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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7 Understanding Software Update
Administration
This chapter describes how to use Software Update service to
update Apple software on your network.
Software Update service offers you ways to manage Macintosh software updates from
Apple on your network. In an uncontrolled environment, users might connect to Apple
Software Update servers at any time and update your client computers with software
that is not approved by your IT group.
Using local Software Update servers, your client computers access only the software
updates you permit from software lists that you control, giving you more flexibility in
managing computer software updates. For example you can:
 Download software updates from the Apple Software Update servers to a local server
for sharing with local network clients and reduce the amount of bandwidth used
outside your enterprise network.
 Direct users, groups, and computers to specific local Software Update servers using
managed preferences.
 Manage the software update packages users can access by enabling and disabling
packages at the local server.
 Mirror updates between Apple Software Update servers and your server to make
sure you have the most current updates.
Note: You can’t use Software Update service to provide third-party software updates.
Inside the Software Update Process
This section describes how Software Update servers are implemented on Mac OS X
Server, including information about the protocols, files, folder structures, and
configuration details.