[Casper] Casper 6.0!

Wed Aug 20 16:11:35 PDT 2008

can't edit existing pre-stages without SQL errors......

not trying to be negative, i like the tool, it saves us tons of time, but 
this upgrade has been a pain.  I was hoping to roll self-service and a new 
image for Sep 1...not looking so good right now.

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

"Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> 
08/20/08 07:05 PM

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Re: [Casper] Casper 6.0!

So the key was are these servers not configured to show up with BSDP, 
bootp, though? Do they show up in the startup disk options on those 
network segments? If so, of course they?ll boot to them. =)

Currently exploring an issue with Adobe updates not going out at FirstRun 
after Adobe CS3 software installs.

The FUT FEU issue.

More of my issues are related to how Leopard changed some things, 
particularly how if you have a script with a shutdown command (our nightly 
maintenance script) in it while a user is logged in and that user logs off 
before the shutdown time is met (5 minutes), at the point of log off that 
shutdown command is lost. I?m sure there are ways around this for me, but 
I just haven?t had time to work it out...

I?d like to be able to enable FileVault for all AD accounts that logon 
onto a box, without depending on OD and MCX for the setting, should just 
be a setting in the OS somewhere.

You name it...overall Casper Suite 6.0 issues sit far below the additional 
capabilities it has given. Naturally, we?ll never be fully satisfied, and 
will feature request JAMF to death. =)

Craig

On 8/20/08 5:31 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

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

"Sandy J. Hinding" <sjhinding at isd194.k12.mn.us>
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08/20/08 05:44 PM

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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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