Which on checking reveals two folders in the user section of the USB drive which match the above, so "Shared" and "home". Do I need to start again? Hopefully not as I have now updated the server vm and yey! it seems that there is now a migration app so that's a good start.Īlso, below is the terminal response from the USB clone drive:ĭrwxr-xr-x+ 26 501 20 884 6 Sep 22:38 home * If everything works, then eventually you will want to delete the snapshot, because it slows things down and uses disk space.īefore I got your response I had created a user name and password in the Server VM. or restore the snapshot and try something else if Migration Assistant fails.) You can try various settings in Migration Assistant by restoring the snapshot from the previous step. * Go to /Applications/Utilities, and launch Migration Assistant, or use Spotlight (magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the menu bar) to search for "Migration". or select it in the Virtual Machine Library window, then click on the Snapshots icon.) You can use this to revert your virtual machine back, then try different migration assistant settings or try something else. * In VMware Fusion, take a snapshot of your Snow Leopard Server. (Virtual Machine menu, Install VMware Tools then run the installer inside your Snow Leopard Server virtual machine, reboot.) * Install VMware Tools on your updated Snow Leopard Server virtual machine. Keep running Software Update until there are no more updates available. * Run Software Update on the Snow Leopard Server virtual machine. Using System Preferences on the Snow Leopard Server virtual machine, create user accounts in your Snow Leopard Server virtual machine in this order: 501 (already done), 502, 503. You will see a list of user accounts with numbers (0 for Shared, and also 501, and maybe 502, 503. Hint: the first letter of the above command is a lower case "L". Type the command "ls -n /Volumes//Users" (To fill in the, type the first letter or two, then the press the tab key, then add "/Users" and press return.) Open the Terminal in /Applications/Utilities. To find out the correct order do the following: IMPORTANT: Create the user accounts in the same order as on your external disk. If you have only one user account on the external disk, you can skip this step. * Create user accounts that match the user accounts on your external disk. * Install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server in a virtual machine. Hopefully it will be added for you after you complete the updates. (The previous update was 15 October 2013.) The 7 November 2013 Software Update included "Migration Assistant Update for Snow Leopard 1.1." As I wrote the previous post in this thread, I did verify that Migration Assistant was included in my Snow Leopard Server virtual machine. On 7 November 2013, I ran a Software Update. The virtual machine was created on 27 April 2013 and fully updated at the time, including "Mac OS X Server Update Combined 10.6.8 v1.1". I looked at my Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Server virtual machine and found a log entry. Believe it or not, I keep detailed notes of all software installations and updates in a configuration log file. Try updating to 10.6.8 and running all other software updates. Even then, there is no guarantee that you can install your programme and make it work. In the US, it costs $100 to join for one year. If you have time and money, I would buy a copy of Snow Leopard Server (eBay?) or join Apple's Developer Program (Programme?) which gives you access to freely download it. After that, you still face the problem of how to get the client version to boot as described above. It is complicated and I don't have time to look it up (which is why I did not respond earlier). * It may be possible to copy your external drive to a VMware Fusion virtual disk and trick it into booting from there. * There are ways to trick VMware Fusion into running the Snow Leopard Client version by fooling it, but I can't say much about that. it might be more complex to copy it manually, and it might not work at all. If it requires license codes, application assistant folders, etc. Perhaps you can simply drag and drop the application from the USB drive. I know that Migration Assistant is included on my copy of Snow Leopard Server. I have not tested Migration Assistant from Snow Leopard Server, but that may be a way to migrate your programme and data from your external drive. * If you find and install Snow Leopard Server, it will run your programme if you have a way to install it. VMware Fusion will run Snow Leopard Server, but Apple recently discontinued sales and it may be hard to find. * The main problem is that VMware Fusion will refuse to run Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard "Client". I was tempted to reply, but I had hoped that others would jump in sooner.
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