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Any Mac Server Techies out there ?

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dashpuppy

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Are there any mac server techs on this forum ? I got some questions, but no point in creating a thread if there are no mac techs on here.

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Any of you setup a ical server from scratch yet ? Looks pretty easy but wanted to ask questions.

I know its a pain in the ass on 10.5.

I have a client that just bought a WAY over powered box to setup ical file sharing a personal ftp server ( internally accessible only for his Brother MFP for scanning ) and a web server. NO mail server yay!

He is also using a airport extreme for all this.

He wants to be able to access his ical from his ipad and all 6 of their macbook pros and desktops.

He also wants to use AFP for transferring files, so i was thinking about setting up the vpn feature on his server for them to connect to. OR i put a untangle / ( something else ) in front of his server / network for protection & vpn unit.

I have a 10.5 server but its different than 10.6.
 
I'm sorry to say that I can't help much regarding the iCal server, though I've attempted to get it working on my test VM (and I'd be closer if I decided to point my machine to the server's DNS, but I can't do that at the moment) however I haven't gotten it yet. -- I ended up skimming This Document
 
FinalDragoon06 said:
I'm sorry to say that I can't help much regarding the iCal server, though I've attempted to get it working on my test VM (and I'd be closer if I decided to point my machine to the server's DNS, but I can't do that at the moment) however I haven't gotten it yet. -- I ended up skimming This Document
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you got it running in a vm on a pc or mac ?

I can only run the 10.5 because i have a g4 1.4 mac mini, so i can't use the legit copy of 10.6 unless i figure out how to install it in a esxi box or vm of some sort.
 
dashpuppy said:
you got it running in a vm on a pc or mac ?

I can only run the 10.5 because i have a g4 1.4 mac mini, so i can't use the legit copy of 10.6 unless i figure out how to install it in a esxi box or vm of some sort.
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The VM is on my MacBook Pro running VMware Fusion.

Is that client's box in production for other uses yet?
 
FinalDragoon06 said:
The VM is on my MacBook Pro running VMware Fusion.

Is that client's box in production for other uses yet?
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nope, its on line but not configured yet, its a brand new machine.

I told him all he needed was a mac mini server but nooooo, :) he goes out and buys a dual quad core mac pro with 12 gigs ram and 4 2tb drives. lol! with osx 10.6 server.

So now i need to start configuring it remotely.

I have the domain and dns setup already and the default webserver to show that it's on line etc etc ( will get replaced with another webpage soon )
 
dashpuppy said:
nope, its on line but not configured yet, its a brand new machine.

I told him all he needed was a mac mini server but nooooo, :) he goes out and buys a dual quad core mac pro with 12 gigs ram and 4 2tb drives. lol! with osx 10.6 server.

So now i need to start configuring it remotely.

I have the domain and dns setup already and the default webserver to show that it's on line etc etc ( will get replaced with another webpage soon )
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I love when they do that (as long as it's not my money! ;) )

I would always do some messing around with the desktops and servers before getting down to business. Get it to work while documenting, reformat, duplicate without all the messing around I did to get it working to start.

You could always try convincing them to get a copy of VMware Fusion to make a test environment too (why waste all that hardware? :D )
 
FinalDragoon06 said:
I love when they do that (as long as it's not my money! ;) )

I would always do some messing around with the desktops and servers before getting down to business. Get it to work while documenting, reformat, duplicate without all the messing around I did to get it working to start.

You could always try convincing them to get a copy of VMware Fusion to make a test environment too (why waste all that hardware? :D )
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will vmware fustion run osx server tho :)
 
dashpuppy said:
will vmware fustion run osx server tho :)
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Yes, that's a supported configuration running on Apple hardware (and that's the only version of OS X supported):

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It runs really smooth too, even with just a gig of Ram on the 2-year old MBP

It's still annoying that you can't use ESX/vSphere/Anything not running on an Intel Mac, though
 
kinda not helpful for me tho, i'm not going to leave my macbook pro running for a server environment lol !
 
i've gone through this setup a few times.
PM me if you have any specific q's or issues.
 
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