[Casper] 10.4 vs 10.5 server for test environment

[Miles Leacy]

It is absolutely possible to run multiple JSSes on the same box.  I'm almost
absolutely sure this isn't supported, and I agree wholeheartedly with Craig
that such experimentation shouldn't be done on production boxes.
I would recommend picking up VMWare and running your test box(es) on a VM.
 What I've done is spec out two beefy Xserves and installed VMWare on them
for my testing environment.  This should be more cost effective than
purchasing and maintaining a bunch of low to mid-range boxes and certainly
less headaches than scrounging old hardware (which I've found to be PPC
these days, and most of the stuff I want to test requires Intel).

If you are a Developer Connection member, you can download install media for
Tiger, Leopard and prerelease Snow Leopard builds (of course you'd be under
an Apple NDA, as I am, so don't ask me about Snow Leopard.  Sign up and find
out for yourself). and a serial number that's good for a few months, which
should be long enough to get through any testing.

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2009/2/19 Ernst, Craig S. <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>

>  The issue is the name of the database and how the components connect to
> it. The database is jamfsoftware, you need to be able to change everything
> that points to that to a second database with a different name.
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> I personally would never want to mix test and production on the same box
> regardless of whether or not it's possible, with the exception of if the
> second instance was virtualized.
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> Craig E
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> On 2/19/09 8:52 AM, "Criss Myers" <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:
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>  What would happen if you create 2 domain entries with different ip's
>  hosted them on the same server,
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>  youd have jss1.mydomain.com and jss2.mydomain.com and have two different
> ip's resolving via your dns
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>  Then using the JSS Setup utility connected to jss1 and installed the JSS
> and then conencted to jss2 and installed a second JSS
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>  Both would be hosted on your server via the same NIC but have different
> databases under different domains and ip's ????
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>  Criss
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> Criss Myers
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> >>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at  2:37 PM, in message <
> C5C2CAE7.13C57%ernstcs at uwec.edu>, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
> wrote:
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>  My test environment is a G5 tower running Tiger Server. Works great. I
> attempted to use Parallels server for my test environment Leopard server,
> but performance was an issue for some reason (haven't gotten back around to
> that yet), and this wasn't even on the same Xserve as my main JSS.
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> In production I used teamed NICs on my Xserve.
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> I don't think it's convenient or even easy/possible to run a second
> instance of the JSS on the same system without some heavy modification.
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> Craig E
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> On 2/19/09 8:10 AM, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:
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>  Hi-
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> I'm going to be setting up a test environment on a second xserve.
>  Basically, another JSS.  2 questions about this:
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>    4. The hardware I have available has 10.4 server on it.  Is there that
>    much of a difference, that I should go with the cost of upgrading to 10.5 on
>    that box when it comes to the JSS?
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>    10. Related, if there is a big enough difference, instead of purchasing
>    another copy of 10.5 server, is there a way to set up a second instance of
>    the JSS (the test JSS) on the same box as my prod JSS?  Related note, my
>    NICs are teamed.  I know this is likely not recommended, but I'm curious
>    anyway.
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>  Thanks
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> j
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