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[AfZ]PiMp J · 03-20-2008, 02:39 PM

I recently inherited 2 Snapserver 4400s. One has guardian OS 2.6.x and the other 3.0.x

I have a couple questions i was hoping could be answered, and after searching through the first two pages of the forum, hadn't seen them answered (hope i didnt miss em)

1) On the server with 2.6 Guardian OS, it doesn't seem to register it's hostname (SnapServer2 as i've given it) with either my ISP DNS or the router on my network. The other snapserver DOES register itself. Is there a command i can throw at it to get it to update since nsupdate doesn't exist? Or do i need to upgrade the OS? (see question 2)

2) Wanting to upgrade the OS, does a drive swap trick work? If i were to take the OS drive 1 from the 2.6 Snapserver2 and put it in the 3.0 Snapserver and let it rebuild, then put it back in the 2.6 with another drive and eventually added each other drive one at a time...would it work? (both are raid 5 setups currently) Or is there an easier way to upgrade it? (i haven't found the guardian os for download yet, having done limited torrent searching to be honest)

3) I run an FTP (proftpd) on Snapserver (3.0 Guardian OS), and it seems whenever i powerdown and/or unplug the server and turn it back on later, the config for the FTP is overwritten with the default every time. I have a backup that i replace this default config with, but don't want to have to do this everytime i restart the server..is there a place i can copy my config to besides the /etc/ dir so that it will use my config on bootup?

thanks all in advance, i plan on making great use and contributions to this forum since luckily inheriting these servers

03-20-2008, 02:39 PM	#1
[AfZ]PiMp J Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fl Posts: 29	Snapserver 4400 OS Upgrade and Config Overwriting question I recently inherited 2 Snapserver 4400s. One has guardian OS 2.6.x and the other 3.0.x I have a couple questions i was hoping could be answered, and after searching through the first two pages of the forum, hadn't seen them answered (hope i didnt miss em) 1) On the server with 2.6 Guardian OS, it doesn't seem to register it's hostname (SnapServer2 as i've given it) with either my ISP DNS or the router on my network. The other snapserver DOES register itself. Is there a command i can throw at it to get it to update since nsupdate doesn't exist? Or do i need to upgrade the OS? (see question 2) 2) Wanting to upgrade the OS, does a drive swap trick work? If i were to take the OS drive 1 from the 2.6 Snapserver2 and put it in the 3.0 Snapserver and let it rebuild, then put it back in the 2.6 with another drive and eventually added each other drive one at a time...would it work? (both are raid 5 setups currently) Or is there an easier way to upgrade it? (i haven't found the guardian os for download yet, having done limited torrent searching to be honest) 3) I run an FTP (proftpd) on Snapserver (3.0 Guardian OS), and it seems whenever i powerdown and/or unplug the server and turn it back on later, the config for the FTP is overwritten with the default every time. I have a backup that i replace this default config with, but don't want to have to do this everytime i restart the server..is there a place i can copy my config to besides the /etc/ dir so that it will use my config on bootup? thanks all in advance, i plan on making great use and contributions to this forum since luckily inheriting these servers