[Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS?

[Criss Myers]

Ive done the 10.5.5 update as well as the Java update via JSS no problem, with testing


Criss Myers
Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
LIS Business Support Team
Library 301
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
Ex 5054
01772 895054

>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at  5:26 PM, in message <fc.006ad22901bf85233b9aca00d17737e4.1bf8614 at lblp.com>, "mcorippo" <mcorippo at lblp.com> wrote:

And we did it on a test box with an OS update.  Threw the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg on the JSS as-is, pushed it to a test box running 10.5.4, and required a reboot.  It rebooted twice on its own, and was
running 10.5.5 with no apparent issues or problems.  Too easy.

disclaimer:  Have not gone beyond early testing at this point.

Matt Corippo
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
I.T. Dept.



Damien Weiss <damien at mac.com> on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 AM -0700 wrote:
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>I do that.  The only time it's burned me is with the FCP6.0.4 update, which I believe Apple called the ProApps2.0(???) update.  Casper reported that it had installed the package, but when we launched the
>applications, it clearly had not.
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>I believe it was because it was a mpkg, but I never took the time to investigate.
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>Thanks,
>Damien
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>On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote:
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>So Criss, you just literally download the pkg files and toss them into casper admin for software updates?
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>I think I almost like that idea better....
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>>>> "Criss  Myers" <[ mailto:CMyers at uclan.ac.uk ]CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 10/29/08 9:53 AM >>>
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>Hi,
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>I depoly all updates via the JSS,
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>1. It means i can control the updates better than via software update server,
>2. I can then add them to the autorun for future reimaging
>3. I use the same method for non apple updates, so i have only 1 update route
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>
>Criss
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>
>Criss Myers
>Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
>Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
>LIS Business Support Team
>Library 301
>University of Central Lancashire
>Preston PR1 2HE
>Ex 5054
>01772 895054
>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at  2:39 PM, in message <[ mailto:ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com ]ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com>, "Miles Leacy" <[
>mailto:miles.leacy at themacadmin.com ]miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> wrote:
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>Hey all,
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>I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 Software Update Server.  While I try to work this out with Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them
>too the JSS and deploying them that way.
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>Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it from
>the JSS.
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>Thanks,
>Miles
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>
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