Apple Updates Server Admin Tool 10.6.3

Apple has released server admin tools with various updates including the following:

Server Admin

• Eliminates delays in Server Admin on an IPv6 network.
• The "Edit Over Quota Error Message" button is now always enabled for the Mail service.
• You can now stop the NetBoot service without stopping the DHCP service first.
• NetBoot/NetInstall filtering by client MAC address now works.
• Adds NetBoot/NetInstall model filter for iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) computers.

System Image Utility

• Fixes an issue that could generate the message "Catalog file is too fragmented for restore" when creating a NetRestore image from a volume.
• When using the Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts task, you can now specify the order of the added packages and scripts.
• You can now create a NetRestore image that includes a package such as iTunes, which would previously prevent the new disk image from being unmounted during creation.
• The Customize Package Selection workflow now works when the primary language is not English.
• Adds model filter for iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) computers.
• Improves the ability to add Software Update and other installation packages to a NetInstall workflow. (* see note below)
• You can now Enable Automated Installation for a NetRestore image. (* see note below)
• Fixes an issue that could cause systems created from a NetInstall image to show an alert that "the client computer already exists" when binding to an Open Directory server. For details, see this article. (* see note below)
• Fixes an issue with setting a custom system name using the Apply System Configuration Settings task. (* see note below)
• When you Enable Automated Installation for a NetInstall image, clients can now successfully choose which volume to install on, if the "Volume: Selected by user" option is set. (* see note below)

* Note: In order to take advantage of these improvements, you must create an image from a 10.6.3 or later source volume.


Workgroup Manager

• Fixes an issue that could cause a user's primary shortname to be changed when adding or editing additional shortnames.

Server Admin Tools 10.6.3 also includes these improvements, first delivered in Server Admin Tools 10.6.2:

Server Admin

• Improves stability of Server Admin application.
• Includes Netboot/Netinstall model filters for Macs introduced in October, 2009.
• DHCP service status is now reported correctly when viewing the Netboot service overview.
• Fixes an issue that could cause a cache file to grow out of bounds when Server Admin checks for server software updates from behind an authenticated web proxy.

Server Assistant

• Now enforces LOM password length requirements during setup (at least eight characters, no more than twenty).

Server Preferences

• Improves general usability and reliability of Server Preferences, including the creation and deletion of users and groups.
• Guest access for File Sharing is now correctly granted when enabled in Server Preferences.

System Image Utility

• Includes Netboot/Netinstall model filters for Macs introduced in October, 2009.

Workgroup Manager

• Fixes a user interface issue in Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 that prevented the creation of users with a period "." in the short name on a Snow Leopard Server.
• Fixes a user interface issue in Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 that could cause incorrect options to appear when creating users on a Snow Leopard Server.

Xgrid Admin

• Allows one to connect to Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard Xgrid controllers.