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

Patch Management
Running Software Update
You can automate Apple’s Software Update on your client computers so that Software Update installs
updates in the background without disturbing users.
In OS X v10.4 and later, Apple allows you to host your own software update server internally. This reduces
bandwidth by downloading packages once per server instead of once per computer. It also allows you to
control and approve updates using the Server Admin application on Mac OS X Server before you make
them available.
Before using a policy to run Software Update on client computers from an internally hosted software
update server, you must add one or more software update servers to the JAMF Software Server (JSS). For
instructions on adding software update servers, see the “Software Update Servers” section.
This section explains how to run Software Update using a policy or Casper Remote.
To run Software Update using a policy:
1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.
2. Click the Management tab.
3. Click the Policies link.
4. Create or edit the policy.
• To create a policy, click the Create Policy button in the toolbar, select the Create policy manually
option, and then click Continue.
To edit an existing policy, click the Edit Policy link across from it.
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5. Enter a display name for the policy.
6. Assign the policy to a category using the Category pop-up menu.
7. Choose a trigger from the Triggered By pop-up menu.
8. Choose how often you want clients to run the policy using the Execution Frequency pop-up menu.
9. Click the Scope tab and assign computers or user groups to the scope.
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