[Casper] Casper 6.0!

[Thomas Larkin]

I have 5 netboot servers in my JSS that all point to them and the clients netboot no problem and imaging works, as long as I have gone through and make sure all the right scripts are in place.

The only thing I have noticed so far is that I had pushed out a set of scripts via ARD admin to the servers and just tossed them in the CasperShare Scripts folder and it was working fine, until at 3AM when my Master server synchronizes down to my distribution points, it was copying over the old script again.

So, I went into Casper Admin, deleted all those scripts, uploaded the scripts through Casper Admin and then Synchronized down to the distribution points.

I still wish I could do selective Syncs.  I don't need any of the PPC images in the high school servers, only in the middle schools do we have those computers.

It is kind of annoying you have to sync out a 6 or 7 gig image to all file shares and maybe only one or two total need it


I did have some sort of DNS issue, and changed all distribution points to point by IP instead of DNS and that is now fixed.

Other than that I haven't had any major issues, and my deployment is:

25 to 30 Xserves

6,200 Mac clients

5 of those servers are netboot servers and distribution points and that is it.

I would be curious to hear all of your exact issues as I, myself, may run into them at any point in time.  We are still deploying our Macbooks out so a lot of them are in storage at the moment.   However in two weeks we will be back to a full blown 6,000+ Macs on our network.

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
cell:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
>>> "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> 08/20/08 5:20 PM >>>
Are you using the JSS to point to a specific NetBoot server added in the JSS that is NOT broadcast to your clients using BSDP?

I found that it wouldn't set the boot information for a specific NetBoot server at all with Casper Remote, even when I used the Override Defaults option.

Craig


On 8/20/08 5:18 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

Bob what are your issues?  I just migrated from 5.13 to 6.0 and I am netbooting and imaging still and I even used the same .nbi files.

Are your casper servers part of your directory or are they stand alone?

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
cell:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
>>> <r.wessen at neu.edu> 08/20/08 5:10 PM >>>
While I'm glad you had a sucessful upgrade, the bugs I had to
patch/workaround and specific open bug (not letting us netboot at all)
with development doesn't let me share your glowing review.

We are patiently awaiting the point release and hoping the issues are
ironed out.

____________________
Bob Wessen
System Administrator
IS System Production Services
4 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University




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[Casper] Casper 6.0!






Casper 6.0 is awesome.
Our upgrade went almost perfectly. Our only issue came due to FEU boxes
were checked, but no user data existed in those packages. Once I cleaned
that up, everything has been working great.

We have 3846 computers in our JSS (includes some archived/ retired) at 16
locations.
We are using a single box to netboot, house our JSS and distribute
packages, and the performance boost with 6.0 is excellent.
I demo'd new features for our entire District Tech Staff and they can't
wait to get there hands on it!
Thanks to Jamf for the great work as always!
Sandy Hinding
Lead Macintosh Technician
Casper Administrator CCA
HelpDesk Manager
Lakeville Area Public Schools

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