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

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Building Packages Introduction to Composer A package is a self-contained group of files that can be deployed to remote computers or as part of the imaging process. A package consists of product or component files, such as an application and its required components, a set of fonts, a preference file, or a document. A package also contains instructions about how and where it should be installed once received by the user. Depending on the files you want to package, Composer allows you to monitor the installation of your software or use files that already exist on your hard drive to create a package source. You can create a package source using the following methods: Take before and after snapshots of your hard drive. Monitor the file system. Use pre-installed software. Use user environment settings. • Drag contents from the Finder into Composer. Use an existing package. • After you verify the contents of a package source, Composer gives you the option to build a PKG or a DMG based on how you intend to use and deploy the package. Composer also allows you to build a DMG of a pre-configured operating system. 62
Creating Package Sources A package source allows you to view and edit attributes of the package (such as files, scripts, permissions, and localizations) before it is built. Once a package source exists for a group of files, you can make modifications and build the package as many times as necessary. You can create a package source using the following methods: • Snapshots—Composer takes before and after snapshots of the file system and creates a package source based on the changes. This method allows you to monitor installations in all locations on the drive. If necessary, you can also quit Composer or log out/reboot during the installation process. • File system monitoring—Composer uses the File System Events (FSEvents) framework to monitor any changes that are made to the file system during the installation process. Then, Composer creates a package source based on the changes. This method does not allow you to quit Composer or log in/ reboot during the installation process. In addition, an excess of file system activity can cause FSEvents to miss changes. • Using pre-installed software—You can use software that is pre-installed on your computer to create a package source based on package manifests. This method allows you to create package sources without monitoring the installation process. • Using user environment settings—Package manifests can also be used to capture settings configured on your computer, such as Dashboard, Display, and Global Preference settings. • Dragging contents from the Finder—A simple drag-and-drop process allows you to create a package source from files already installed on your computer. • Using an existing package—Composer allows you to make modifications to an existing package or convert between the PKG and DMG package formats. This section explains how to create package sources using these six methods. Taking Snapshots If the files you want to package are not already installed on the drive, Composer can take a snapshot of the file system before and after the files have been installed and create a package source based on the changes. Composer can take two kinds of snapshots: • Normal snapshots—These snapshots capture any new files on the drive. These snapshots can take anywhere from ten seconds to several minutes depending on your hardware and the number of files on the drive. • New and modified snapshots—These snapshots capture any new files on the drive, as well as any files that have been modified. These snapshots can take longer than normal snapshots, since Composer records the modifications date of each file while performing the snapshot. There are several benefits to using the snapshot approach: Composer monitors installations in all locations on the drive. You can quit Composer during the installation process. • You can log out or reboot during the installation process. 63
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MySQL Mac Windows OS iOS X Applicat
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Compatibility Understanding with Do
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Chapter 1: Administering the JSS 7
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Mac OS X Applications Casper Admin
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10. Click the Save button. To edit
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3. Click the Settings tab. 4. Click
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Info Pane This pane allows you to m
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Fill Existing User Home Directories
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3. Click the Info tab and select th
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Step 3: Create a New Adobe Installa
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Suppress Registration Ensures that
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When this process is complete, choo
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3. Click the Casper Admin link. 4.
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Enabling the Self Healing Feature S
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3. Click OK to confirm the deletion
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5. Click the New Script button and
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OS Requirements If certain operatin
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Managing Printers This section expl
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2. Select the printers that you wan
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Creating Directory Bindings Directo
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12. If you are binding client compu
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8. Enter the username and password
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6. Choose a type of recovery key ty
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Configuring the Computer Management
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5. Select Use External Certificate
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Check for policies triggered by sta
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Hide account from OS X Login Window
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3. Click the Computer Management Fr
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Managing Removable MAC Addresses Co
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Policies Policies allow you to auto
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• Uninstall a package. Add a pri
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Self Service Pane This pane allows
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Dock Pane This pane allows you to c
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• Flush user caches. Verify star
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7. Click Continue. Clients execute
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Note: These numbers are based on a
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8. (Optional) Enter a description.
