Using PM 400 gigabit as file server

Does it make any sense to use the PM 400Mhz Gigabit ethernet as a network file server (by adding a SATA card and drives) or am I better off buying an external firewire hard drive?
I'm looking mainly for speedy backups, but having an OSX file server in the office would be nice.
Also, could I trick this mac into booting Leopard?

no one ever answered, so mac gone out the door.

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Query about using Office 365 as a file server

Hey,
At my workplace we are looking to change our method of storing files, as it stands we have an old machine which we connect to via the LAN.
As we have expanded, other people need access to this from afar and we have looked at Office 365 Education, my understanding is that everyone gets 25gb on their own local area. How would we go about getting 100-200 GB of space on a standalone area.
E.G a virtual server which everyone can access, as an admin can I restrict who views which directories?
My understanding is that I would need to make a user account called "Company Server" and share the folders via SkyDrive and only upgrade that account?
Thanks again

The storage for OneDrive for Business (SkyDrive Pro) is now 1TB for each user. OneDrive for Business is a good place for storing users' working files, the kinds of files you'd typically find in user home directories.
You can use Office 365 like a file server through the use of mapped network drives. Here's how to set one up support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2616712. You can also script the network drive setup process with Powershell. Check
http://www.lieben.nu/numb3rs/?page_id=129 and
http://office365drivemap.codeplex.com/
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Using Windows 7 as a file server:

Hello All,
I am pretty new to networking, and have no experience with Mac Server, but a little bit with Windows server. I have a Windows PC at home, that I am using as a file server for my mac and other PC's. I have been able to get everything to see each other and talk to each other successfully, however, there is one item that is bothering me.
In my Login Options, the Network Account Server says it's not responding.
Although I can view and save files on my network shares I don't understand why I get this status message.
Thanks in advance.

Hiya.
Well, you've posted in the 10.6 Server forum and your question doesn't apply to Mac OS X server at all.
In terms of the Directory Server setting you're seeing, leave it be
There's no need for doing anything there.
That is intended for binding to a directory service which your Windows 7 machine is NOT running.
There's no Active Directory service running on your Win 7 machine, and without it (AD as Microsoft's directory service), you're not going to bind your Mac OS X workstation to it.
You might enjoy reading about the following, which are services and setup(s) that do not apply and are not available with the versions of Windows and Mac OS X that you're using:
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/documentation.html
In particular,
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/OpenDirectory_Adminv10.6.pdf
and
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/UserManagementv10.6.pdf

Using Time Capsule as a File Server

In my current set-up, I need to use my 3TB Time Capsule as a router, time machine destination for a couple of Macs and as file server (about 1TB in size).
The file server files will not be on any of the Macs so need to be backed up separately to a 1TB USB drive.
Apple has confirmed that the TC can be partitioned easily and, although unsupported, you can use third party apps to back up the file server to an external drive.
Does anyone have any real experience of doing this?
I have the option to us e a different router and to sort the time machine back-ups without needing the TC which means the TC would be used only as a file server. Would you recommend another product to the TC if you only needed a home file server?
Any help much appreciated!

To answer your question, yes but I would not use two Time Capsules. Just purchase one Time Capsule and then one external hard drive (cheaper than a Time Capsule) and connect the hard drive to the Time Capsule via USB. You can use the Airport Utility to archive the contents of your Time Capsule to the external hard drive using the Archive feature (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1281).
In fact, it may be worth buying two external hard drives so you can keep one offsite in case of disaster, theft, etc. You then rotate the external hard drives weekly (or whatever you choose) so you always have a current backup offsite.

Using MS Access from a file server

i have a ms access db that i'd like to read from using jdbc. It is on a network file server. Can i read from it from a jsp on a separate weblogic box without having a dsn to the DB? ie using some kind of a file path in the connection address instead of a url?

