Mac OS X 10.7 Deployment

Overview

This three-day course focuses on solutions for deploying software, ranging from the installation of individual files to the deployment of complete system images to multiple computers. The class is aimed at OS X system administrators who need to know how to streamline the process of installing and configuring a large number of devices running OS X or iOS.

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

• Understanding of OS X
• Basic troubleshooting experience or Lion 101
• Basic OS X Server experience or Lion 201
• Experience with OS X in a network environment
• Experience using the command-line interface with OS.

Delegates will learn how to

On completion, delegates will have studied:
• Chapter 1 - Deployment Design and Logistics
• Chapter 2 - Item Distribution and Scripting
• Chapter 3 - Client Management with MCX and Profiles
• Chapter 4 - System Image Creation
• Chapter 5 - Deploying images using NetBoot/ASR
• Chapter 6 - Deploying and creating images and workflows using DeployStudio
• Chapter - 7 Maintaining images using StarDeploy
• Chapter - 8 Setup and configuration of Profile Manager
• Chapter - 9 Mac OS X Lion configuration using Profile Manager

Course Outline.

Chapter 1 - Deployment Design and Logistics
• Understanding primary deployment concepts
• Planning hardware deployment logistics
• Planning usage management

Chapter 2 - Item Distribution and Scripting
• OS X file deployment considerations
• Using archive (zip) files for deployment, using ARD 3 to deploy items
• Using disk images for deployment
• Discussion of package features, creation and deployment of packages

Chapter 3 - Client Management with MCX and Profiles
• Using MCX (Managed Client for OS X) for client management with Workgroup Manager
• Understanding the use of profiles for client and computer management
• Deploying profiles with Profile Manager

Chapter 4 - System Image Creation
• Understanding system image creation
• Integrating systems with managed preferences
• Customising a system prior to imaging
• Preparing a system for image creation
• Creating a cloned system image with Disk Utility
• Using System Image Utility to create NetBoot
• NetInstall and NetRestore images including images via the modular build method

Chapter 5 - Deploying images using NetBoot/ASR
• Deploying system images with NetRestore
• Configuring ASR network multicast
• Deploying systems with NetInstall
• Using System Image Utility workflow actions

Chapter 6 - Deploying and creating images and workflows using DeployStudio
• Introduction to DeployStudio setup
• Configuration and workflow management
• Creating images using DeployStudio Runtime
• Deploying and adjusting workflows using DeployStudio

Chapter - 7 Maintaining images using StarDeploy
• Introduction to StarDeploy setup and Configuration
• Maintaining OS X systems using the StarDeploy System Preference pane

Chapter - 8 Setup and configuration of Profile Manager
• What Profile Manager is and is not
• Profile Manager requirements for successful implementation
• Strategies for maintaining configuration of clients (both iOS and OS X)

Chapter - 9 Mac OS X Lion configuration using Profile Manager
• Creating profiles in Profile Manager
• Using Placeholders to pre-populate
• Managing profiles
• Adjusting profile configuration via push