[Casper] Software Update - laptop labs, progress indicator

[Clinton Blackmore]

In that case, how do you throttle it on the server side?  We are using  
internet SUSes (although we really want to get a cascading SUS setup,  
so we can set on one server which updates need to go out, and which  
ones should be avoided.)

I don't suppose anyone has a way to multicast software updates?

Why the sudden interest in software updates?  Well, we normally go  
with the policy that computers that are on our network will be updated  
when they are imaged each year, and beyond that, few things are  
critical enough to warrant it.  Unfortunately, we believe that  
upgrading all of our clients will resolve some issues we've been  
having, and, so, we are updating.  [BTW, has anyone seen a good  
writeup on the AFP bug that 10.5.6 is supposed to address?]

Clinton


On 2-Apr-09, at 10:25 AM, Miles Leacy wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Clinton Blackmore <clinton.blackmore at westwind.ab.ca 
> > wrote:
> Wait a second--Is it possible for a laptop, closed and in a cart, to  
> run scripts and such?  If so, will it go back to sleep when it is  
> done, and is heat an issue?  (The carts are ventilated, mind you.)
>
> I haven't done this in a while, so I don't recall.  It's definitely  
> something worth testing.
>
>
> Also, is it possible to throttle software update?  If I wanted my  
> clients to download the updates while the computers are in use (and  
> not hammer the network too hard), is there any way to do that  
> (preferably on the client side)?
>
> I don't know and, in fact, I think you can't throttle from the  
> client side.  You can throttle from the server side if you're  
> running your own internal SUS.  I recommend an internal SUS to  
> anyone who manages Macs.  It's relatively simple to set up, and it  
> lets you control if and when updates get applied, which is important  
> because Apple updates can sometimes break customizations and/or  
> software that doesn't follow Apple's development rules (such as  
> Microsoft and Adobe titles).
>


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