[Casper] Updates

[Miles Leacy]

For Apple updates, I run my own Apple Software Update Server (SUS), which is
easy and fairly unobtrusive if you have any Mac OS X Server machines in your
environment and under your control (You can use the same box that runs your
JSS)  I have a Casper Policy that causes each managed machine to run all
available updates from the internal SUS.  You could point the managed
machines to Apple's software update server, but if you do that, you have no
control over which updates get applied and when they get applied.  With your
own SUS, you can test the updates first, then add them to the SUS once
you're sure they won't break anything in your environment.
For 3rd party updates, if they're .pkg files I might add them directly to
the JSS.  Sometimes I do a fresh install of the app in question, patch it to
the current update and make a new package for that app.  You could create a
"new & modified" package in Composer, but that's tricky unless you know
exactly what files the application and it's update modifies.

Remember, test, test, test!

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2008/12/11 Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>

>  Hey all,
>
> Do you guys have any procedures for deploying updates to machines? If so,
> can you shed some light on how you handle updating clients?
>
> Thank you much!
>
> *Jeffrey A. Strauss
> *Department of Educational Technology
> *Systems Administrator
> *Loyola High School of Los Angeles
> 1901 Venice Blvd.
> Los Angeles, Ca 90006
> (213) 381-5121 x265
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