Bob Johnston1
Level 1
(39 points)
Q: Best Way to "Move" OS X Server
I’m hoping someone has done something similar and can offer some suggestions.
I have an old Mac Pro (tower) and external RAID running 10.9.5 and OS X Server. Unfortunately, 10.9.5 is the maximum OS I can use with the LSI HBA RAID card. Drivers have been discontinued and they don’t work with 10.10 or 10.11.
Anyway, I want to “move” Server to a new Mac Pro using an ATTO ThunderLink adapter with the external RAID, while keeping Users, Groups, Shares, Services, Permissions, etc.
Options:
- Boot from a 10.11 FlashDrive and restore the 10.9.5 Time Machine backup to the new Mac Pro, then upgrade to 10.11 and the Server application.
- Upgrade to 10.11 on the old Mac Pro first (external RAID won’t be recognized), create a Time Machine backup, then restore that to the new Mac Pro.
- Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the old Mac Pro either before OS X is upgraded, or after.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
dwbrecovery
Level 3
(510 points)
Hi Bob,
IMO, consider migrating to the new Mac Pro at OS version 10.9.5:
- Use OS X: About Recovery Disk Assistant - Apple Support to create a Recovery USB ( works for Mavericks )
- Boot the new machine from the Recovery USB and Restore the 10.9.5 Time Machine Backup to the Internal Drive.
- Run Time Machine Backup on the new machine. Use a different disk to the Time Machine Disk of the old Server.
- Then upgrade to 10.11.5
- Install the new ATTO ThunderLink adapter / RAID and software.
HTH
Cheers, dwbrecovery
