Migrating to a New Server From Version 10.1

To move data from a Mac OS X Server version 10.1 computer to a computer with Mac OS X Server version 10.3 installed, follow the instructions in this section. If you’ve been using Macintosh Manager to manage preferences for Mac OS 9 clients and want to continue doing so, also install Macintosh Manager 2.2 on the version 10.3 computer.

1 Export user and

2 Create archive files of data

group info.

and user export file.

user

userdata.tar

group

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Server Admin

database.tar

10Test the new server.

Workgroup Manager

Read & Write

Engineering

Read & Write

Designs

Read Only

Documents

.XML

9 Set up share points and privileges.

Shared Folders

Read & Write

Engineering

Read & Write

Designs

Read Only

Documents

8 Migrate Macintosh

7 Relocate data files

Manager info.

on new server.

3Note current share points and privileges.

Macintosh HD

Shared Folders

Read & Write

Engineering

Read & Write

Designs

Read Only

Documents

4Copy archive files to new server.

userdata.tar

database.tar

5Set up home directory infrastructure.

6Import user and group files.

user

Workgroup Manager or

dsimport tool group

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Step 1: Export users and groups

Use Server Admin to export user and group accounts from a NetInfo directory into an XML file that you can import into a directory for use with Mac OS X Server version 10.3.

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Apple 034-2344 manual Export user