Xserve as file server

Hey guys,
We're considering putting an xserve in charge of our all windows network as DC. Should be no probs, my question is in regards to storage.
The HD modules for the xserve are expensive so I'm looking at a cheaper storage solution. Maybe a linux box choc-a-bloc with HD's.
How would xserve go about administering the shares, talking to the linux box?
Cheers
Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Sorry my question may have been a little ambiguous.
We plan to admnister user accounts with the xserve. How would the user accounts on an xserve and the linux machine work together? Would we need to make the same account on each machine? Would it be a mess?
Cheers.

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3 MacPros Under 10.6.8 and 3 MacPros under 10.7.5.
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Hello,
Yes, I know, but:
1:
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2:
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NFS
Share a directory from your server using the command share. For example:
# To share the directory /store to all users in the network, use:
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From your client computer, assuming Solaris, issue the command:
mount -o ro,soft,bg host:/store /mnt/net/remove_host/store The use of option bg prevents the mount to hang during system startup if the remote computer is not accessible.
In your vfstab, use something like:
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -
wgtsinf01:/store - /store nfs - yes bg
...Cheers,
Andreas

Intel Xserve with Leopard Server 10.5.5 won't let me in via login

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I'm trying to connect my OS9 computer to my Xserve running OSX Server 10.6.2 to access files (via AFP).
I've taken a look around the discussion forums, and have found that 10.6 Snow Leopard no longer supports AFP connections from computers running Mac OS 10.2 or earlier. (verified: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3055)
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P.S. "Apple, I can understand why you have publicly stopped supporting such old systems, but why have you made it impossible for Mac supporters to do so with out using third-party products?"

Apple file server crashes constantly

I connect my xserver to m$ AD and use acl's - this seems to work fine until recently. I have started to use the acl's to deny permissions to certain directories. Now i seem to constantly get apple file server errors and it randomly kicks everyone off the server every morning - if i restart all will work until the following morning.
Initially i thought it was because there was no slapd.conf - fixed this and all seemed well. However now am getting this issue:
com.apple. (com.apple.AppleFileServer Exited abnormally Bus error
more detial here:
Process: AppleFileServer [26022]
Path: /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer
Identifier: AppleFileServer
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time: 2009-04-14 10:01:44.384 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 (9G71)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000015
Crashed Thread: 84
Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x965c26f2 select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
1 AppleFileServer 0x000720cb OSRef<AFPRequest>::OSRef(AFPRequest*) + 2345
2 AppleFileServer 0x0003264d OSRef<SessionManager>::operator=(OSRef<SessionManager> const&) + 2245
3 AppleFileServer 0x000443a9 OSTreeProtected::~OSTreeProtected() + 433
4 AppleFileServer 0x00044483 OSTreeProtected::~OSTreeProtected() + 651
5 AppleFileServer 0x00042158 OSRef<FPVol>::OSRef(FPVol*) + 1082
6 AppleFileServer 0x00001ffe 0x1000 + 4094
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x965731c6 machmsgtrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9657a9bc mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x924980ae CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x92498d34 CFRunLoopRun + 84
4 AppleFileServer 0x0003578d OSRef<FPCNode>::~OSRef() + 1105
5 AppleFileServer 0x000443a9 OSTreeProtected::~OSTreeProtected() + 433
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Rik,
Unfortunately, I and several others have this issue as well. Apple has been notified, and all requests for updates result in "there is no new information at this time". 10.5.7 did not fix the issue for me.
The only "fix" that someone I know has had is to remove the "deny all" acl from all the share points/directories. Apple has been notified of this "fix" and considers it an "unacceptable workaround".
At this point, a few of us are working to escalate, but considering we notified them months ago about this, I have little hope this'll get fixed before 10.6. =(
Please do keep us posted if you figure out anything.
btw, here's my old thread on this: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8857952
None of the solutions posted helped, what-so-ever.
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Backup / File Serving Plan - Your comments?

