[WinMac] Re: Looking for independent confirmation
Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:16:15 -0500
[Cross-posted to the AlphaNT mailing list]
Dear Jim & Mike; & AlphaNT'ers:
Please keep all of us on the WinMac list posted. Please go into as much
detail as possible -- Don't spare the bytes! -- so everyone who uses NT's
Services for Macintosh can exchange our experiences.
--> AlphaNT'ers: If you don't use or support NT/Server's Services for
Macintosh, just ignore the balance of this message.
In any case, I'm not apologizing for NT's SFM... If it has problems, I'll
be the first to yank it.
NT Services For Macintosh users, please post to the WinMac
<mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> list, so we can collectively analyze:
A) Your particular system configuration:
1) RAM & CPU;
2) Number of hard drives & partitions;
4) SCSI controller used
4) Number of files in each MacFile share & in each partition;
5) Percentage of partition that is full. [This is determined through
Diskeeper or through right-clicking the partitions(s) and scrolling down to
"Properties..."
B) Average and maximum number of connected users;
C) Whether there is a single AppleTalk zone, or if multiple zones;
D) Whether the server has multiple NIC's and/or is acting as an AppleTalk
seeding router;
E) Whether the connected Mac clients are all using Open Transport, or if
not whether they are running AppleTalk 58.1.5 (for all System 7 Macs, as
installed through Network Software Installer NSI-ZM 1.5.1); or if there are
any System 6 clients if they have been patched with NSI-ZM 1.4.5;
F) If there is any IPX packet traffic on the LAN;
G) If bypassing traverse checking is enabled, i.e if the key
NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate has been added, and the DWORD value is set to 1;
H) If Diskeeper 3 or 4 is installed, and if so how often does it run as
well as the priority;
I) Anything else that is notable... Sometimes minor things can make a BIG
difference!
Please post these things to the list; and I'll compile everything & keep
tabs of what is going on. Sometimes the (seemingly) minor factors can pile
up to cause this meltdown. So far, in all the LANs I service, I have seen
no such problems with SP4 - patched x86 servers that are running SFM.
Very truly yours,
Dan Schwartz
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At 10:43 PM 1/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Michael,
>
>I work in an elementary school that is an all Mac school running off of an
>NT server. We installed NT 4 with the Service Pack 4 and found that every
>time we tried to copy large files to the server, it would cause the server
>to shut down and restart. We also experienced the problem of disappearing
>Mac volumes on the server. After contacting Microsoft, we were told to go
>back to Service Pack 3. They said it was a problem with SP4 and had
>something to do with running Mac services over a high speed connection.
>Since going back to SP3, we have had no problems. I don't have a KB
>article number as we spoke with Microsoft directly. I hope this helps.
>
>Jim
>
>
>>Yesterday I received a call from the local computer gurus at one of my
>>colleges. He wanted to warn me not to upgrade to Service Pack 4 (NT4). He
>>said that they had just done it and now all their Mac Volumes had
>>disappeared and the server dosen't even show in the zone.
>>
>>I've been testing SP4 on both Intel and Alpha machines since it came out
>>and seen no inherent problems. He also said that he called Microsoft and
>>they are aware of the problem but don't have any ideas as to what is
>>wrong, and that they don't reccomend upgrading to SP4 if you need Mac
>>Volumes. He also said that they have had six calls about this problem.
>>
>>Is there anyone who can provide me with confirmation that this is some
>>sort of problem with SFM in SP4 ? A KB article number wold be great!
>
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