there's a known compatiblity issue with Setup.exe. It points to KB article 926505 for resolution. The title of the KB is, "Windows Small Business Server 2003: Windows Vista and Outlook 2007 compatibility update."
When I run the SBS2003SP1-KB926505-X86-ENU.EXE fix, I get the error: "This update cannot be installed. Either it is already installed as part of an existing service pack, or it requires a more recent service pack. For more information, see the systems requirements on the download page."
I installed Windows Server 2003 SP2 and run the KB926505 fix, but I get the same error "This update cannot be installed. Either it is already installed as part of an existing service pack" After a reboot of te SBS server the same problem on the Vista client, I always get the dialog -- regardless of the account privilege -- asking for permission to run Setup.exe. It is annoying. Occasionally, the Program Compatiblity Assistant will appear and advise there's a known compatiblity issue with Setup.exe. It points to KB article 926505 for resolution.
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PNP,
You do not say whether if you accept the permission dialog whether the setup continues or not, but the short answer to the question revolves around UAC.
Remember that EVERY user (except the actual Administrator account) has only Standard user rights regardless of group. When a task that requires Admin rights is executed, one of three things will happen: 1) If you are THE Administrator, then your task will continue. 2) If you have Admin rights, you will be prompted that a process is trying to use elevated rights and ask for permission, or 3) If you are a Standard user, you will either be denied flatly or prompted to supply credentials. Which of these happen depend on GPO settings, but the default is to prompt.
In any event, I believe that this is what you are running into, and is one of the big feature improvements in Vista. Yes, it can be a bit annoying (Try deleting an "All Users" icon from the Start Menu!) but is there to place one more barrier between virus and malware writers and your OS.
If it's TOO annoying to bear, you can turn off UAC by going into your profile and disabling it. (It requires Admin rights, of course. ) It is not recommended as you do a very effective job or nutering the Vista Security Model by doing so.
If it, of course, your choice. we IT Admins have a lot more issues with this than the standard user, but for me, I gladly take the tradeoff because I worry a lot less about those few I HAVE to give Admin rights to.
Good luck!

Exchange Server 2013 setup / coexistance Exchange 2010

So started setting up Exchange 2013 and ran into a random issue regarding the OAB. Resolved by deleting/recreating the OAB in Exchange 2010.
My issue now is setup will not complete, just tells me an "Incomplete Installation Detected" starts to resume the installation. Upon "next" I receive just a hanging screen of "Setup Progress" which goes no where.
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0860] [0] **********************************************
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0876] [0] Starting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Setup
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0876] [0] **********************************************
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0876] [0] Local time zone: (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0876] [0] Operating system version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0.
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0876] [0] Setup version: 15.0.516.32.
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0876] [0] Logged on user: DOMAIN\Admin.
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0954] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='sourcedir', Value='F:\'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0954] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='mode', Value='Install'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:19.0969] [0] RuntimeAssembly was started with the following command: '/sourcedir:F: /mode:Install'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:20.0344] [0] The following roles are installed: BridgeheadRole ClientAccessRole MailboxRole UnifiedMessagingRole AdminToolsRole
[06/12/2014 20:05:21.0391] [0] Setup is choosing the domain controller to use
[06/12/2014 20:05:21.0595] [0] The MSExchangeADTopology has a persisted domain controller: DOMAIN CONTROLLER
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0485] [0] PrepareAD has been run, and has replicated to this domain controller; so setup will use DOMAIN CONTROLLER
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0485] [0] Setup is choosing a global catalog...
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0516] [0] Setup has chosen the global catalog server DOMAIN CONTROLLER.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0516] [0] Setup will use the domain controller 'DOMAIN CONTROLLER'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0516] [0] Setup will use the global catalog 'DOMAIN CONTROLLER'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0516] [0] Exchange configuration container for the organization is 'CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0532] [0] Exchange organization container for the organization is 'CN=DOMAIN,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0579] [0] Setup will search for an Exchange Server object for the local machine with name 'LOCALHOST'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0751] [0] Exchange Server object found : 'CN=LOCALHOST,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=DOMAIN,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0751] [0] The following roles have been unpacked: BridgeheadRole ClientAccessRole MailboxRole UnifiedMessagingRole FrontendTransportRole AdminToolsRole CafeRole
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0751] [0] The following datacenter roles are unpacked:
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0751] [0] The following roles are installed: BridgeheadRole ClientAccessRole MailboxRole UnifiedMessagingRole AdminToolsRole
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0766] [0] The local server has some Exchange files installed.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0798] [0] Server Name=LOCALHOST
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0829] [0] Setup will use the path 'F:\' for installing Exchange.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0829] [0] Setup will discover the installed roles from server object 'CN=LOCALHOST,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=DOMAIN,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0829] [0] 'BridgeheadRole' is installed on the server object.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0829] [0] 'ClientAccessRole' is installed on the server object.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0829] [0] 'MailboxRole' is installed on the server object.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0829] [0] 'UnifiedMessagingRole' is installed on the server object.
[06/12/2014 20:05:22.0845] [0] The installation mode is set to: 'Install'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0768] [0] An Exchange organization with name 'DOMAIN' was found in this forest.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0768] [0] Active Directory Initialization status : 'True'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0768] [0] Schema Update Required Status : 'False'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0768] [0] Organization Configuration Update Required Status : 'False'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0768] [0] Domain Configuration Update Required Status : 'False'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0768] [0] The locally installed version is 15.0.516.32.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0768] [0] Exchange Installation Directory : 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0830] [0] Applying default role selection state
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0877] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0877] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value DOMAIN-NAME.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0877] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0893] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 0 DataHandlers
[06/12/2014 20:05:44.0893] [0] RootDataHandler has 1 DataHandlers
[06/12/2014 20:05:45.0737] [0] Finished loading screen IncompleteInstallationDetectedPage.
[06/12/2014 20:05:48.0518] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[06/12/2014 20:05:48.0518] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value DOMAIN-NAME.
[06/12/2014 20:05:48.0518] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\'.
[06/12/2014 20:05:48.0518] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 0 DataHandlers
[06/12/2014 20:05:48.0518] [0] RootDataHandler has 1 DataHandlers
[06/12/2014 20:05:48.0737] [0] Finished loading screen SetupProgressPage.

