Mac OS X Server

Under certain circumstances, Server app may be unable to display Profile Manager settings after updating to Lion Server v10.7.3. Additionally, you may not be able to administer profiles using the web application.

Learn how to create and deploy a recovery key for use with FileVault 2 in order to recover encrypted data after a lost user password, in this advanced article.

In Lion Server v10.7.2 and later, you can use System Image Utility to add packages to a NetBoot or NetRestore image.

When connecting Mac OS X Server v10.5 or later to networks that implement dynamic DNS (DDNS), including Microsoft Active Directory networks, Mac OS X Server may register each configured network interface address in DNS.

When attempting to automatically push profiles that require user interaction to be installed to a device enrolled in Profile Manager, installation may not succeed.

This article contains a script used to configure Promise VTrak RAID controllers for Xsan (Metadata, Journal, and Data).

The Calendar service in Lion Server can support email invitations via iMIP (iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol) that require the server to have access to an IMAP server for incoming mail and an SMTP server for outbound mail.

Learn which Mac OS X releases can be used to create a NetBoot, NetInstall or NetRestore image that can be used on multiple Mac models.

You may be unable to connect to a VPN server running on Lion Server. This may be related to how Windows handles IPSec NAT traversal by default.  This article will explain how to change this behavior to allow VPN connections … Continue reading →

Files saved on an SMB sharepoint may have group access removed when you save them. This can happen when applications use "safe save," which is used to minimize data loss if the save process is interrupted. The process creates an … Continue reading →