Completed upgrading the new MARS (DSpace) server to from 10.5.8 to 10.6 (Snow Leopard Server). Went very smoothly. Here’s the sequence:
- run SuperDuper to clone boot drive to second drive in XServe
- shutdown server, pull boot drive and set aside (for disaster recovery)
- move second drive to boot drive spot
- boot off cloned drive
- insert new disc
- click on “install Snow Leopard Server”
- enter serial number when prompted
- reboot
- all systems running normally
- shutdown second time and reinsert original boot drive in second drive slot
- after running updated OS for two days, will clone new boot drive to second drive
One quirk I’ve noticed: haven’t seen any mention of this elseweb but the /etc/rc.local that was faithfully launching Tomcat under 10.5.8 doesn’t seem to work under 10.6. Lauching Tomcat manually now until I figure out enough launchd magic to reenable autostarting (my last session with Lingon wasn’t that successful)..
I’ll also begin testing whether this new OS might solve the problem(s) that left our Manakin interface too unstable for everyday use.
You can check on that interface via this link:
http://digilib.gmu.edu:8080/xxmlui