Below is an example using a DSN-less connection. It uses a database on the local drive but could just as easily use a file on a network share.
<%@page import=java.sql.* %>
<%
// Establish connection to database
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection con= DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:odbc:DRIVER=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb);DBQ="
+ "c:\\blazix\\webfiles\\livedb\\livedb.mdb");
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String strSQL = "Select * from tblData";
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(strSQL);
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rs.next();

Hyper-V 2012 High Availability using Windows Server 2012 File Server Storage

Hi Guys,
Need your expertise regarding hyper-v high availability. We setup 2 hyper-v 2012 host in our infra for our domain consolidation project. Unfortunately, we don't have hardware storage that is said to be a requirement that we can use to create a failover cluster
for hyper-v host to implement HA. Here's the setup:
Host1
HP Proliant L380 G7
Windows Server 2012 Std
Hyper-V role, Failover Cluster Manager and File and Storage Services installed
Host2
Dell PowerEdge 2950
Windows Server 2012 Std
Hyper-V role, Failover Cluster Manager and File and Storage Services installed
Storage
Dell PowerEdge 6800
Windows Server 2012 Std
File and Storage Services installed
I'm able to configure the new feature about Shared Nothing Live Migration - i'm able to move VM's back and fort between my hosts without storage. But this is planned and proactive approach. My concern is to have my hyper-v host to become highly available in
the event of system failure. If my host1 dies, the VMs should go/move to host2 and vice versa. In setting this up, i believe i need to enable the failover clustering between my hyper-v hosts which i already did but upon validation, it says "No disks
were found on which to perform cluster validation tests." Is it possible to cluster it using just a regular windows file server? I've read about SMB 3.0 and i've configured it as well i'm able to save VMs on my file server, but i don't think that my hyper-v
hosts are already highly available.
Any feedback and suggestions or recommendation is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hi Guys,
Need your expertise regarding hyper-v high availability. We setup 2 hyper-v 2012 host in our infra for our domain consolidation project. Unfortunately, we don't have hardware storage that is said to be a requirement that we can use to create a failover cluster
for hyper-v host to implement HA. Here's the setup:
Host1
HP Proliant L380 G7
Windows Server 2012 Std
Hyper-V role, Failover Cluster Manager and File and Storage Services installed
Host2
Dell PowerEdge 2950
Windows Server 2012 Std
Hyper-V role, Failover Cluster Manager and File and Storage Services installed
Storage
Dell PowerEdge 6800
Windows Server 2012 Std
File and Storage Services installed
I'm able to configure the new feature about Shared Nothing Live Migration - i'm able to move VM's back and fort between my hosts without storage. But this is planned and proactive approach. My concern is to have my hyper-v host to become highly available in
the event of system failure. If my host1 dies, the VMs should go/move to host2 and vice versa. In setting this up, i believe i need to enable the failover clustering between my hyper-v hosts which i already did but upon validation, it says "No disks were
found on which to perform cluster validation tests." Is it possible to cluster it using just a regular windows file server? I've read about SMB 3.0 and i've configured it as well i'm able to save VMs on my file server, but i don't think that my hyper-v hosts
are already highly available.
Any feedback and suggestions or recommendation is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Your shared storage is a single point of failure with this scenario so I would not consider the whole setup as a production configuration... Also setup is both slow (all I/O is travelling down the wire to storage server, running VMs from DAS is ages faster)
and expensive (third server + extra Windows license). I would think twice about what you do and either deploy a built-in VM replication technologies (Hyper-V Replica) and apps built-in clustering features that does not require shared storage (SQL Server and
Database Mirroring for example, BTW what workload do you run?) or use some third-party software creating fault tolerant shared storage from DAS or investing into physical shared storage hardware (HA one of course).
Hi VR38DETT,
Thanks for responding. The hosts will cater a domain controller (on each host), Web filtering software (Websense), Anti-Virus (McAfee ePO), WSUS and an Auditserver as of the moment. Is the Hyper-V Replica somewhat give "high availability" to VMs or Hyper-V
hosts? Also, is the cluster required in order to implement it? Haven't tried that but worth a try.

