Casper Suite Administrator's Guide v8.7 - JAMF Software

PreStage Imaging
PreStage imaging allows you to image computers or groups of computers automatically as you add
them to your network. When you create a PreStage, you pre-configure the imaging process to include
information that you want to use to image the computers.
Using a PreStage automatically acquires newly imaged computers and enrolls any computers that are
associated with an administrator account that has SSH access to the computer.
This section explains how to create, view logs for, edit, and delete a PreStage.
To create a PreStage:
1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.
2. Click the Management tab.
3. Click the PreStage Imaging link.
4. Click the Create PreStage button in the toolbar.
5. Enter a display name for the PreStage.
6. Set the date and time you want the PreStage to become active using the Make active after pop-up
menus.
7. Set the date and time you want to PreStage to expire using the Disable after pop-up menus.
If you don’t want the PreStage to expire, set a date far ahead in the future, such as “12/30/2020”.
8. Choose how you want the PreStage to assign names to the computers:
• If you select the List of Names option, you can provide a list of computer names from which names are
assigned.
• If you select the Using MAC Addresses option, names are assigned according to each computer’s MAC
address.
• If you select the Using Serial Number option, names are assigned according to each computer's serial
number.
9. Choose whether to limit the scope of the PreStage to computers in certain network segments, with
specific MAC addresses, or with certain serial numbers.
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