Setting up a netboot server – Apple Server Diagnostics User Manual

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Open a Finder window and drag the AppleServerDiagnostics.app file from

/Diagnostics/ on the Admin Tools disc to the /Applications/ folder on the server.

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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.

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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.

Setting Up a NetBoot Server

Before you set up a NetBoot server, make sure you have an available server that meets
the requirements described in “NetBoot Server Requirements” on page 11.

After you set up a NetBoot server, you install the Server Diagnostics NetBoot image.
Because the Server Diagnostics NetBoot image is a special image, you can’t use System
Image Utility to delete the image.

For information about deleting the Server Diagnostics NetBoot image, see the next
section, “Deleting the Server Diagnostics NetBoot Image.”

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Chapter 2

Setup and Installation

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