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For Windows users, your server can provide VPN service, file and printer sharing, and
Open Directory authentication. You can also host Windows user home directories if you
set up a Windows PDC on Mac OS X Server.
You’ll find instructions for setting up a server to work with other vendors’ products in
several guides:
• The Open Directory administration guide provides guidelines and instructions for
integrating into existing directory systems.
• The Windows services administration guide describes how to set up print service and
file services as well as PDC support for Windows users.
• The user management guide describes how to configure Windows options for
individual users.
High Availability
Mac OS X Server features that promote high availability include:
• Open Directory Apple LDAP replication (see the Open Directory administration
guide)
• IP failover (see the command-line administration guide)
• Automatic restart after hardware or software failures
• Disk space monitoring (see the command-line administration guide for information
about log-rolling scripts and the diskspacemonitor tool)
• Software RAID (see Disk Utility online help)
• Journaled HFS disks (see the command-line administration guide for how to use disk
journaling)
• Remote server monitoring (ee Chapter 3, “Server Administration,” on page 47)
Server Administration
Mac OS X Server provides an extensive range of tools and applications for managing
your servers.
From initial server setup to service configuration and day-to-day server management,
administrators can use graphical applications or command-line tools available on the
server or on a Mac OS X computer onto which you’ve installed the applications that
come with the server.
The next chapter, Chapter 3, “Server Administration,” tells you about the Mac OS X
Server tools and applications.
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