Auditing file server setup issues - nfs permissions

I have half-dozen Solaris 10 workstations requiring Solaris Auditing enabled and audit files saved. I used a spare Solaris 10 system with 2-72GB disks and formatted 2nd disk for entired 72GB. I shared out the 72GB partition on this system and modified /etc/security/audit_control on a test Solaris 10 W/S to use the shared-out partition on Audit file server as primary audit directory. Following directions in Solaris 10 Admin Gde I chmod -R 750 the mount pt using the 72GB partition before sharing out the partition. However, all client W/S's that I enable Auditing would not use the 72GB partition on file server until I went back and chmod 777 the partition and rebooting file server. Also, on any client that I have enabled Auditng to use nfs-mounted 72GB partion on file server I cannot as a non-root user issue a "df -k" command without getting error:
df: cannot statvfs /var/audit/fmaud.1/files: Permission denied
Is this normal or did I miss a chmod step or two in setting up Audit clients and/or Audit file server?

The roundcube db schema needs to setup manually. See /usr/share/webapps/roundcube/INSTALL
Also, from your /etc/webapps/postfixadmin/config.inc.php:
$CONF['domain_path'] = 'NO';
$CONF['domain_in_mailbox'] = 'YES';
$CONF['maildir_name_hook'] = 'NO';
..which results in /var/mail/vmail/[email protected]
From your dovecot.conf
mail_home = /var/mail/vmail/%d/%u
...which results in /var/mail/vmail/domain.com/user
That doesn't fit together.

Store Print & File Server on iPlanet Directory Server?

I've a NT 4.0 server which I'm using as both a Print & File Server. Would I be able to use iPlanet Directory Server to do the same thing?
If I can, please explain how? or direct me to where I can know how?
If it can't be done, is there any other way(s) I can do it?
Thanks!

I don't understand. iDS is not a file and print server, it is a user data and user authentication server. Do you want to use iDS for your user authentication for file and print services instead of NT 4 domains? I don't think this is possible. What is possible is using iDS as your primary data store, and using iPlanet Meta Directory to sync changes from iDS to the NT 4 domain.

Migrate User Profile Disks to new File Server

I'm looking for some guidance/best practice/advice on moving my user profile disk share. My goal is simple enough, we have a share with UPDs on a stand-alone file server. I'm in the process of configuring a scale-out file server and would like to migrate
my UPD share to that cluster once it is running smoothly. I'm running a 2012 R2 RDS farm. Is the process as simple as changing the UNC path in Server Manager and migrating the data? If so, should I copy the data then change the UNC path or the other way around?
On a related note, is there any problems of hosting the UPD share on DFS? I'm not necessarily looking to replicate the share, but it would ease a similar migration in the future if necessary as I could replicate it or use the DFS migration toolkit without
needing to alter the UNC path in the farm as the client facing path wouldn't change. Just an idea I'm toying with and would love some feedback.

I would think in a simple/flat scenario, you change the UNC path and the wizard will automatically setup the share on the target folder with the correct root permissions
then you can do a robocopy.exe /mir to move the individual UPDs over while retaining their unique permissions for each user
regarding scale out file server, you actually can't use SoFS for just a general file share workload and SoFS + DFS combination also has limited capabilities
for now, SoFS is only compatible with clustered Hyper-V, IIS, VMM and SQL workloads
you can use the old fashion clustered file server role with SMB 3.0 for the UPDs however, as 2012 now allows for proper clustered share aliases that allows you to natively use a virtual name under a clustered file share option which works nicely in your
case
setting up DFS with the above scenario seems to be supported although I haven't done it before
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831349.aspx

