Chapter 5. Integrating with the Existing Server Infrastructure

In This Chapter

  • Upgrading from Mac OS X

  • Leopard Server

  • Migrating from

  • previous versions of Mac OS X Server

  • Migrating from

  • Windows Server

  • Integrating with existing

  • network services

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server incrementally builds on Leopard Server, adding some entirely new services while refining existing ones and bolstering its core operating system foundation.

This makes upgrading from Leopard Server relatively simple and straightforward. However, there are some changes that have an impact on migration, including the move to the new Dovecot mail service for POP and IMAP and the new 64-bit kernel, which requires 64-bit drivers for printers and any specialized hardware.

Any application plug-ins you use, including third-party panes in System Preferences, also need to be upgraded to support the 64-bit version of System Preferences that ships with Snow Leopard Server.

If you're planning to migrate from earlier versions of Mac OS X Server, there are more significant changes you need to accommodate depending on the version of Mac OS X Server you're currently using.

You may also be migrating services from Windows Server or moving your entire domain controller infrastructure from the now-obsolete Windows NT to be handled by Mac OS X Server's Open Directory support for hosting Windows domains.

This enables Windows clients to log in locally by using a network domain account as well as to access a network home directory and roaming profile. ...

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