Datasheet

Part I: Getting Lion Server Up and Running

Xsan Admin

Xsan is Apple’s cluster file system for accessing terabytes of storage arrays. Xsan

Admin is where you set up, configure, and monitor an Xsan system. You can find

out more information about Xsan at Apple’s website: www.apple.com/xsan.

What Apple Removed

from Mac OS X Server

With Mac OS X Server 10.7, Apple made a decision to simplify administra-

tion and setup. Although it added some new features, Apple removed some

features as well as some configuration options. Some of the old features look

like they’re missing, but you can still access them via the command line if you

know how to edit Unix configuration files. This change has made some long-

time Mac administrators unhappy, though you may not be bothered at all.

You also don’t want to spend a lot of time looking for something that isn’t

there. The following sections describe where you can find services, as well as

the main things you’ll no longer see in Lion Server.

Services moved from Server Admin to the Server app

Settings for AFP and SMB (now combined as file service) and web service are

now only available in the Server app. Address Book, icla, iChait, VPN, Web,

and Wiki services are also now entirely in the Server app, and not in Server

Admin. The drawback is that the Server app is simpler, providing far fewer

configuration options than Server Admin, which means you can’t do as much

with them as you could in Snow Leopard Server.

Command-line administration

If you’re a deft Unix coder who likes to really

get into it, you can use the Unix command-line

tools that come with Mac OS X to configure and

manage Lion Server. You can also use these

commands from a non-Apple Unix or Linux com-

puter on the network. But even if you aren’t a

Unix geek, you may come across a tip that can

work around a problem by typing a couple lines

of text. Some features are accessible only by

command line, such as FTP and NFS file sharing.

Unix commands are accessible in the Terminal

application on every Mac OS X machine. You

can use one of the Unix shells that come with

Terminal: bash (the default), sh, csh, tsh,

and zsh. If you’re managing one or more

servers over a network, use ssh, or Secure

Shell. Rest assured, though, that Unix com-

mands aren’t required to set up or manage

Lion Server.

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