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
34 Chapter 2 Creating NetBoot and NetInstall Images
Configuring the Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts Action
Use this action to add installer packages and post-install scripts to a NetInstall image.
Post-install scripts provide the ability to customize each computer you deploy an image
on.
This action is only valid when creating a NetInstall image.
To configure the Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts workflow action:
1 From your System Image Utility workflow, select the Add Packages and Post-Install
Scripts action in the Automator Library and drag it into position in your workflow.
2 Add or Remove software packages or post-install scripts to your NetInstall image.
To add a package, click the Add (+) button, select the packages or post-install script
you want to add to your NetInstall image, then click Open.
To remove a package or post-install script, select the item from the list and click the
Delete (–) button.
You can also drag items into the list from Finder and delete them by pressing the
Delete key.
Configuring the Add User Account Action
Use this account to add a user account to the Mac OS X installation image. You can set
this user to be an administrator.
This action is only valid when creating a NetBoot image.
To configure the Add User Account workflow action:
1 From your System Image Utility workflow, select the Add User Account action in the
Automator Library and drag it into position in your workflow.
2 Enter a user name, short name, and password for the user account.
3 Select the “Allow user to administer the computer” checkbox to give the account
administrator priveleges.
Generally, a NetBoot computer created from a Mac OS X Installation DVD must have at
least one administrator user account. You can log in to a booted client using this
account.
Configuring the Apply System Configuration Settings Action
Use this action to set custom per-host settings on client computers.
This action is only valid when creating NetInstall images.
To configure the Apply System Configuration Settings workflow action:
1 From your System Image Utility workflow, select the Apply System Configuration
Settings action in the Automator Library and drag it into position in your workflow.