Hi,
Let's try the following resolutions:
1. Check if the discovery SearchMailbox is present on Exchange 2010 when you run the Exchange 2013 Install.
2. Reinstall your Exchange 2013 server:
Open ADSIEDIT, CN=Configuration, DC=your domain ->CN=Services ->CN=Microsoft Exchange ->CN=First Organization ->CN=Administrative Groups ->Cn=Exchange Administrative Group ->CN=Servers ->CN=Server name
After remove the exchange server, please reinstall your exchange server to test the result.
Thanks,
Angela Shi
TechNet Community Support

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I am the proud owner of a mac mini lion server. The problem is in my playing around with getting a new product (like we all do) I came across the server I have done some research and I really like the idea of it and want to put it into good use. (the reason I got the server one was because of the better hard drive, before you ask why did I get it if I didn't know what the server bit is)
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what's wrong with the activation server? i just bought my ipad wifi celllular... and have a 3g cellular network connection... when i press the bottom to activate my ipad it says the activation server cannot be reached. what to do then?

Hey aries35,
I found the following that goes over troubleshooting the same issue for the iPhone. I know you have an iPad, but the steps should still apply:
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Try connecting to iTunes if you're unable to activate using Wi-Fi.
Restore the iPhone.
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via: iPhone: Troubleshooting activation issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424
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I'm trying to install photo stream on my vista PC and have gone to pictures but there is no photo stream option to turn on. Now what?

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I have a question regarding setting up a OracleAS Single Sign-On Server in a cluster mode along with a Apache Proxy Server.
Step1 - I'm planning to install OracleAS Single Sign-On Server on two nodes sso1.oracle.com and sso2.oracle.com in a Cluster. Both the nodes in the cluster accesed via Load balancer i.e sso.oracle.com.
Step2 - Then I'm planning to setup two Apache Servers as Proxy Server i.e apache1.oracle.com and apache2.oracle.com. These two apache servers are accessed via Load balancer i.e apache.oracle.com
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1)while setting up OracleAS Single Sign-On cluster I would provide Load balancer host i.e sso.oracle.com as part of the install. So that all the user requests coming to sso1.oracle.com/sso2.oracle.com get redirected back to Load balancer.
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I have above setup working fine in DEV environment, where there is only one sso server and one apache proxy server. Problem really comes when I go for setting OSSO server as a cluster in this case I have to redirect to load balancer as well as proxy server?

why not using webcacheclustering between the apache and the 2 sso's?

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