User Guide
Table Of Contents
- System Imaging and Software Update Administration
- Contents
- About This Guide
- PartI: System Imaging Administration
- Understanding System Imaging
- Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images
- Using System Image Utility
- Creating Images
- Understanding Workflows
- Workflow Components
- Configuring the Customize Package Selection Action
- Configuring the Define Image Source Action
- Configuring the Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts Action
- Configuring the Add User Account Action
- Configuring the Apply System Configuration Settings Action
- Configuring the Create Image Action
- Configuring the Enable Automated Installation Action
- Configuring the Filter Clients by MAC Address Action
- Configuring the Filter Computer Models Action
- Configuring the Partition Disk Action
- Assembling Workflows
- Adding Software to NetBoot and NetInstall Images
- Setting Up NetBoot Service
- Setting Up Clients to Use NetBoot and NetInstall Images
- Managing NetBoot Service
- Solving System Imaging Problems
- PartII: Software Update Administration
- Understanding Software Update Administration
- Setting Up the Software Update Service
- Managing the Software Update Service
- Manually Refreshing the Updates Catalog from the Apple Server
- Checking the Status of the Software Update Service
- Stopping the Software Update Service
- Limiting User Bandwidth for the Software Update Service
- Automatically Copying and Enabling Updates from Apple
- Copying and Enabling Selected Updates from Apple
- Removing Obsolete Software Updates
- Removing Updates from a Software Update Server
- Identifying Individual Software Update Files
- Solving Software Update Service Problems
- Glossary
- Index

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Contents
Preface 9 About This Guide
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What’s New in System Imaging and Software Update
9
What’s in This Guide
10
Using This Guide
10
Using Onscreen Help
11
Mac OS X Server Administration Guides
12
Viewing PDF Guides on Screen
12
Printing PDF Guides
13
Getting Documentation Updates
13
Getting Additional Information
Part I System Imaging Administration
Chapter 1 17 Understanding System Imaging
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Inside NetBoot Service
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Disk Images
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NetBoot Share Points
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Using NetBoot and NetInstall Images on Other Servers
19
Client Information File
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Shadow Files
20
NetBoot Image Folder
21
Property List File
21
Boot Server Discovery Protocol (BSDP)
22
BootP Server
22
Boot Files
22
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
22
Using Images Stored on Other Servers
23
Security
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NetInstall Images
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Tools for Managing NetBoot Service
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Server Admin
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Workgroup Manager










