When updating both server software and moving services to another computer (updating server hardware), there are two goals:
- Bring over the Users & Groups from the old server so that you don't need to re-enter them.
- Bring over the shared data, including access privileges, so that you don't need to re-establish them.
For more information on access privileges, please see the following Tech Info Library article:
Article 30635: "
AppleShare: How Privileges Are Stored"
Users & Groups
Here are the guidelines for moving the Users & Groups data file and the shared data to another server:
Step 1: Set up new server
1. Install Mac OS system software, if needed.
2. Configure Date & Time, AppleTalk and TCP/IP control panels
3. Set up Owner name, password, and Macintosh name in File Sharing control panel. These do not need to be the same as on the old server.
4. Install the AppleShare or AppleShare IP server software (making sure minimum system requirements are met).
5. Restart.
Step 2: Transfer Users & Groups
At the old server, copy the Users & Groups data file from the System Folder:Preferences to a floppy disk (or across the network, so that it can be accessible to the new server).
At the new server:
1. Drag the existing Users & Groups data file from the System folder:Preferences folder to the desktop.
2. Drag the copy of the Users & Groups file from the old server to System Folder:Preferences on the new server.
3. Restart the new server--don't forget this step!
4. Proceed with setting up the new server; if using ApplelShare IP, go through ASIP Easy Setup.
After setting up the services, open the Web & File admin program, and verify that users & groups have successfully been brought to the new server.
Transfer Shared Data
Use a backup utility, such as Retrospect, which will back up both the data and the access privileges. Then restore the data to the new server. Note that AppleShare must be running during both the backup and restore process, and the Users & Groups data file must be the same for privileges to be properly restored.
If you do not have such a backup utility, here are alternate methods:
If The Shared Data Is On An External Hard Drive
1. Shut down the old server and the new server.
2. Connect the external hard drive to the new server (make sure you've already transferred Users & Groups by this point).
3. Turn on external hard drive and boot new server.
4. Launch Web & File Services, and verify that external hard drive has privileges intact.
If desired, use the "Duplicate Folder" command of the Web & File Admin program to copy share points from the external drive to an internal drive.
If The Shared Data Is On An Internal Hard Drive
If the shared data is on an internal hard drive, you have several options:
Install the internal drive in the new server,
or
Use Server Admin's "Copy Volume" or "Duplicate Folder" (depending on version you're using) command to move the data from an internal to a spare external drive, then follow instructions above for moving data on an external drive.
Note that "Duplicate Folder" and "Copy Volume" commands only work on local disks. You cannot use these commands to copy data to a shared volume mounted on the server's desktop.