Apple 95014-2084 User Manual

Mac OS X ServerSystem Imaging and Software Update AdministrationFor Version 10.5 Leopard

10 Preface About This Guide  Part II—Software Update Administration. The chapters in this part of the guide introduce you to the Software Update

100 Glossary network interface Your computer’s hardware connection to a network. This includes (but isn’t limited to) Ethernet connections, AirPort c

Glossary 101 QuickTime A set of Macintosh system extensions or a Windows dynamic-link library that supports the composition and playing of movies.Qui

102 Glossary

103IndexIndexAaccessand client management 57, 81, 83load balancing 66path for client 22restricting NetBoot 36, 37, 49, 50, 55restricting Sof

104 Index Ffilesboot 22Software Update storage 84file services 46See also share pointsFilter Clients by MAC Address action 36Filter Computer Model

Index 105 serial number, server 47Server Admin 18, 24, 78serveradmin tool 48serversdiscovery of 21, 55images on remote 53load balancing 28, 29,

Preface About This Guide 11 Mac OS X Server Administration GuidesGetting Started covers installation and setup for standard and workgroup configura

12 Preface About This Guide Viewing PDF Guides on ScreenWhile reading the PDF version of a guide onscreen:Â Show bookmarks to see the guide’s outl

Preface About This Guide 13 Getting Documentation UpdatesPeriodically, Apple posts revised help pages and new editions of guides. Some revised help

14 Preface About This Guide

IPart I: System Imaging AdministrationThe chapters in this part of the guide introduce you to system imaging and the applications and tools available

1 171 Understanding System ImagingThis chapter describes how to start client computers using an operating system stored on a server and how to in

18 Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging You can set up multiple NetBoot or NetInstall images to suit the needs of different groups of clients or

Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging 19 For example, if you decide to store images on three server disks, NetBoot service sets up three share poi

K Apple Inc.© 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of Mac OS X Server software may reproduce this publicat

20 Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging Allocation of Shadow Files for Mac OS X NetBoot ClientsWhen a client computer starts from a Mac OS X Net

Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging 21 Property List FileThe property list file (NBImageInfo.plist) stores image properties. The following table

22 Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging BootP ServerNetBoot service uses a BootP server (bootpd) to provide necessary information to client comp

Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging 23 SecurityYou can restrict access to NetBoot service on a case-by-case basis by listing the hardware addres

24 Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging Tools for Managing NetBoot ServiceThe Server Admin and System Image Utility applications provide a graph

Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging 25 System Image UtilitySystem Image Utility is a tool you use to create and customize NetBoot and NetInstall

26 Chapter 1 Understanding System Imaging

2 272 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall ImagesThis chapter provides instructions for preparing NetBoot or NetInstall images you can use with NetBoo

28 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images You can also assemble a workflow to create a NetBoot image that permits advanced customization

Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 29 To save the image somewhere else, choose a location from the Where pop-up menu or click the tri

3 1 Contents Preface 9 About This Guide9 What’s New in System Imaging and Software Update 9 What’s in This Guide 10 Using This Guide 10 Using

30 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images NetBoot service must be configured on a network port and Server Admin must be set to serve ima

Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 31 Clients can’t see the description information.9 If the image will be served from more than oner

32 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images  Workflows that create custom NetBoot images assemble a bootable image from installation DVDs

Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 33 To configure the Customize Package Selection workflow action:1 From your System Image Utility w

34 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images Configuring the Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts ActionUse this action to add installer p

Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 35 2 Select from the following options to apply system configuration settings to your NetInstall i

36 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 6 In the Index field, enter an Image ID:Â To create an image that is unique to this server, ch

Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 37 To remove MAC addresses from the list, select the item to remove and click the Delete (–) butto

38 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 7 Set the size of the volume by choosing one of the following.Choose “Percentage of available

Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 39 Removing WorkflowsYou can remove workflows from the System Image Utility.To remove a workflow f

4 Contents 25 System Image Utility 25 Command-Line Tools Chapter 2 27 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images27 Using System Image Utility 27 Creating

40 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 8 From the Automator Library, choose additional actions that your customized image requires an

Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images 41 About PackagesTo add application software or other files at image creation (instead of installi

42 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images

3 433 Setting Up NetBoot ServiceThis chapter describes how to set up NetBoot service to make boot and installation images available to clients.Us

44 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service To create application packages that you can add to an image, use PackageMaker. Application software packag

Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service 45 Before Setting Up NetBoot ServiceBefore you set up NetBoot service, review the following considerations and

46 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service Network Hardware RequirementsThe type of network connections you must use depends on the number of clients

Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service 47 Â Hard disk capacity and number of images: Boot and installation images occupy hard disk space on server v

48 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service Turning NetBoot Service OnBefore you can configure NetBoot settings, you must turn NetBoot service on in S

Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service 49 6 In the Images column, click the checkbox to choose where to store images.7 In the Client Data column, cli

Contents 5 49 Configuring Images Settings 49 Configuring Filters Settings 50 Configuring Logging Settings 50 Starting NetBoot and Related Services 51

50 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service 6 Select “Allow only clients listed below (deny others)” or “Deny only clients listed below (allow others)

Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service 51 3 If you’ll be booting diskless Mac OS X clients, start AFP service by selecting AFP in the Servers list an

52 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service Choosing Where Images Are StoredYou can use Server Admin to choose volumes to use for storing NetBoot and

Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service 53 6 Click Save.From the Command LineYou can also specify a volume to store shadow files on by using the serve

