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Macintosh shares

A share is any volume, drive, or directory resource that is shared across a network. During failover, the target can assume or add any source shares so that they remain accessible to the end users. Automatic share failover only occurs for standard Windows file system shares. Other shares, including Macintosh volumes, must be configured for failover through the failover scripts or created manually on the target.

  1. On your target, set the File Server for Macintosh service to manual startup. This allows the post-failover script on the target to control when the service starts on the target.
  2. Create each volume on the target machine exactly as it exists on the source. Use the Shared Folder wizard to configure each volume as a Macintosh-accessible volume. Follow these steps to start the wizard.
    1. Open the Control Panel and click Administrative Tools.
    2. Select Configure Your Server.
    3. In the Configure Your Server window, click the File Server link.

    4. Click Start the Shared Folder wizard to start the wizard, and then follow the directions provided by the wizard. On the Create Shared Folders screen, you must enable Apple Macintosh.

      You can automate the creation of the volumes during the failover process by using the macfile volume command in the post-failover batch file. For detailed information on how to use this command, see your Windows reference guide.

       

  3. On the target machine, copy the chngname utility, chngname.exe, from the \tools\Win2K directory of the Double-Take Availability CD or from the Vision Solutions support web site to the directory where Double-Take Availability is installed.
  4. Add the following to your failover script.

    5. rem Commands for Macintosh-accessible volume failover

    rem The chngname utility (chngname.exe) must be located in the same

    rem directory where Double-Take Availability is installed.

    rem The following command temporarily changes the name of the server. You

    rem will need to replace <drive>:\<directory>\ with the location of

    rem your Double-Take Availability chngname utility and replace

    rem source_name with the name of the source machine.

    <drive>\<directory>\chngname /s source_name

    rem The following command starts the File Server for Macintosh service

    net start "File server for Macintosh"

    rem The following command changes the name of the server back to its

    rem original name. You will need to replace <drive>:\<directory>\ with

    rem the location of your Double-Take Availability chngname utility.

    <drive>\<directory>\chngname /t

In the event of a failure, the Macintosh clients must remap the volume in order to access it. From the Macintosh client, use the Chooser to select the volume that needs to be remapped.