[Casper] CS3 Strategies

[Brenner, John]

I am not having issues with the updates.  Have you checked the log files?


On 6/13/08 10:56 AM, "Eric Anderson" <eanderson at mitty.com> wrote:

> This summer is my first attempt with CS3 as well.  I'm having the same
> issue as James; CS3 installs correctly, but the updates get stuck. I'd
> love to hear how someone got their installation working, too.
> 
> Eric Anderson
> Director of Information Technology
> Archbishop Mitty High School
> 
> On Jun 13, 2008, at 7:13 AM, James Nairn wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 13 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Paul Austin wrote:
>> 
>>> Hoping to tap the vast wealth of knowledge that is in this group....
>>> 
>>> My company has finally purchased CS3 and I am looking for the best
>>> strategies for deployment as part of an initial configuration. I
>>> have been testing for several days with mixed results. Using the CS3
>>> methods in Casper admin to create a deployment package seems to only
>>> function part of the time. I end up delivering CS3 that wants the
>>> License key on first run. (Note: I am using Design Premium and an
>>> open license). The time it takes to deliver is also too long for my
>>> liking. I have also been experimenting with delivering CS3 in a
>>> policy after the initial image delivery. Results are also mixed. I
>>> know I am late to the CS3 game, but how are you guys doing your
>>> deployments?
>> 
>> For this Academic Year we have used the special CS3 functionality of
>> Casper and have had _extremely_ mixed results. Although CS3 installs
>> correctly and is registered etc the Adobe updaters generally just stop
>> working. Because the Adobe patchers never complete successfully we
>> then have issues with the jamfHelper app refusing to allow logons.
>> Even if jamfHelper does quit, a user logging in is confronted by the
>> remnants of the failed installation such as unmountable disk images.
>> In the JSS each package is set to have the Dock icon suppressed but
>> that doesn't work either!
>> 
>> It would be nice to know if anyone has got CS3 installation working
>> correctly...
>> 
>> I'm now off to file some bug reports!
>> 
>> James
>> 
>> -- 
>> James Nairn        mailto:jwrn3 at cam.ac.uk
>> Macintosh Systems Specialist   
>> University of Cambridge Computing Service
>> Pembroke St, Cambridge, CB2 3QH  Tel (01223 7)63486
>> 
>> 
>> 
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