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
12 Preface About This Guide
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Upgrading and Migrating Use data and service settings from an earlier version of Product
Name or Windows NT.
User Management Create and manage user accounts, groups, and computers. Set up
managed preferences for Mac OS X clients.
Web Technologies Administration Set up and manage web technologies, including web, blog,
webmail, wiki, MySQL, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and WebDAV.
Xgrid Administration and High
Performance Computing
Set up and manage computational clusters of Xserve systems and
Mac computers.
Mac OS X Server Glossary Learn about terms used for server and storage products.
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