21 Jul 2011
OS X Lion Server vs. OS X Leopard Server
I Installed OS X Lion Server yesterday on Mac Mini Server 2010…. Migration from the OS X 10.6 Server to OS X Lion Server has been complete disaster. I went from working email accounts, hundreds of working websites, fully functional VPN, and web disks to nowhere. None of these things working.
The new OS X Lion Server lost a lot of the power from the previous versions and the configuration tool has been so over simplified… It does not do what I could do with the previous version. Apple has posted a PDF for Upgrading and Migrating to Lion Server. PDF Link
And after upgrading, all of my server settings were deleted and i had to start over, rebuild my server and setting it up with the services i need.
What’s REMOVED in Lion Server?
1. MySQL is replaced with PostgreSQL.
2. Tomcat: Support for Tomcat is removed from Lion Server.
3. Axis: Support for Axis is removed from Lion Server.
4. Mobile Access: Support for Mobile Access is removed from Lion Server.
5. Print service: Print service is replaced with CUPS.
6. QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS): Support for QTSS is removed from Lion Server.
What’s you lose and what’s remain after upgrade to Lion Server?
1. Existing data remain available
2. NetBoot images created using Mac OS X Server v10.5 or later can be reused. NetBoot images created using earlier versions cannot be used.
3. The launch daemons (/System/Library/ LaunchDaemons) are replaced by the Lion Server version of these daemons.
4. Open Directory on Lion Server cannot be configured as a primary domain controller (PDC) or a backup domain controller (BDC) using the SMB service.
5. Lion Server does not support Print service, MySQL, Mobile Access, Tomcat, Axis, or QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS).
6. Wiki-based mailing list and archives are not available in Lion Server.
7. If you are using Mail service with Mac OS X Server v10.6 and are performing the upgrade to Lion Server, make sure your mail data partitions and the mail database are accessible during the upgrade process. This automates the mail migration process and requires you to have no interaction.
Lion Server uses the Server app to administer many services featured on Lion Server.
Other administration tools aren’t installed by default, including Server Admin, Workgroup Manager, System Image Utility, Podcast Composer, and Xgrid Admin. You can install these tools by downloading the Server Admin Tools for Mac OS X Lion Server from the AppleCare Support Downloads website at www.apple.com/support/downloads/.
Apple has posted a PDF for Upgrading and Migrating to Lion Server. Be sure to read it careful as there a quite a few changes. PDF Link
Hello Alex,
Apart the fact that you are reporting the upgrade as a disaster, the post is more or less a copy&paste of sentences one can find @Apple server docos web site. I guess you found them after upgrading… A shame!
I hope you were able to have your server up&running without too much tricking around.
Myself I am still running SL server, and not yet ready to upgrade, although one of my MBP is already on Lion (client, of course). It would have been nice to read what you really did to recover your server… Another post maybe, when you will have more time (I suppose you were a bit busy recovering…).
For Lion client, I had also issues, like Truecrypt which depends on a newer MacFuse version; Parallels version 5 not supported at all and needs an upgrade, Sweet Home 3D needed a Java upgrade: that’s pretty much it and rather happy so far.
Keep on.
Cheers,
RasKal
RasKal
August 24th, 2011 at 5:46 ampermalink