[Casper] Updates

Thu Dec 11 12:20:16 PST 2008

Just spitballing here...

On your distribution SUS', could you have SUS on, but disable auto download and auto enable options?  Then, use rsync to mirror the /usr/share/httpd/swupd (I think that's it) folder from the "master" to the "distribution" ?

J

On 12/11/08 15:17 , "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

 Yes our SUS is an Xserve that is dedicated to SUS and file sharing, and I want it to download and cache out all approved updates to distribution points, since our distribution points run off of RAIDs on building level Xserves.  That way they could sync the updates over night, and during operating hours machines would not go over the WAN for updates, they could pull them off the casper distribution point.

 Does that make sense?

>>> "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> 12/11/08 1:29 PM >>>
Are the distribution points on OS X Servers?  If so, the easiest solution is to create multiple instances of SUS on different network segments.

 I was thinking through an automated way to move packages from an SUS to a Casper distribution point, and it's relatively easy to get the packages there.  The hurdle is making them useful to Software Update, or even to Casper.

 I suppose you could forego the SUS and add Apple update pkgs to your JSS and deploy them that way.  This would bring on additional work as you'd need to determine the dependencies and compatibility of each update manually and scope their installation appropriately.  If you use an SUS and Software Update, Apple does that work for you.

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 On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Thomas Larkin

 <TLARKI at kckps.org>

 wrote:

 I have a self service policy that runs all approved updates off of our
sus. I also download the pkg for quick critical updates and push them
out via a policy.

I only have one sus and it would be awesome if I could cache those
updates to the casper distribution points. Then I wouldn't have 6000
clients pulling updates off one server.  Then just use that one server
to control it while the casper share points distribute it to their set
vlans.

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From: "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com>
Cc: List, Casper <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
To: Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>

Sent: 12/11/2008 11:29:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Casper] Updates

Do your users run it via self-service?
I have an "updates available" smart group that consists of all machines
with
>0 updates available.  A self-service policy scoped to this smart group
allows non-admins to run Apple updates.  As silly as it may seem, this
option can inflate the egos of many users.  You might be surprised how
far
the illusion of control gets you with people.

Of course, I have a second policy scoped to the same group that runs
over
the weekend for anyone who didn't avail themselves of self-service.

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 2008/12/11 Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>

>  I run our own Software Update Server so I can vette any packages
first.
>  If it's ok, I release it in SUS and let the software update mechanism
> handle it.  I do force a once monthly mandatory update.  Users can run
it
> optionally on their own or it'll pop up automatically weekly.
>
> j
>
>
>

 > On 12/11/08 12:12 , "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
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