Why can't I install FMPSA9 on two Macs?

[Zippy Aus]

Hi all

Filemaker Server Advanced 8 used to be so simple. Install the server, install the web companion and start serving. FMSA 9 is proving to be a nightmare, at least for me.

I am trying to install it in a two machine config on Mac OS X.

I originally wanted to set it up on two Mac OS X 10.4.10 Servers, but have had so many dramas with that. When I have finally got the configuration "working", I got an error along the lines of "WPE has too many active sessions. (error 956)." After some reading, people were saying it was a Firewall issue. I wasn't running firewall software nor was I going through our firm firewall. So I put the machines onto there own network, just to be sure and still got the same issue.

I un-installed and re-installed the FMS software on both machines several times to no effect. I then wiped both machines and re-installed the OSX server software on both machines and re-installed FMS (this time updating it to v3). Still the same error.

So now I have got myself two g5 iMacs, installed OS X server 10.4.10 on both of them and tried this clean evironment. The two machine are the only two on a network, connect via a 4 port hub. I still get the same error.

In desperation I have re-formatted them both as Mac OS X 10.4.10 (not server), run all required updates (java updates, avoiding release6 as there was an issue with this) and deployed the FM server. Now when I go to the test pages I am getting "Forbidden You do not have authorization to access this server" in my browser.

I am at my whits end. Fortunately I have kept my FMS8 and FMSA8 machines running and serving the online systems.

Any advice, help, critism, thoughts anything would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers in advance.

Zippy

[stephanwik]

http://tinyurl.com/27sjpa

fixed it for me.

[Zippy Aus]

Thanks ... hasn't helped me ... will keep trying though ... need to get my 9WPE working as all the other servers have been upgraded except the 1 hosting the web databases .. it is still running on 8 with FMSA 8 on a separate box.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Install worker machiens first, then master machine. Is that whay you did?

Steven

[Zippy Aus]

yes .. the worker machine was configured first and waiting for the master. I will try this again though.

Cheers

S