Mac OS X Server: Server Admin Agent Stops When in the Console

Server Admin reports that no server is available if you have entered the Console (at the server) from the Login Window.
Symptom

If you enter the console at the server, the Server Admin Agent does not respond to Server Admin requests, and an alert box with this message appears at any connected Server Admin workstation:


Solution

Exit the Console at the server, and the Server Admin Agent will allow Server Admin to reconnect.

This issue with Server Admin is resolved by Mac OS X Server 10.1 and later. However, you still should not leave the server at the Console, because the Window Server process does not run when the server is at the Console. Other server processes rely on Window Server.
Published Date: Feb 17, 2012