Mac as a file server for windows -- mounting a mac disk at windows startup

Is there any way to use the Mac as a file server for a windows XP home service pack 1 system?
The best I can do is "mount disk at login". However, this fails to use the right username/password, and even then it fails to deal with programs that run outside of a user context, or with fast user switching (it seems every program gets a different set of drive letters to remote volume mappings).
Mac Mini 1.42 1G Mac OS X (10.4.3)

And this is my problem.
In windows terms:
I want to assign a drive letter to a network drive, and have that be a machine-wide assignment, that is activated during bootup, and is visible to all users and services.
I can do that for an arbitrary partition that is physically attached to the machine.
I cannot seem to do that for any partition that is mounted over the network.
The problems are:
1. It doesn't map for every user,
2. It doesn't map for services that run when a user isn't logged in
3. It generates annoying inconsistencies in what programs see what.
Is there really no way for an XP box to use a file server? Even a microsoft file server? (if there is, how do I make my mac os with samba look like a real microsoft file server).
Annoying tidbit: The "conncet at login" information is stored in the user profile; if you rely on that, then the user profile cannot be stored with the rest of the user's personal files. If it weren't for that, I could probably live with a work around.
(2 to 1 someone will say "Xp Professional can do that trivially" and tell me to upgrade. I thought XP home was supposed to support home and small office networking, and I thought that included a single shared file server.)
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Newbie XServe Question - File Server

Hi,
I recently purchased XServe. I will be using it mostly as a file server for my Macs in our LAN. It is working fine for this service. Is there some way to safely access these same user files remotely via the internet while on the road ?
Could someone point me in the direction to find a solution for doing this ?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Art.

Tod, thank you for your answer.
My XServe will have a fixed private IP 192.168.0.11 and will be behind a Linux firewall that has two NICs (one public to the internet and one private to our LAN). I have complete access to this firewall so port forwarding should not be a problem. A few questions:
1. What ports do I have to forward to my XServe's IP in order to have multiple users access their files ?
2. What software should my remote users have for this remote access on their Mac Laptops ?
3. What service should I activate in the XServe to grant access to these remote users ?
4. Where can I find documentation on how to do this on the Server Side ? On the client side ?
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
Art.

Time Capsule as file server, backed up to external drive

Hello.
Is it possible to use Time Capsule as a file server, and have it back up to an external hard drive plugged into the USB port? There will actually be two external drives, one plugged in, and the other stored off-site. They'll be switched every week or so.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

It isn't designed for what you want.
Yes, you can do it, but the problem is the TC has no internal backup mechanism except to archive the entire disk to the USB drive.. it takes many hours as it is extremely slow. It is also manual and will require the TC to do nothing else for up to a day .. or more once you get up to 2TB or larger.
The only other way to do it, is to use some sort of backup software on the computer.. that will incrementally backup the TC.. but actually changes in the sparse bundles if you are using them for backups will take a long time as I doubt the software will be able to see inside and just backup the changes. If the USB drive is plugged into the TC it will still be copied across the network and then back again to the TC.. so that is pointless, and slow as molasses in Jan. (in northern hemisphere). You may as well plug the usb drive in the computer and run the backup there. Then you think.. why am I doing that. I should just backup straight to the usb drive plugged into the computer.. so you see, it is not ideal. Doable.. not can you be bothered and what happens if you forget.
IMHO the very definition of a NAS is a device that
1. Creates a mirror of the files stored.
2. Has some easy backup method to a drive plugged into the NAS, that uses rsync or some simple automated way to keep the backup in sync with the storage.. without human intervention.. because humans are feeble and fragile and forget.
The TC is a backup device designed for Time Machine and particularly for laptops, where plugging in a hard disk is messy, and ugly. And people want to do it automatically over wireless. In the end, TC is a router (it is identical to the Airport Extreme of the time.. minus antenna placement) with a hard disk hanging off it.

Firewall enabled on 10.4 Server, no connection to file server

As soon I enabled Firewall on 10.4 Server admin, the connection is lost to my file server on my MacMini
PowerMac G5, 10.411 Server.
Anybody an answer?

