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That could be lots of items. It could be an image issue, a booter issue, an NFS export issue or a network issue. What troubleshooting have you done so far? Michael

Well, you could look at the documentation on Apple.com, but if your looking for a quick and dirty way to replicate all of your home directory information to the server, look into upgrading to Tiger over Panther, since that will include portable home directories. Otherwise, you'd be looking at...

Check with klist to see that you actually have a kerberos ticket when you login to begin with. Also, check to see how long the expiration time is set to. Could be that some of your folks are leaving machines logged in past the ticket's life, so a new ticket is needed. Also, check your...

I'd consider running directory service debug mode on the server to see what the exact calls are in the background that are stalling. Michael

You don't have to necessarily create a cluster to do this. What you can do is simply assign 75-95 OD accounts to a single server for the home directory. That would be a simple way to do this. If you want extreme high availability, you can add in a second server for each primary server and...

So, what you can do is one of two things: Create network home directories, so that one home folder follows a user from machine to machine, but doesn't install itself on the machine itself. or Script a solution to delete out any user data at a specified interval. Be careful not to delete out...

In WGM, have you checked to see the different sharing types will apply permissions? Michael

If you select to manage the dock always, specify the applications/folders to be displayed and make sure to not merge with the user's dock, does that lock it down? Or, at least, recreate the dock at login to what you specified? Michael

Could be file descriptors and such blocking it. Different command line apps have different capabilities. If you have the space, you could consider tar'ing or zip'ing the data, replicating the archive and then unarchiving it. Michael

Ok, sorry, I've lost you with what server is going where and how many of which server was on a train headed for Atlanta at 75MPH while another server was headed towards Miami at 90MPH... :) Can you clarify that a bit for me? Things to keep in mind, though: With the addition of a FC switch...

Pretty much, the APC UPS + the network card can handle your Xserves. The simple signaling cable (looks like a typical serial cable to me) will handle the XSR units. You can also install the PowerChute software and web interface to control your shutdown parameters and what not. :) Oh, no...

Take a look back at my post as it does tell you how to run debug mode. :) I can't really speak to a bug. I've deployed this solution on Tiger a plethora of times. Sometimes it takes some tweaking and some good under the hood knowledge, but I haven't had a situation that couldn't be rectified.

Well, 99% of the time is actually Kerberos. Remember, just because you can get a ticket, doesn't always mean its a valid ticket. :) This is on Tiger Server I'm gathering? What version of AD are you running? 2000? 2003? Are you using anything like DFS, SMB Signing, etc? Joel's AD-OD...

I believe that you'll be needing the simple signaling cable method for the XSR itself. That's how the folks I've worked with have elected to do it. If I had an APC unit around, I'd test it out with my XSR and see what I found for ya. :) Michael

Not a dumb request at all. If you need the answer, you need the answer! :) When you to into WGM, click on Sharing. You can look at the Share Points view or the Volumes view. Go into the Volumes and then either check the box to share the whole volume, or create folders on that FireWire disk...

For security and safety of data, you could include the an Open Firmware password, so that a user can't alter the boot options, such as Netboot, Target Disk, etc. Michael

Apple's software RAID really is fairly reliable, in all environments I've seen it. Most of the folks I've seen have issues are using 3rd party drives in an Xserve or outdated hardware. :) Permissions should be A-OK. You are still connected locally to the same LDAP directory, so all of the...

Welcome and this is perfectly on topic! :) The battery caches work with the UPS to receive the shutdown signal and then flush all of the data from the cache to disk before power loss. This is very helpful on servers that are continuously used or in Xsan environments. Most folks elect to...

This is the search base for your LDAP records. This designates where in the LDAP tree all searches should begin. You want this to reflect the proper point. Just to clarify what it is and how it works a bit. :)

Ouch. So, on some Tiger upgrades, I've seen the Finder preference for showing the hard drive become disabled. If you go into the Finder and Preferences, there's a checkbox to display the server HD. At least your up and running :)