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When you install and set up Mac OS X Server on a computer that has a display and
keyboard, it’s already an administrator computer. To make a computer with Mac OS X
into an administrator computer, you must install additional software.
Important: If you have administrative applications and tools from Mac OS X Server
v10.4 or earlier, do not use them on a computer with Mac OS X v10.6 or
Mac OS X Server v10.6.
To install Mac OS X Server v10.6 administration tools:
1 Make sure the Mac OS X computer has Mac OS X Server v10.6 installed.
2 Insert the Administration Tools CD.
3 Open the Installers folder.
4 Open ServerAdministrationSoftware.mpkg to start the Installer, and then follow the
onscreen instructions.
About Starting Up for Installation
The computer can’t install to its own startup volume, so you must start up in some
other way, such as:
DVDs Â
Alternate volumes (second partitions on the hard disk, or external FireWire disks) Â
NetBoot Â
The computer must install from the same disk or image that started up the computer.
Mounting another share point with an installer won’t work. The installer uses some of
the les currently active in the booted system partition for the new installation.
Before Starting Up
If you’re performing a clean installation rather than upgrading an existing server, back
up any user data that’s on the disk or partition where you’ll install the server software.
If you’re upgrading an existing server, make sure that saved setup data won’t be
detected and used to set up the server. Server Assistant looks for saved setup data on
all mounted disks and in all directories the server is congured to access. The saved
setup data will overwrite the server’s existing settings.
For more information about automatic server setup, see “Using Automatic Server
Setup” on page 115.
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