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Adding Custom Search Paths By defau
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6. Select the Default checkbox to d
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Managing Peripheral Types You can t
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Acquiring Mac OS X Computers Acquis
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6. (Optional) Select Purchasing in
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Enrolling Mac OS X Computers with t
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5. Enter the email addresses that y
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You can also sign the QuickAdd pack
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11. Click the Create button. 12. Sa
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9. Click the Scan button. Once you
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3. Select Local Inventory in the si
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Enrolling Computers by Editing Comp
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Acquiring Windows Computers Acquisi
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5. (Optional) Click the Purchasing
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Acquiring Mobile Devices You can ac
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Performing Advanced Computer Search
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Display Fields Pane This pane allow
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Viewing Computer Search Results By
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• Total count of each version of
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Application Distribution Report (PD
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Viewing Computer Details After perf
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Searching Peripherals Once peripher
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Peripheral reports are broken down
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General Pane This pane allows you t
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6. Using the View As pop-up menu, c
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Performing Mass Actions on Computer
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5. If you want to edit the Autorun
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5. Use the options and fields provi
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7. Add or modify information as nee
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Creating Computer Groups Computer g
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10. Repeat steps 7 through 9 as nee
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Viewing Receipts The JAMF Software
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6. Click the Inventory Options link
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Imaging Overview of the Imaging Pro
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Managing Configurations This sectio
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7. Click the Contents tab and use t
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d. Click OK. 11. Repeat steps 2 thr
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c. If you want the partition to be
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5. Click OK. Note: You may be promp
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9. Click Install. To view Imaging l
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4. In the list of packages, locate
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4. In the list of directory binding
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5. Choose the network configuration
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Managing Autorun Preferences Autoru
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4. Click Autorun across from the co
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PreStage Imaging PreStage imaging a
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Target Mode Imaging Target Mode Ima
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10. Boot a target computer to targe
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10. Click the Packages tab and sele
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Installing Adobe CS3/CS4 Updaters T
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13. Click Save. Client computers ru
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5. Select the Install or uninstall
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To install a package using Casper R
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Once you complete these steps, Casp
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Uninstalling Packages You can unins
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Using the Self Healing Feature In o
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Remote Control Overview of Remote C
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Using Screen Sharing This section e
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Settings and Security Management Ma
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Creating and Installing Mac OS X Co
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Running Remote Commands for Mac OS
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Canceling Remote Commands The JSS a
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4. Create a policy or edit an exist
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Managing Dock Items Before you add
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Managing Local Accounts You can man
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Binding to Directory Services Befor
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Deploying Disk Encryption Configura
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Managing Open Firmware/EFI Password
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5. If you want to remove the passwo
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9. (Optional) Enter additional info
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To specify software definitions for
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Reporting on Licensed Software Usin
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9. Click the Display Fields tab sel
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Sending Notifications on Licensed S
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Usage Management Application Usage
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8. When the list of logs is display
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8. In the Username field, enter the
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Managing User Authentication Prefer
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Making Policies Available in Self S
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Managing Self Service Plug-ins The
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Self Service Plug-in Bundles The Se
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Installing Items from Self Service
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Accessing Plug-ins Plug-ins are dis
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Building Your MDM Framework Configu
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To set up or modify OTA Enrollment
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Enrolling Mobile Devices OTA The JS
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The OTA Enrollment User Experience
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Configuration Creating and Distribu
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Security Management Running Remote
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Distribution Apps Understanding Unm
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Make Available in the Self Service
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Distributing In-House Apps In-house
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8. Enter or verify the app name, ve
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5. Click the Scope tab and remove d
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eBooks The JAMF Software Server (JS
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9. Click Save. The eBook is distrib
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Casper Focus Overview of Casper Foc
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Managing Classes For a teacher to c
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