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There will be a message saying something like "The current version will not work for this machine, do you want to download the older version that does?" YES! YES! YES! That is exactly what you want!!! :-) :-) :-)
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Using the older Mac that you want to install macOS Server onto, sign into the Mac App store - using the same Apple ID that bought macOS Server. OBTAINING THE OLDER VERSION OF macOS SERVER
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But your apple ID now owns that software & can download it. Discard the file because you don't want that new version. Using a Mac running Sierra, go to the Mac App store & purchase the current version of macOS Server. You can install Sierra on an external drive & boot from that if you want to. This is not the server, just the regular OS. Using that Apple ID, Login to the App store & download the OSX installer. (This is a great reason to visit the Mac App store & "buy" every OS, even if you don't need them right away. If you need an older OS X installer - You're going to need an Apple ID that has previously downloaded that OS. Time Machine or SuperDuper, or Carbon Copy Cloner. Here is the procedure to buy & obtain an older macOS Server. I talked with Apple Enterprise support today. If you haven't thought it through and planned it out very carefully the best advice is to don't risk it and use hardware that is still supported. So you're taking a risk by using hardware that old, but it is up to you to calculate that risk and decide if it is worth taking. I can move all those resources to another machine and change internal DNS before anyone even notices.
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If these services go down it won't really impact the business as the users most likely won't even notice. So while I do risk a small amount of downtime I don't risk any data loss.įor example I'm running my Munki server, MAU caching/manifest server, macOS Server caching service, etc. In my case while they are in use for production purposes they aren't doing anything I can't move to a different server pretty quickly. If one goes down you're going to have a problem unless you've planned for it. David's point is simply that it is old, outdated hardware with no spare parts availability. I'm still using the Xserves in production because like you, I have them and they work. I'd be happy to have another 3,1, especially a brand new one! (I am sitting on a pile of 2,1's that aren't worth much though.) Haha, I'll take it off your hands if it is taking up too much space. One has never been used and is just a spare! I feel like its a waste of hardware. Given that anything past 10.11 isn't officially supported, I'd also advise against pursuing that for ANYthing but a home lab with nothing to lose but (lots of) time. I don't have any Xserves that I work with any longer (and haven't had any in a very long time) and I would never advise keeping any running in ANYthing approaching any critical role(s).Īpple's decision is what it is, we can talk about it ad nauseum but our talk won't change a thing about the reality :-) The decision to not support 10.12 on the machine was an arbitrary one by Apple. I think you can get Sierra going on it without too much effort, but I haven't tried, because all the hardware is compatible. See īut then you can run Server 5.2 which you DO want to do.An Xserve3,1 (2009) is officially supported up to 10.11.6. Looks like the newest OS X you can run on an Xserver is 10.10 with plenty of caveats. Then go with Samba with the vfs_fruit module enabled, as discussed here: Press the sides of the plastic end housing the cable to release it from the metal carrier, in order to get better access to the cable.įrom there, yes, try a Linux distro, make sure they list the Xserve as supported. With this adapter, reported as working successfully,īUT you need to modify the SATA cable in the Apple Drive Module/carrier, shaving off the center tab as shown in the image below: He said that 1 TB 2.5" SATA drives worked, using the following:
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I tried the Internet Archive but his old blog posting wasn't captured by them. I have an OLD note about this (from June 2011), from Matt Federoff (see ). At this point, you need to replace the hard drives.