Have you used Server Admin.app to verify that the AFP port (TCP 548) is open on your AFP file server, as well as also opening the other ports that the client systems are using on your server? If you're using CIFS/SMB or other file-serving protocols, you'll want to verify the corresponding ports are open, too.

G5 to use as file server?

I have an old G5 1.8DP that I want to set up in the office as a file server. I also have a Netgear ReadyNas box that I use as for RAID storage for my archive, plugged into my LAN via a Netgear gigabit switch.
Problem is that the ReadyNas has permission problems which prevent use file sharing. Could I use the G5 as a sharepoint on my network so the other 4 Macs on the LAN can connect? If so, how would it need to be configured
The G5 is running 10.5, wasn't sure if I would need server software to do this.
Also, would it be possible to use the G5 as a Time Machine back-up for the other Macs?
Lat question, could the G5 be used for office tasks if it is used a file server? Currently it's a spare machine used in emergencies.
Any help much appreciated, my networking knowledge is pretty patchy!

What I'm unsure of is how do I specify a central shared location and have that automounted on each machine on the network
That's why I added the clause about it depending on your current network setup.
If you have a series of standalone machines then that's fine, but the file server will need to have an account for each user in order for everyone to log in independently and that's where it starts to get sticky. Without a central directory users will have two accounts - one on their own machine and one on the server. You now start to get into problems with passwords (although the accounts may have the same name, users will (or could) have different passwords on the server from their local machine, and changing one does not change the other.
With a central directory each user has one account across the network, which radically simplifies file sharing, automount, etc.
What I'm unsure of is how do I specify a central shared location and have that automounted on each machine on the network?
Well, the automounting is easy once the file server is setup - just mount it once and drag the icon to System Preferences -> Accounts -> (your account) -> Login Items.
Am thinking that it may be worth my while buying OSX 10.6 server (if that will run on a PPC machine?).
10.6 is decidedly Intel-only, so it won't run on your G5. It may be possible to pick up a copy of 10.5 server, though.
You will also need Mac OS X Server if you have more than 10 clients in your network (Mac OS X client's filesharing is limited to 10 clients), but at that point you should consider that a brand new Mac Mini Server costs as much as the unlimited client Mac OS X Server 10.5 software...
It would be really handy to set a TM back-up routine for all networked machines using the G5 rather than buying another NAS box, as the G5 has a spare drive bay.
Using the server for Time Machine requires Mac OS X Server - Mac OS X client can't do that.

Slow applications start from win 2012 file server using win 7 workstations

I hope someone can help me with why applications are slow to load i have replaced a 8 year old server running win 2003 and replaced it with dell t620 running win 2012 r2 it is like 20 times faster but it is slower than the old server. the office has
7 win 7 x64 machines all our applications are running from win 2012 file server. The server is set up as following the server runs with two hyper-v machines one machine runs ad, file server, dhcp, dns and printer server and the other is domino server and remote
desktop.
the machine is more than capable but it is not so i started reading after i run out of ideas. i looked every where but the issue is with the server after trying everything else i did a simple test If i go to the application folder and click on it apps load
instantly if i then type a unc path it takes from instant load to 3 and a bit seconds the same as the workstations. The same speed if I use ip address.
network cards are intel
i would really appreciate if somebody has suggestions that i could try
thank you

Hi,
Do you mean that applications in the application folder start slowly when you access the application folder on the Windows 2012 R2 file server from Windows 7 workstations using UNC path or IP address. Do all the files in the application folder have the same
issue? Please create a shared folder on the file server, then access the shared folder from Windows 7 workstations to check if the issue still exists.
You could disable SMBv3 on server 2012 to check if the issue related to SMB protocol.
How to enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2696547/en-us
Warning: We do not recommend that you disable SMBv2 or SMBv3. Disable SMBv2 or SMBv3 only as a temporary troubleshooting measure. Do not leave SMBv2 or SMBv3 disabled.
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