Apple 10.6 manual Determining Whether to Upgrade or Migrate, Setting Up a Planning Team

During the planning stage, you’ll also decide which installation and server setup options best suit your needs. For example, Getting Started contains an example that illustrates server installation and initial setup in a small business scenario with the server in using Server Preferences.

Determining Whether to Upgrade or Migrate

If you’re using a previous version of Mac OS X Server and you want to reuse data and settings, you can upgrade or migrate to v10.6.

You can upgrade to Mac OS X Server v10.6 if you’re using the latest update of

Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X Server v10.4.11 on Mac OS X servers with Intel processors.

Upgrading is simple because it preserves existing settings and data. You can perform an upgrade using any of the installation methods described in this chapter or the advanced methods described in this guide.

If you can’t perform an upgrade, for example when you need to reformat the startup disk or replace your server hardware, you can migrate data and settings to a computer that you’ve installed Mac OS X Server v10.6 on.

Migration is supported from the latest update of Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X Server v10.4.11 Tiger. For complete information about migrating data and settings to a different Mac or Xserve, see the onscreen help or Mac OS X Server Resources website at www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/.

Setting Up a Planning Team

Involve individuals in the installation planning process who represent various points of view, and who can help answer the following questions:

ÂÂ What day-to-day user requirements must a server meet? What activities do server users and workgroups depend on the server for?

If the server is used in a classroom, make sure the instructor who manages its services and administers it daily provides input.

ÂÂ What user management requirements must be met? Will user computers be diskless

and need to be started up using NetBoot? Will Macintosh client management and network home folders be required?

Individuals with server administration experience should work with server users who might not have a technical background, so they’ll understand how specific services might benefit them.

ÂÂ What existing non-Apple services, such as Active Directory, must the server integrate with?

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