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Chapter 4 Installation and Setup Overview 69
Automating Server Setup
When you have more than just a few servers to set up, consider using automated
server setup. This approach also provides a way to preserve setup data so it can be
reused should you want or need to reinstall server software.
Use Server Assistant to specify setup data, then save the data in a file or in a directory.
Using Setup Data Stored in a File
When you place a setup file on a volume (CD, iPod, USB solid-state drive, disk partition)
mounted locally on a server you’ve installed but not set up, the server detects the file
and automatically uses it to set itself up.
You could, for example, store multiple setup files on an iPod, then plug the iPod into
the first server for which a setup file exists.
Administrator computer
Setup data in a directory
Setup data in a file
iPod
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