54 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service To specify the default boot image:1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.2 Click the triangle to th

Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service 55 Restricting NetBoot Clients by Filtering AddressesThe filtering feature of NetBoot service lets you restric

56 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service

4 574 Setting Up Clients to Use NetBoot and NetInstall ImagesThis chapter describes how to set up client computers to start or install software f

58 Chapter 4 Setting Up Clients to Use NetBoot and NetInstall Images Selecting a NetInstall ImageIf your computer is running Mac OS X v10.2 or lat

Chapter 4 Setting Up Clients to Use NetBoot and NetInstall Images 59 Changing How NetBoot Clients Allocate Shadow FilesBy default, a Mac OS X NetBo

6 Contents Part II Software Update Administration Chapter 7 75 Understanding Software Update Administration75 Inside the Software Update Process 76 O

60 Chapter 4 Setting Up Clients to Use NetBoot and NetInstall Images

5 615 Managing NetBoot ServiceThis chapter describes daily tasks you perform to keep NetBoot service running efficiently, and includes informatio

62 Chapter 5 Managing NetBoot Service  To stop service to a client, click Settings, click Filters, select Enable NetBoot Filtering, choose “Deny

Chapter 5 Managing NetBoot Service 63 Viewing a List of NetBoot ConnectionsYou can use Server Admin to see a list of clients that are booted from t

64 Chapter 5 Managing NetBoot Service Viewing the NetBoot Service LogYou can use Server Admin to view a log containing diagnostic information.To v

Chapter 5 Managing NetBoot Service 65 To distribute an image across servers:1 Locate the image file on the server where the original image is store

66 Chapter 5 Managing NetBoot Service 8 Open Terminal and use the scp secure copy tool to copy the image to the NetBootSPn share points on the oth

Chapter 5 Managing NetBoot Service 67 Distributing Shadow FilesClients starting up from Mac OS X diskless images store temporary (shadow) files on

68 Chapter 5 Managing NetBoot Service

6 696 Solving System Imaging ProblemsThis chapter provides solutions for common problems you might encounter while working with NetBoot and NetIn

Contents 792 Removing Obsolete Software Updates92 Removing Updates from a Software Update Server93 Identifying Individual Software Update FilesChapter

70 Chapter 6 Solving System Imaging Problems If You Want to Change the Image NameYou can’t edit the name of an image with System Image Utility aft

Chapter 6 Solving System Imaging Problems 71 10 Open a Terminal window and enter the following to rename the image:$ sudo diskutil rename /Volumes/

72 Chapter 6 Solving System Imaging Problems

IIPart II: Software Update AdministrationThe chapters in this part of the guide introduce you to the Software Update service and the applications and

7 757 Understanding Software Update AdministrationThis chapter describes how to use Software Update service to update Apple software on your netw

76 Chapter 7 Understanding Software Update Administration OverviewThe process that starts Software Update service is SoftwareUpdateServer. When yo

Chapter 7 Understanding Software Update Administration 77 Staying Up-To-Date with the Apple ServerTo keep your service synchronized with the most c

78 Chapter 7 Understanding Software Update Administration Information That Is CollectedThe Apple Software Update server collects the following inf

Chapter 7 Understanding Software Update Administration 79 Workgroup ManagerThe Workgroup Manager application provides comprehensive management of c

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80 Chapter 7 Understanding Software Update Administration

8 818 Setting Up the Software Update ServiceThis chapter provides instructions for setting up the Software Update service on your network for Mac

82 Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service Step 3: Configure the Software Update serverDecide how you want to copy and enable software u

Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service 83 Client Computer RequirementsMacintosh computers running Mac OS X v10.4 or later that are networ

84 Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service Before Setting Up Software UpdateBefore you set up Software Update, consider the following top

Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service 85 To delete the software update folder in Terminal:$ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swupd/htmlTo move the

86 Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service Setting Up Software UpdateYou set up the Software Update service by configuring the following

Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service 87 Configuring Updates SettingsYou can use Updates settings to refresh the software update catalog

88 Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service Pointing Unmanaged Clients to a Software Update ServerUse the defaults command in Terminal to

9 899 Managing the Software Update ServiceThis chapter describes how to perform day-to-day management tasks for a Software Update server after th

9PrefaceAbout This GuideThis guide describes how to configure and use NetBoot and NetInstall images within Mac OS X Server. It also describes th

90 Chapter 9 Managing the Software Update Service Checking the Status of the Software Update ServiceUse Server Admin to check the status of the So

Chapter 9 Managing the Software Update Service 91 Automatically Copying and Enabling Updates from AppleUse Server Admin to copy and enable software

92 Chapter 9 Managing the Software Update Service Removing Obsolete Software UpdatesUse Server Admin to remove obsolete software updates from the

Chapter 9 Managing the Software Update Service 93 4 When prompted, enter your administrator password.Identifying Individual Software Update FilesAl

94 Chapter 9 Managing the Software Update Service

10 9510 Solving Software Update Service ProblemsThis chapter provides solutions for common problems you might encounter while working with Softwa

96 Chapter 10 Solving Software Update Service Problems

97GlossaryGlossaryAFP Apple Filing Protocol. A client/server protocol used by Apple file service to share files and network services. AFP uses

98 Glossary DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol used to dynamically distribute IP addresses to client computers. Each time a client

Glossary 99 group A collection of users who have similar needs. Groups simplify the administration of shared resources.host Another name for a serve