User`s guide

Chapter 1 Installation and Setup Overview 25
Remote Installation From the Server Installation Disc
If the target server has no keyboard or display, or if it’s not the computer you’re using,
you can use an administrator computer to install server software from the server
installation disc.
An administrator computer is a version 10.4 Mac OS X Server or version 10.4 Mac OS X
computer onto which you’ve installed server management software. “Setting Up an
Administrator Computer” on page 122 tells you how to set up a Mac OS X administrator
computer. The target server can be on the same subnet as the administrator computer
or on a different subnet.
You can also control installation of Mac OS X Server version 10.4.7 or later from another
computer using VNC viewer software. Open source VNC viewer software is available,
and Apple Remote Desktop, described on page 147, includes VNC viewer capability.
If the target server has an optical drive that can read your installation disc, start up the
server using a server installation disc, as illustrated on the next page. Then you can use
Server Assistant from the administrator computer to initiate installation, or your can
use VNC viewer software to control installation of Mac OS X Server v10.4.7 or later. If
you have multiple servers onto which you want to install server software, you can start
up each of them from an installation disc. Then open a Server Assistant window for
each installation you want to perform, or use a VNC viewer to open a connection to
each server that you started up from an installation disc for v10.4.7 or later. For
instructions, see “Using Server Assistant to Install Remotely From the Installation Disc”
on page 65 or “Using a VNC Viewer to Install Remotely From the Installation DVD” on
page 68.