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It doesn't, however, ensure that if somebody deletes 200 pages from a document and mistakenly saves it, there will be any archived copy, so we will continue to use our current Retrospect backup plan, with some changes to frequency.
My current thinking with regard to the System files is to connect an external Hard Drive after the intitial setup has been finalized with the users added and use SuperDuper to clone the System hard drive and then disconnect it (after a verfifying boot from it). Backing up of that drive would be done manually when needed after adding users or doing updates that are verified to be "good" while not automatically backing up corrupted prefs or other problems that can tend to creep into a system.
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My plan is to use Drive 1 for system files, with Drive 2
and 3 setup in Raid 1 for data files that will be mirrored.
This will allow the owner to simply pull a drive out, put it
in a case, and take it home with him each evening, while
providing redundancy and up-time if a drive goes down.
I'll be the contrarian on this one. Yes, it will work. Just fine (but see below). That's standard practice for many servers if you need them to be kept up 24/7, and a RAID 1 mirror split is the ONLY way to do an instantaneous clone of a drive. Other solutions (SuperDuper!, CCC, etc.) scan the disk, build a list, and copy files, such that any files that change/disappear/appear during or after the scan and before the copy will be missed. We do exactly that (well, not quite) with our Xserve G5 before doing any software update.
However, the approach we use is to add a spare drive to the mirror, allow the mirror to rebuild, then split the spare drive from the mirror. We use SoftRAID, and it has worked flawlessly for this (again, see below), and there is even a write-up on the SoftRAID web site (http://www.softraid.com) about this approach.
Realize, though, that such a mirror split has two issues. First, it is not a backup and it should not be confused with such. No archiving is done for old files, and it's not possible to go back weeks/months to get an inadvertently deleted file. A proper backup strategy (we use Retrospect to tape in an autoloader) is necessary for that.
Second, even though the mirror split is instantaneous, it still might not give a proper bootable image. Some programs, such as database programs (e.g., cyrus for email) maintain sets of files on disk that need to be consistent, and there needs to be (and is not) coordination between the instant of mirror split and all running services. For this reason, we shut down essential services (this can be scripted) such as email service, prior to the instant of mirror split, do the mirror split, then restart the services. Doing that avoids, for example, cyrus database corruption.
As mentioned above, we only do this for our OS volume, which is RAID 1 (SoftRAID) with mirror secondary being a RAID 5 LUN on an Apple Hardware RAID card and with mirror primary being a Seagate Cheetah attached to an ATTO UL4D. We add another mirror secondary (a Firewire drive) to the RAID 1 mirror, allow the mirror to rebuild, shut services by scripting, split the Firewire drive from the SoftRAID mirror, restart the services. Takes only an instant, gives a good bootable OS copy. Note that we only use this approach prior to any software change on the Xserve, allows us to roll back if the software change/update goes badly, as happened once. But that's all we use it for. We count on the RAID 5 LUN for our user data, plus our daily tape backups, to handle failures and accidental deletions, and we count on the RAID 1 mirror of the OS volume to handle failure of the Apple Hardware RAID card (which MUST have the write cache turned off - there is a bug in the card - fails to fully flush write cache on graceful power down - doubt Apple will ever fix this bug) and also to improve performance of the OS volume.
SoftRAID 3.5 is not scriptable, so this has to be done manually. I understand that scriptability is in the works, which would allow us to automate the process. SoftRAID 3.5.1 also has some issues with intel processors, the SoftRAID 3.6 beta just released resolves those issues (general release of SoftRAID 3.6 is expected shortly before MacWorld).
One thing for you to think about is all the handling/removal/insertion of the drive, and transporting the drive home each night. That will reduce the life of the drive and of the ADM connector into which the drive plugs.
I note upon re-reading your post that you use Retrospect, as do we. Be sure, before doing the mirror split (if you use this technique for your OS volume) that you disable Retrospect's schedule prior to the mirror split and then re-enable the schedule after the split. Otherwise, if you later try to boot from the earlier mirror split drive, all scripts with intervening scheduled times will be runnable and, just at the instant you are in a moment of crisis, trying to boot your precious backup copy, Retrospect will be firing off backups, etc. Been there, done that.
Good luck.
Russ
Xserve G5 2.0 GHz 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) Apple Hardware RAID, ATTO UL4D, Exabyte VXA-2 1x10 1u
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New intel Xserve with Leopard Server setup assistance....

