Successful migration from Lion Server to ML server w OD

Question

Level 1

24 points

Successful migration from Lion Server to ML server w OD

Hi!

Has anyone of you had any success in migrating a Lion server to ML Server? I have tried this in a test environment with a Lion server 10.7.4 Mac Mini server set up with addressbook server, ical server, wiki server, OD master, and some test users and sample data, but it always fail!??!

1:st try, upgrade:

- made a bootable backup of my server to the second internal disk.

- downloaded and installed ML, logged in, downloaded OS X Server.app and ran it. it picked up server data and ran upgrading services, but failed to authenticate to OD and ignored subsequent services. 😟

2:nd try, migration:

- Installed ML on secondary drive after wiping it with disk utility.

- downloaded OS X Server.app and ran it. I choose to import data from old installation. It migrated my apps and data. I deleted Lion Server.app and downloaded OS X Server.app. it recoglized my old data and started upgrading services. Failed at the same place as before, authenticating to OD. 😟

Anyone else had similar issues and got passed them?

/Hasse

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Lion Server

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 1:20 PM

Reply

Answer 1

epoc1000

Level 1

11 points

Aug 2, 2012 2:05 AM in response to Driver28

yep, I have the same difficulties. The upgrade saves the OD data, but does not migrate it to the new OD again. I was also not able to read in the backup.diff my self, becasue it seems there is a problem with the setup OD. The dns setup is ok and working, so that is not a point of failure. I think one has to wait to 10.8.1.

Reply

Answer 2

Driver28 Author

Level 1

24 points

Aug 5, 2012 6:55 AM in response to epoc1000

Hmm 63 views and not à single upgrade success story.. Depressing

Reply

Answer 3

gkak

Level 1

0 points

Aug 20, 2012 11:31 AM in response to Driver28

https://help.apple.com/advancedserveradmin/mac/10.8/#apdD88A9F25-BCA9-4AD8-A317- 60DB8A52353C

in the advancedseradmin there is a Topic: Archive and restore Open Directory Data

in this case restore

i had the same issues

This helped me, I backuped under 10.7.4 the OD and imported it under 10.8

Reply

Answer 4

Mark23

Level 4

994 points

Aug 20, 2012 2:25 PM in response to Driver28

I have upgraded 4 servers succesfully from Lion Server, without too much trouble. Just be aware that you'll have to live without Server Admin from now on. And webmail, but you can restore that feature by installing roundcube webmail, which isn't hard.

Actually I kind of like working with terminal.

Reply

Answer 5

Driver28 Author

Level 1

24 points

Sep 11, 2012 4:53 AM in response to Mark23

Hi!

Yes I'm aware of that. Har anyone tried upgrading to ML 10.8.1 and server app 2.0 with better success than with 10.8?

Reply

Answer 6

Mark23

Level 4

994 points

Sep 11, 2012 7:52 AM in response to Driver28

Have you?

Reply

Answer 7

Driver28 Author

Level 1

24 points

Sep 11, 2012 8:31 AM in response to Mark23

No, I haven't. Thats why I'm asking. I would like to know if Apple has improved anything in the migration process, but maybe I just have to try. I have tried w 10.8 3 times but it has failed. I tried both migration and in-place.

Reply