10.8 server

[mezmerrick]

I'm currently planning a switch over in the Summer holidays from a 10.6 Server and WGM to a 10.7 Server and Profile Manager. I'm still working my way through a test setup to make sure I can replicate all of my preference settings in WGM with Profile Manager. If 10.8 server is stable when it comes out, I might take an early plunge to that if it can manage more!

 

So far we are only using Profile Manager with our iPads, and it seems to work pretty well.

[Rozzer]

I'm currently planning a switch over in the Summer holidays from a 10.6 Server and WGM to a 10.7 Server and Profile Manager. I'm still working my way through a test setup to make sure I can replicate all of my preference settings in WGM with Profile Manager. If 10.8 server is stable when it comes out, I might take an early plunge to that if it can manage more!

 

So far we are only using Profile Manager with our iPads, and it seems to work pretty well.

 

Personally if I were you I would wait a few months. The first releases are always suggested to avoid. Also do you have any 10.5 clients on your network because they will not work with 10.7 LDAP.

 

Ross

[JR-PCS]

Personally if I were you I would wait a few months. The first releases are always suggested to avoid. Also do you have any 10.5 clients on your network because they will not work with 10.7 LDAP.

 

Ross

 

I have a client with 10.7 OD server and it works fine managing there 10.5 clients.

[mezmerrick]

Yeh, I do usually tend to avoid first releases like the plague for production environments!

 

We are planning on upgrading to Lion clients and Server though in the Summer, depending on my tests. We don't have anything older client-wise than 10.6.7.

 

I'll probably leave it a year before Mountain Lion.

[Rozzer]

I have a client with 10.7 OD server and it works fine managing there 10.5 clients.

 

I have had a few issues crop up after its up and running with managed preferences before. But its been rare for me to do a 10.7 server setup with 10.5 clients still present. Lets be honest 10.5 machines are usually 4-5 years old now and the upgrade is so cheap!

 

Ross