Hello
Im quite a newbie when it comes to administrating OS X Server, Xserves and RAID's so please bare with me if the following question seems obvious or dumb...
Currently I have inherited the following setup - G5 Xserve running 10.4.10 Server which has the following services running = Kerio MailServer, AFP, DHCP, DNS, Firewall, NAT, OD, VPN and Windows. This Xserve is also connected to an Apple RAID via fibre channel for file sharing and also to a Tape multi-changer backup unit via scsi.
I have just bought a new Intel Xserve and have installed 10.5 Server on it. I have this server as I would like to get iCal Server and Directory up and running and eventually share some of the G5 services. For iCal Server and Directory I assume ill need the 10.5 Server set up as Open Directory Master but my worry is I have that already on my G5 Xserve. If I was to migrate the 25 usernames from there to the 10.5 Server, would every user still be able to connect to the RAID (as the RAID is still physically connected to the G5 Xserve) for file sharing?
I hope some one could advise or recommend a better way, let me know if you need me to try and clarify the question better!
Thanks in advance

Hello
Im quite a newbie when it comes to administrating OS X Server, Xserves and RAID's so please bare with me if the following question seems obvious or dumb...
Currently I have inherited the following setup - G5 Xserve running 10.4.10 Server which has the following services running = Kerio MailServer, AFP, DHCP, DNS, Firewall, NAT, OD, VPN and Windows. This Xserve is also connected to an Apple RAID via fibre channel for file sharing and also to a Tape multi-changer backup unit via scsi.
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Configure EP6SP9 KM in a file server instead of KM Database

Hi All,
We are at EP6SP9 in Windows 2003.
As a part of my user requirment, I need to set up all my KM folders in a file repository and not in KM Database. The users would view this folders as KM Folders and need to utilise all the facilities offered by KM like Versioning, subscription and notification.
I need to also integrate the central ADS Server as the user management engine (Windows Authentication) so that all the users automatically logon to the portal when they log-on to the system.TREX also has to index through this documents in the file server.
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1) I have seen a document entitled "Integration of Windows File Services into SAP KM Platform using SSO and WebDAV Repository Manager". Is this the one that I have to use for setting the system up or any other suggestions. Has anyone tried connecting KM to an file server Database.
2) Can I utilise all the KM Functionalities with the documents and folders residing in a file server.
Would love to interact with anyone who has worked on the same.
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There's already lots of information on the subject right here on SDN. Here are a few pointers to get you started:
CM repository documentation in SAP Help:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/62/468698a8e611d5993600508b6b8b11/content.htm
Weblog with step-by-step instructions on creating an FSDB repository:
Creating a CM Repository Manager - FSDB
I basically just followed the weblog and it worked. In fact, some steps in the weblog are not necessary if you intend to use the default "documents" repository. In that case, just switch to FSDB persistence mode, add your network paths and it should work after restarting the engine.
Note that the contents of your repository will be deleted once you switch unless you backup your files to the FSDB root prior to that.
Hope this helps.

How to mirror file server?

I run a small office network with Mac OS X Server 10.4.x doing various services including AFP. My wife and I also work from home and we would like to be able to access remotely various files which are held on the server.
We can do this over the internet, but the connections are not too quick. Ideally I would like to be able to run a mirrored copy of the file server on a little server at home, so that we can access the files locally and then have the servers keep each other up to date across the internet.
Is this possible?
TIA
James

Can anybody help me with this?
TIA

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