Upgrade to Mac OS X Mountain Lion server

Hi folks,
I just bought the OS X Lion server for $49.99 and installed it on my Macbook Pro.
However when I upgraded to Mountain Lion, it no longer works, that's obvious.
So my question is that will get a free upgrad to Mountain Lion server or I need to buy the it which now @ $19.99?
Can anyone clarrify me?

Sorry but the Server that runs in 10.7 is incompatible with 10.8, it has an entirely different folder structure. If your Server purchase was recent you may want to ask about a free upgrade, but don't know what the procedure is. Good luck with that.

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Is upgrading to Mac OS X Mountain Lion applicable to other countries, like the Philippines?

Is free upgrading to Mac OS X Mountain Lion applicable to other countries, like the Philippines?

This is because you're looking at the wrong page, the US Apple web page, instead of the one for the Philippines:
You need to use this page, then click on the icon for the Philippines: http://www.apple.com/asia/osx/uptodate/

Upgrade to Mac OS X Mountain Lion

How do I upgrade from Mac OS X 10.4.11 to Mac OS X Mountain Lion?

As community member Ralph Landry observed:
"Yes, you will need to purchase the Mac OS X 10.6 DVD and install from that...then you can update on-line to 10.6.8 so you have the latest version. DVD set should be $30 (US)."
So, yes you can go straight to Snow Leopard from 10.4.11.
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I bought a mac mini with Lion pre-installed. If I upgrade my mac mini to Mountain Lion, am I free to install Lion on my older macbook using the mini license?

I currently have two macs. A 2008 macbook which is running Snow Leopard, can run Lion, and cannot run Mountain Lion. I also have a mac mini which came with Lion pre-installed. I plan on upgrading my mini to Mountain Lion when it's available. After I upgrade, it seems like I should be able to install Lion on my macbook using the license that came with my mini.
I have found many articles about making a DVD or bootable USB drive to recover, or install Lion onto other macs. So, I am not tied to the mac app store. And I am not worried about how to install Lion onto the macbook.
I have also read a few discussions about upgrading using pre-installed Lion license. From what I've read, if someone buys Lion through the app store, they can install it on all of their macs. But, if they have a machine the came with Lion pre-installed they can only use Lion on one machine. However it is unclear if that license can be transferred to another machine.
Another common answer that I have seen is, "Don't be cheap! Just buy Lion throught the app store." This is not about money, I'm interested in the technical challange, and the leagal question.
Does anyone have experience with this, or opinions?

If your machine came with Lion preinstalled, you cannot use it on another machine. It is tied to the machine it came with. You are allowed to make a one time transfer of the OS when you sell the machine as long as it remains with that machine.
If you purchase Lion from the app store, you are free to install it on as many Macs as you own - however, if/when you sell one of those Macs, you are required to uninstall Lion as the license is not transferable and you need to reinstall the original OS.
You can read the SLA for yourself - the link to the downloads to all licenses is here:
http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/

I upgraded my mac software to mountain lion and lost my iPhoto and all my photos in it!

I stupidly updated my software om my macboook pro to be able to set up icloud.
Now it says I can no longer access Iphoto (so ALL of my photos are suddenly gone!!??!!)
I read that people are just down;loading iphoto again and can access all their old stuff so
I've downloaded iPhoto from the appstore and now have a pop up saying:
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I'm scared to hit 'upgrade' and not be able to access my old photos...
HELP please????

