Migrating from 10.5 ODS to 10.6 ODS

[davidmarcantonio]

Looking for some pointers and advice on migrating from a 10.5 ODS to a 10.6 ODS box. Current hardware is an Xserve G5 and we’re looking to move to an Intel Xserve running 10.6.

I’ve heard some issues may occur when moving and I was hoping this site could help guide me and my team in the right direction.

So, anyone have any good resources aside from a simple Google/Bing search on this topic?

Thanks in advance.

[tlarkin]

I assume you are migrating to an Intel based Xserve….

Two things to do when migrating. If you are straight up replacing the server make sure all IP/DNS settings are set to your new server when you replace it, so you can just straight swap it out.

Also, do a full back up of Open Directory. This will require you put a password on the back up. It will archive all users, groups, and passwords. Also, on top of that export all your users and groups and computer lists to plain text as well (with out passwords) just in case your back up doesn’t sit well with the new OD server. Then worst case scenario you have to set a one time master password for your users and have it set to be changed at next log in.

All in all, it should go over smoothly.

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