[Casper] CS4 Install - solved?

Nichols, Jared jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu
Thu Mar 19 13:26:57 PDT 2009 

Good news!

I renamed the files in the deployment folder to install.xml and uninstall.xml from whatever their file names were previously, uploaded to JSS using Casper Admin and going about the usual CS3 creation process. Then, installed Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator CS4 (license keys are different) via self service....

Works great!

I'll try adding Contribute CS4 and Premiere CS4 to the mix tomorrow...

J

On 3/19/09 12:28 , "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

Good question, perhaps the documents only deal with suites and not point products. Hello, JAMF?

We purchase one copy of Master Collection for a reason, licensing database issues. The other good reason is that you then have a single source of all the applications to use for multiple types of deployments with the JSS. By being able to use a single Master Collection license code we don't run into issues of other installs breaking each other as the license database gets rewritten. Everything is just licensed under that number. This also takes in to account you have the ability to track or restrict the applications that do run with the number of licenses you have. We, like several on the list use KeyServer to manage that piece and stay compliant with our concurrent licenses. We do have X number of suites purchased, but we also purchase additional point licenses for more widely used applications like Dreamweaver and Photoshop.

Craig E


On 3/19/09 11:05 AM, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:

I'm now starting to package up CS4 and have begun following the Jamf directions in  KB article 196.  One thing I have a question about, though, is where you're supposed to rename install-en_US.xml and uninstall-en_US.xml.  So far, I've taken disk images of Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 but have found that the files aren't named what is provided in the documentation (deployment.xml and uninstall.xml in the case of Illustrator).  Should I just rename this to install.xml and uninstall.xml?

Also, we don't purchase "suites" of the products, but rather individual titles, so therefore they all have different serial numbers.  Will this install method handle this approach ok with respect to the licensing?

Thanks!

j


On 3/18/09 15:19 , "David Lundgren" <david.lundgren at brooks.edu> wrote:

I've used this method successfully to install CS4 Design Premium on more than 100 computers over the past month. I cached it first then modified the policy to "install all cached software" once the computers in the specific policy cached it.

The only problem I've noticed with the installation was that CS3 Design Premium licensing stopped working, and I haven't really investigated if I accidentally installed something else before installing CS4, so it's possible something else broke the licensing for CS3. This was done with all the options turned on in Casper Admin, so it was a silent install with the dock icon being suppressed and so on.

The work around was to install CS3 DP after the CS4 DP on a broken computer and then copying the Adobe PCD, caps, and FLEXnet Publisher folders and contents into each computer that exhibits this problem. Both CS3 and CS4 work properly now.

Dave

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-----Original Message-----
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ernst, Craig S.
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:35 AM
To: Casper List
Subject: Re: [Casper] CS4 Install

Installing Adobe CS4 Products with Casper Suite 6.01
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=196

As well as:

Combining Multi-Disc Adobe CS4 Installs
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=195

Sweet...it's not the world, but it's a start. =)

Craig E

On 3/17/09 9:10 AM, "Ted August" <taugust04.lists at gmail.com> wrote:



        On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Michael Curtis wrote:

        > Hi,
        >
        > I have a bit of a weird one. I am trying to make my own CS4 install
        > packages. I install Master Collection and then removed all the
        > applications from the package, leaving a "core" install. I then
        > dragged the applications from the suite to Composer v7 making
        > individual dmg packages for each application. That worked fine except
        > Encore doesn't remember it was in the Applications Folder. When I push
        > the package back out it puts in on the root of the boot drive. Also,
        > if I look for the diff files in Composer their aren't any. All the
        > other application do. Anyone else seen this?
        >

        I hate answering questions with questions - but this is very close to
        the topic at hand so I thought I would keep it in the same thread.

        Has anyone here on the Casper list actually created a successful Adobe
        Creative Suite 4 (any version) package with Composer?  I've been
        googling the last couple of days, and checking a few of my other
        mailing lists, and it doesn't sound like there has been success yet.
        I know it was mentioned in January that someone used the Adobe
        Deployment Toolkit, but I find that piece of software unacceptable
        (and I've let Adobe know!).

        Does anyone have a workflow they can share for installing Adobe CS4
        with success using Casper/Composer that doesn't involve the deployment
        toolkit?

        Thanks,

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        Salve Regina University
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