Installing Server Diagnostics Mac OS X
Before you install Server Diagnostics Mac OS X, make sure that your storage device
uses the GUID Partition Table partition scheme and that it has an empty volume with
10 GB of available space. For more information, see “Setting Up a Storage Device for
Server Diagnostics Installation” on page 12.
If you perform this task to install Server Diagnostics Mac OS X on an internal volume
on the server, you need administrator access to the server. If you perform this task
to install Server Diagnostics Mac OS X on a portable storage device, you can use any
computer that you have administrator access to.
Installing Server Diagnostics Mac OS X involves three steps:
Install Mac OS X Server with minimal options selected
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Copy Server Diagnostics Mac OS X from the
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Admin Tools disc to /Applications/
Configure Mac OS X Server
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By dedicating a minimal installation of Mac OS X Server for use with Server Diagnostics
Mac OS X, you reduce the risk of server processes interrupting Server Diagnostics
testing.
To install Server Diagnostics Mac OS X:
1
If the server has an optical drive, insert the Mac OS X Server Install DVD, open the Install
Mac OS X Server application, click Restart, and authenticate if necessary. If the server
doesn’t have an optical drive, do the following:
a
Insert the Mac OS X Server Install DVD in a computer with an optical drive and has
Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.5.2 or later installed.
The computer must be on the same subnet as the server.
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Chapter 2
Setup and Installation
Chapter 2
Setup and Installation
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b
On the computer with the disc inserted, open Remote Install Mac OS X (located in
/Applications/Utilities/).
c
Continue through the Remote Install Mac OS X assistant, selecting the inserted disc
and the network connection that’s on the same subnet as the server.
d
Restart the server and hold down the Option key while it restarts.
e
When a list of startup disks appears, select Mac OS X Server Install Disc and click
the arrow button.
If it isn’t listed and you’re connecting to the computer over AirPort, select the
AirPort network in the pop-up menu under the startup disk list.
2
Continue through the Mac OS X Server Installer until you reach the step where you
select the disk to install Mac OS X Server on.
3
Select a volume that’s at least 10 GB.
If the volume isn’t empty, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the volume. In the Erase
pane, click Erase. After the volume is erased, choose Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility.
4
Click Customize, deselect all checkboxes, click OK, and then click Install.
When the Installer finishes installing Mac OS X Server, the computer restarts and the
Mac OS X Server setup assistant opens.
5
Continue through the setup assistant and enter any information that’s requested. In
the Users and Groups step, select Configure Manually. Don’t enable any services.
When you finish entering information in the setup assistant, the login window appears.
6
Log in with the user name “root” and the password of the user you created in the
setup assistant.
You must set up and run Server Diagnostics Mac OS X as root. Otherwise, you won’t be
able to test the server you’ve installed Server Diagnostics Mac OS X on.
7
If the server has an optical drive, insert the Admin Tools disc. If it doesn’t have an
optical drive, do the following:
a
Insert the Admin Tools disc in a computer with an optical drive.
The computer must be on the same subnet as the server.
b
On the computer with the optical drive, open System Preferences and click Sharing.
Select “DVD or CD Sharing.”
c
On the server, open a Finder window and select Remote Disc (under Devices on
the left). Select the computer with the disc inserted. If the disc isn’t listed, click “Ask
to use.” On the computer with the disc inserted, click Accept when a dialog appears
asking if you want to give permission for your server to use your DVD drive.
After doing this, you can use the disc as if it’s inserted in the server.
8
Open a Finder window and drag the AppleServerDiagnostics.app file from
/Diagnostics/ on the Admin Tools disc to the /Applications/ folder on the server.
9
If you’re setting up a client server, open a Finder window, select the /Applications/
folder, and choose New Folder from the Action (gear) pop-up menu. Name the folder
AppleServerDiagnosticsClient.
Client servers are remotely controlled by host computers.
10
Open System Preferences (located in /Applications/). Change the following options in
System Preferences panes.
System Preferences pane
Recommended configuration
Accounts
Select the System Administrator account,
and click Login Items. Click Add (+), select
AppleServerDiagnostics.app (typically located in
/Applications/), and click Add.
CDs & DVDs
In all pop-up menus, choose Ignore.
Desktop & Screen Saver
In the Screen Saver pane, drag the “Start screen
saver” slider to Never.
Energy Saver
In the Sleep pane, drag both sliders to Never, and
deselect “Put hard disk(s) to sleep when possible.”
Exposé and Spaces
In the Exposé pane, in all pop-up menus, choose
“–.” In the Spaces pane, deselect Enable Spaces.
Software Update
In the Scheduled Check pane, deselect “Check for
updates.”
If you can’t change settings in System Preferences, click the lock button and
authenticate.
After installing the Server Diagnostics Mac OS X, you must log in as root to run Server
Diagnostics to test your own server. If you don’t log in as root, Server Diagnostics
Mac OS X enters host mode and waits for a connection to a client server to control.