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1 Installation and Setup Overview
Before installing and setting up Mac OS X Server, take the time
to do a little planning and to become familiar with your
options.
This chapter is a roadmap to details presented in later chapters. It surveys the stages of
installation and initial server setup and the options available to you during each stage.
Planning
During the planning stage, you determine how you want to use Mac OS X Server and
identify whether there’s anything you need to accomplish before setting it up.
You may, for example, want to convert an existing server to version 10.4 and continue
hosting directory, file, and mail services for clients on your network. Before you install
server software, you may need to prepare data you want to migrate to your new server,
and perhaps consider whether it’s a good time to implement a different directory
services solution.
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