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
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 images from a volume for this option to appear in the pop-up menu. For more
information, see “Setting Up NetBoot Service” on page 48.
To save the image somewhere else, choose a location from the Where pop-up menu or
click the triangle next to the Save As field and navigate to a folder.
10 Click Save and authenticate if prompted.
Important: Do not attempt to edit content in the image destination folder while the
image is being created.
Creating an Image from a Configured Computer
If you have a client computer that’s configured for users, you can use System Image
Utility to create a NetBoot or NetInstall image based on that client configuration.
You must start up from a volume other than the one you’re using as the image source.
For example, you could start up from an external FireWire hard disk or a second
partition on the client computer hard disk. You can’t create the image on a volume over
the network.
To create an image based on an existing system:
1 Start up the computer from a partition other than the one you’re imaging.
2 Install System Image Utility on the client computer from the Mac OS X Server
Administration Tools CD.
3 Open System Image Utility on the client computer (in the /Applications/Server/ folder).
4 In the left sidebar select the image source.
If no image sources are listed, make sure you have inserted a valid Mac OS X v10.5 or
later installation DVD or have mounted a valid Mac OS X v10.5 or later boot volume.
Note: To create an image, you must have valid Mac OS X v10.5 image sources (either
volumes or installation DVDs). You cannot create an image of the startup disk you are
running on.
5 From the expanded list, select the image source.
6 Select NetBoot Image or NetInstall Image and click Continue.
Select NetBoot if your client computers will start up from this image.
Select NetInstall if your image will be installed on a computer disk drive.
7 In the Image Name field, enter a name for your image.
This name identifies the image in the Startup Disk preferences pane on client
computers.
8 (Optional) In the Description field, enter notes or other information to help you
characterize the image.