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4 Installation and Setup Overview
Before installing and setting up Mac OS X Server, take the
time to do a little planning and to familiarize yourself
with your options.
This chapter is a roadmap to details presented in later chapters. It surveys the stages of
installation and initial server setup and the options available to you during each stage.
Planning
During the planning stage, you determine how you want to use Mac OS X Server and
identify whether there’s anything you need to accomplish before setting it up.
You may, for example, want to convert an existing server to version 10.3 and continue
hosting directory, file, and mail services for clients on your network. Before you install
server software, you may need to prepare data you want to migrate to your new server,
and perhaps consider whether it’s a good time to implement a different directory
services solution.
Chapter 5, “Before You Begin,” on page 73 will help you understand what you might
want to do now and what you can postpone until later.
During the planning stage, you’ll also decide which installation and server setup
options best suite your needs. Appendix B, “Setup Example,” on page 119 contains an
example that illustrates server installation and initial setup in a small business scenario.
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