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
Chapter 8 Setting Up the Software Update Service 85
To delete the software update folder in Terminal:
$ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swupd/html
To move the software update folder in Terminal (to save downloaded updates):
$ mv /usr/share/swupd/html
/new_storage_location
Replace new_storage_location with the location you want the folder moved to.
To create a symbolic link in Terminal:
$ ln -s /
new_storage_location
/usr/share/swupd/html
Replace new_storage_location with the path to where you want to store downloaded
software updates.
Organize Your Enterprise Client Computers
You might have individuals, groups, or groups of computers with common needs for
only a few software update packages, while others might need unrestricted access to
all software updates.
To provide varied access to software update packages, you must set up multiple
Software Update servers. Use managed preferences to configure these computers to
access a specific Software Update server.
For more information about how to configure managed preferences for the Software
Update server, see User Management.
Turning Software Update Service On
Before you can configure Software Update settings, you must turn on the Software
Update service in Server Admin.
To turn Software Update on:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle to the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select Server.
4 Click Settings.
5 Click Services.
6 Click the Software Update checkbox.
7 Click Save.