Re: Re: OT. MAC Networks

[Nigel Champion <nigel_champion@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry Brian recognise the name now...you are using a new email address
:)
On a related note I am surprised that people a migrating towards mac
servers as Apple seem to have little regards for their server products.
Having recently stopped making the X-Server range, making Macs
"Enterprise
ready" is a lot harder now.
They work pretty well using SMB and AD AFAIK

Nige;

On 1 November 2011 21:55, Nigel Champion <nigel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry Brian recognise the name now...you are using a new email address
:)
> On a related note I am surprised that people a migrating towards mac
> servers as Apple seem to have little regards for their server
products.
> Having recently stopped making the X-Server range, making Macs
"Enterprise
> ready" is a lot harder now.
> They work pretty well using SMB and AD AFAIK
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
> On 1 November 2011 21:35, bodothemeerkat <Brian@xxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Yes thanks Nigel, I have been a member of this group for almost 11
years
>> now, but due to moving once or twice in the past few years I have
not been
>> running any HA stuff.... it is stored in a warehouse in darkest
>> Sheffield.... Server cabinet/Home Vision/Idratek/servers/GeoVision
>> CCTV/numerous cameras/millions of X-10 kit... etc.... etc... I
even still
>> have 4 DDAR's....
>>
>> What I was asking was 2 fold really, 1st being a good book to aid
me on
>> the road of using a MAC server, and 2nd, if anyone had any advice
of
>> exporting the data from QuickBooks to a MAC program.
>>
>> I know this is HA, but like you say, there is the odd OT message
and I
>> remember a fair amount of you chaps are Mac users.
>>
>> I will have a look a look at the links you have kindly supplied.
>>
>> Thanks for your patience,
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>>
>> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Nigel Champion <nigel_champion@...>
wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Brian,
>> >
>> > My Guess is that 1) This list is mainly for Home Automation,
but we do
>> OT
>> > quite a bit ;-) 2) Not a lot of people don't know what a
"W23" network
>> is.
>> > 3) You are not really clear about what you are asking from
us?!
>> >
>> > For general OSX networking try this maybe
>> >
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-Training-Essentials-Supporting-Troubleshooting/dp/0321635345/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320181813&sr=1-7
>> > You maybe better of asking on here
>> >
>> https://discussions.apple.com/community/servers_enterprise_software/mac_os_x_server_v10.6_snow_leopard
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Nigel
>> >
>> > On 1 November 2011 19:39, bodothemeerkat <Brian@...>
wrote:
>> >
>> > > **
>>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi again, I am not sure if I have done anything wrong
here as no one
>> seems
>> > > to have replied....
>> > >
>> > > Can someone just reply to let me know if I have posted
correctley
>> please?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks all.
>> > >
>> > > Brian.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "bodothemeerkat"
<Brian@> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Hi all, sorry for this but I know you lot are good
with these
>> things...
>> > > >
>> > > > My history is with MS networking but I have
recently been tasked
>> with
>> > > joining the W23 network with a new bunch of MAC machines
and a MAC
>> server...
>> > > >
>> > > > Can anyone recommend a good book to start me off
along this track
>> please?
>> > > >
>> > > > The aim is to be totally MAC orientated.....
>> > > >
>> > > > In case you are wondering why we are going along
this route, it is
>> > > because we use Intuit QuickBooks which has never been
very good and
>> now we
>> > > find we cannot move it over to a MAC server and cannot
find any way of
>> > > migrating to a new product...
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks all, hope you do not mind me asking here.
>> > > >
>> > > > Brian.
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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>>
>>
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