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James Cook2

Q: Choose your server from the list that appears

I administer four Yosemites servers using OS X Server.

 

Everytime I launch OS X Server I have to option to Continue, which I do not choose. But I never get a list of other Macs to Adminsiter. I always have to choose "Other Mac" and enter the URL, etc. This happens on two Macs running Yosemite and being used for administrating.

 

Where is the list of other Macs? No matter how often I connect to them, they never show up and I can find nothing in the menus to add them.

 

According to How to administer OS X Server remotely using Server App - Apple Support it should be there:

 

  • The first time you open the Server app on your admin computer, do not click the Continue button in the "Welcome to Server" window. Instead, choose Connect to Server from the Manage menu.
  • Choose your server from the list that appears, or click "Other Mac" and then click Continue.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 4:14 PM

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  • by Antonio Rocco,

    Antonio Rocco Antonio Rocco Mar 30, 2015 10:30 AM in response to James Cook2
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    Mar 30, 2015 10:30 AM in response to James Cook2

    All macs announce/broadcast themselves using a zerconfig protocol called Bonjour which can't traverse subnets easily. If the four servers are on different subnets it could explain why you never see them in the list.

  • by James Cook2,

    James Cook2 James Cook2 Mar 30, 2015 11:09 AM in response to Antonio Rocco
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    Mar 30, 2015 11:09 AM in response to Antonio Rocco

    I should've noted that these are web servers in various locations. They would not show on Bonjour.

     

    I'd still expect Server to remember and list them, and certainly the documentation doesn't indicate it's a LAN only feature.