Yes when you go to a new version of iPhoto you must upgrade your library and older versions will no longer be able to access the library
The only way to avoid losing your photos sooner or later is a good, constant backup like Time Machine
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I now have the backup at home trying to upgrade it to Mountain Lion Server. I have downloaded and installed Mountain Lion as well as the Server App version 2.2. I basically followed the simple directions found in the Apple documentation.
I started the server app and it got to the part where it said "Upgrading services". After running for a few minutes, I get a window that states "An error occurred while configuring your server." It also sayd "The following actions failed or were not attempted:" with a red dot next to "Upgrading services". The other three items: "Authenticating to local directory", "Reading directory configuration" and "Authenticating to local directory services" have gray dots so I'm sure they were not even attempted.
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Hi,
I checked a lot of VPN threads here today, but I wasn't able to find a solution for my problem just now. I try to connect by VPN to my Mountain Lion Server, but I get an error message that the VPN server is not responding. I get this message from iPhone and Mac. The Mountain Lion Server is a new installation, no upgrade from an older server.
Some informations on my setup:
I installed the server with a hostname like myserver.mycompany.com and option 3 (internet access), as I want to use it for email at a later stage. All services are working fine (except VPN). DNS is active, but basically it only contains the adress myserver.mycompany.com and forwards everything else to our router.
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When I try to connect with I client from outside I try to connect using L2TP via vpn.mycompany.com using the shared secred and user-id and password. The user-id is created in OS X Mountain Lion server and is configured to use VPN service. When trying to connect I get the error message "L2TP-VPN server is not repsonding...".
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Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IPSec Phase1 started (Initiated by peer).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 1).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 2).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 3).
Oct 10 20:21:45 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 4).
Oct 10 20:21:48 myserver.mycompany.com racoon[13873]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
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Oct 10 20:22:06 myserver.mycompany.com com.apple.SecurityServer[17]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.privilege.admin' by client '/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.apple.serverd' [1716] for authorization created by '/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/ServerEventAgent' [2967] (100000,0)
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Solved, first of all we tested to establish the VPN connection locally by adding the ip address of the server to /etc/hosts for vpn.mycompany.com. The VPN connected without problems then, so it was clear that it is a firewall/router problem, and not a server problem.
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Update to Mountain Lion Server kills Time Machine Backups

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MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion
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I cannot upgrade lion server to mountain lion server. i get an message that Server can't be installed on "Server HD" because Mac OS X version 10.8 or later is required.

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I recently (4 days ago) bought a Mac mini server with 10.7 lion; will I qualify for a free upgrade to Mountain Lion Server?

How has Apple honoured buyers of other releases of OS X immediately before a new version was announced?

omnomnomz wrote:
How has Apple honoured buyers of other releases of OS X immediately before a new version was announced?
I recently (4 days ago) bought a Mac mini server with 10.7 lion; will I qualify for a free upgrade to Mountain Lion Server?
Mtn Lion not due out until the Summer, so no, you will not get a free upgrade.

Will Mountain Lion Server be slower that Lion Server on my 2009 Mac Mini?

I have a 2009 Mac Mini running Lion Server. Specs are: 2.0 GHz 8 GB ram.
As always, I'm wanting to reap the benefits of the latest OS without upgrading my hardware. I know mirroring won't be supported, but who cares about that on a server.
Does anybody have Mountain Lion on a similar setup?

We've found Mountain Lion Server to run just as fast as Lion. MLS boots a bit slower on our Mac minis, but it's
neglegable.
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Upgrading to Mountain Lion server and all services breaks down...

Hi!
I have, after endless hours of scanning logs and .plist and other files' content and permission settings found why Mountain Lion Server.app in some cases doesn't seem to be able to take control over all service, stating it can't read or write its own setting files etc.
As a Swede I of course run a system set in the Swedish language. Mountain Lion can't upgrade a Swedish system, only fore languages are accepted !!!
See Migration Logs!
//Excerpt from the Mail Migration log:
Begin Mail Migration: Thu Aug 2 19:34:24 2012
purge: 0
sourceRoot: /Library/Server/Previous
sourceType: System
sourceVersion: 10.7.4
targetRoot: /
language: sv
Did not supply a valid language for the --language parameter, needs to be one of [en | fr | de | ja]
As you can see, it can only upgrade in English, French, German and Japanese system language. With no inital warnings the system crashes and causes a true mess half the way through its installation when you start Server.app.
Solution:
Throw Server.app in the trash or move it outside the Application folder, to force the computer to realized "its not a server". It can take half a minute or so for the system to realize it is no longer a server. You will see a sign.
Change the language setting to English in your system preferences and restart your computer. Move back Server.app from the trash (or where you put it) and start Server.app, thereby initiating a new Servers installation. I was happy to find that all mail accounts etc was found again. I thought for several hours they where lost.
The various sites hosted by the server did however not appear in their correct new location (when I tryed this). I had to manually move them from the "Previous" folder in /Library/Server/Previous/Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/ to /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/
I hope this helps anyone out there....
Cheers!
Stefan

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1strail wrote:
Of course now I have a red badge on the App Store that is asking me to update the Epson driver. I wonder if that will blow out the TWAIN driver. It's epson14333.dmg.
No. Your TWAIN drivers are separate than the Image Capture Device drivers that would be installed by the printer driver update.
Also, no way of getting rid of the badge notification in system preferences. App store is not listed.
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