About AppleShare IP 6.3.3

About AppleShare IP 6.3.3


CONTENTS

About AppleShare IP 6.3.3 System requirements Installing AppleShare IP 6.3.3 Using Web-based Remote Administration Using Mac OS Server Admin on a remote workstation Using Macintosh Manager Disk Fragmentation with Macintosh Manager Using TCP Filtering Other Recommendations


About AppleShare IP 6.3.3

AppleShare IP 6.3.3 provides support for the latest system software, Mac OS 9.1 and later, and includes these additional enhancements:

• A new version of client software, AppleShare Client 3.8.8, is provided on the AppleShare IP 6.3.3 CD.
• The maximum number of simultaneous SMB connections is increased to 500.
• SMB drives will always stay mounted on client computers connected to an AppleShare IP server.
• Reading and writing is synchronized when applications running on the server share a file with applications running on a client.

Other enhancements and bug fixes since AppleShare IP 6.3 are:

• Improved performance and increased reliability.
• Client computers that connect to the server using SMB can always view all items available in a directory.
• Improved performance of the IMAP server.
• You can enable the "Start server on system startup" checkbox after using the AppleShare IP 6.3.1 Update package.
• Improved file server security against denial of service attacks.
• You can use Mac OS Admin remotely to change a folder's explicit privileges. In previous versions you could not do this if you set a folder to inherit access privileges of the enclosing sharepoint.
• A security fix to the web server in versions of AppleShare IP 6.1 and later. Invalid range requests are handled correctly.

System Requirements

To install or upgrade to AppleShare IP 6.3.3 you must have a Power Macintosh G4 Cube, iMac, Power Macintosh, Macintosh Server, or Workgroup Server with a PowerPC G4, G3, 604e, 604, 603e 6500 series, or 601 microprocessor that has the following installed:

• Mac OS 9.1 OR Mac OS 9.1 with Mac OS ROM 6.7.1 (Multi-processor Macintoshes must have Mac OS 9.1 with Mac OS ROM 6.7.1 for support with AppleShare IP 6.3.3. See Note below.)
• AppleShare IP version 6.3 or later
• For Client machines, Apple recommends using AppleShare Client 3.8.8. If the client machine does not already have version 3.8.8 installed, follow the instructions provided in the About AppleShare Client 3.8.8 document provided on the AppleShare IP 6.3.3 CD to install version 3.8.8.

Installing AppleShare IP 6.3.3

1. Install Mac OS 9.1 or later.

You can download this version from the Apple Web site at www.apple.com/support or purchase the Mac OS 9.1 CD and related documentation at www.apple.com and select the "Store" tab.

2. Follow the instructions for installing and setting up AppleShare IP found in the Getting Started manual and Late Breaking News.


Using Web-based Remote Administration

• Make sure AppleTalk is active before you use Web-based Remote Administration.

Using Mac OS Server Admin to administer your server from a remote workstation

To administer an AppleShare IP 6.3.3 server, you must install Mac OS Server Admin version 6.3.3 on each workstation from which you want to administer the server. You can't use an older version of Mac OS Server Admin to administer an AppleShare IP 6.3.3 server. However, you can use the newer version of Mac OS Server Admin to administer any server that has AppleShare IP 6.3, 6.3.1 or 6.3.2 installed.


Using Macintosh Manager

When using Macintosh Manager, workgroups should be configured to look for applications only on the client computers. In the Macintosh manager administration application, log in as the Administrator, select the Workgroups tab, and then select the Items tab. For all workgroups, Find chosen items: should be set to only on local volumes. Click on the Save button and quit the Macintosh Manager administration application.


Disk Fragmentation with Macintosh Manager

AppleShare IP Server hard disks can become extremely fragmented when using Macintosh Manager due to the large number of client files, particularly on the servers that store user documents. This will decrease server performance. If you have DiskWarrior or Norton Speed Disk, it is a good idea to defragment your disk to improve performance. Defragmenting a large, full disk drive may take up to several hours.


Using TCP Filtering

Under heavy load on 100 MB Ethernet networks, the TCP Filtering software may cause server freezes or client file copies to hang. If this occurs frequently, you should disable TCP Filtering and remove the "OT Auto Push Support" extension from the Extensions folder in the System Folder.


Other Recommendations

If you are using an AppleShare IP Server with heavy load, or running it in conjunction with Macintosh Manager, check your server configuration for the following:

• Remove Epson Launcher from the Extensions folder.
• On the server computer, turn off Remember recently used items in the Apple Menu Options control panel.
• In Sherlock, select Index Volumes from the Find menu and select the Schedule button. Disable indexing for all days.
• Turn off virtual memory in the Memory control panel.

There is a known issue between some third party networking software and AppleShare IP servers running the Open Transport SNMP extensions. If the AppleShare IP Server stops responding at regular intervals, usually at night, Apple recommends that the SNMP extensions be removed or disabled.