[Casper] Smart static groups

[Thomas Larkin]

Jared 

There are tons of ways to do this.  Here are some ways how you can
separate machines on your network.   

1)  JSS ID - once your system has been inventoried it will give you a
JSS ID which is unique to that computer.  You can create a smart group
based on the JSS ID 

2)  Network segments - If you have them on their own VLAN or behind a
router with NAT, and know the IP ranges that those machines get, you can
create a network segment of those machines only 

3)  Naming convention - If they are named unique compared to your
production machines, you can create a group based on name 

4)  To further point three, you can also do it by OS, software
configuration, etc 


I had a couple of Mac minis behind a router which all were given a
certain IP range that is unique to that network, then created a smart
group and department based on that network group.  Then have a second
JSS and a second set of clients behind NAT for my sandbox.  


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>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 11/18/08 7:22 AM >>>

Hi-

It looks like this will be the best option as I’ve only got 2
departments set up right now anyway.  Is JSS ID to Department a 1 to 1
relationship?

j


On 11/17/08 19:25 , "Criss  Myers" <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:


hi,

yes thats what i do for pilot and testing macs, i create a department
and put them in it

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>>> "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> 17/11/08 9:30 PM >>>
I don't believe that group membership can be a criterion for a smart
group.
 Perhaps that can be a feature request.
Does your static group have any other common elements?

If they're on the same isolated subnet, you can create a Network Segment
for
them and use that as the common criterion.

You could create a "beta testing" Department and add all of these
machines
to it and then scope down your smart group from there, i.e., by having
criteria of "beta testing" department and >0 SW updates available.


2008/11/17 Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>

>  Is there a way to have a "static smart group?"  Basically, I'm
looking
> for a blend of a static and smart group.  I have a group of 10
machines or
> so that I'm calling my "beta testing" group so I can try deployments
and
> management out on them.  I'd like to apply a smart group to this
static
> group of "has more than 0 software updates available" for instance.
>
> Is there any way to do that?  Perhaps I need to scope in some other
way? I
> thought about doing it this way, by network segment for instance, but
that
> wouldn't work in my case.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Thanks!
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> Jared Nichols
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> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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