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
Part II Software Update Administration
Chapter 7 75 Understanding Software Update Administration
75
Inside the Software Update Process
76
Overview
76
Catalogs
76
Installation Packages
77
Staying Up-To-Date with the Apple Server
77
Limiting User Bandwidth
77
Revoked Files
77
Software Update Package Format
77
Log Files
78
Information That Is Collected
78 Tools for Managing Software Update Service
78 Server Admin
79 Workgroup Manager
79 Command-Line Tools
Chapter 8 81 Setting Up the Software Update Service
81 Setup Overview
82 Before Setting Up Software Update
82 What You Must Know
83 Client Computer Requirements
83 Network Hardware Requirements
83 Capacity Planning
84 Before Setting Up Software Update
84 Consider Which Software Update Packages to Offer
84 Software Update Storage
85 Organize Your Enterprise Client Computers
85 Turning Software Update Service On
86 Setting Up Software Update
86 Configuring General Settings
87 Configuring Updates Settings
87 Starting Software Update
88 Pointing Unmanaged Clients to a Software Update Server
Chapter 9 89 Managing the Software Update Service
89 Manually Refreshing the Updates Catalog from the Apple Server
90 Checking the Status of the Software Update Service
90 Stopping the Software Update Service
90 Limiting User Bandwidth for the Software Update Service
91 Automatically Copying and Enabling Updates from Apple
91 Copying and Enabling Selected Updates from Apple










