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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">I'm on the path of considering this as well. We've been testing Leopard roll-outs and the imaging time is just insane. Configurations just keep getting larger, so a multicast solution really would
be what we'd need to look to. Even with spreading the load out around to several XServes to push the files, the imaging times just are too long. It'll be fine for the initial roll-out when we can just let the machines work on them, but down the road, I'm
not sure it'll work for on the spot re-imaging without having spares.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">I'd be interested to hear from the jamf folks as well on some ideas to this. I also am interested in the Casper netboot image creator. The one that ships with leopard is picky as heck, so I'd love
to see the Jamf solution... I remember someone telling me about it but haven't seen software.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Thanks,</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">John</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> casper-bounces@list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces@list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Chad Brewer [chad.brewer@bend.k12.or.us]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 12, 2008 5:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas Larkin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> casper@list.jamfsoftware.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Casper] leopard migration<br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva" face="Geneva" color="#000000" size="+0">I have a similar project planned for the summer. I have already determined that Casper's unicast imaging is
not going to work very well for us. I am planning on using multicast ASR to deploy the image.</font></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva" face="Geneva" color="#000000" size="+0">Basically, I have taken my casper image and run "asr -imagescan" on it. Then I am dropping Casper's FirstRun
script into it to take care of the JAMF client service. I haven't tested this in mass, but it seems like its going to work fine. I'm open other ideas, but we've had problems doing 10 computers at a time with unicast imaging. I want to be able to do 50 to
100.</font></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva" face="Geneva" color="#000000" size="+0">Chad</font></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Lucida Grande" face="Lucida Grande" color="#000000" size="+0"><b>"Thomas Larkin" <<a href="mailto:tlarki@kckps.org">tlarki@kckps.org</a>> on May 12, 2008 at
3:24 PM -0700 wrote:</b></font></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">So, summer projects here....and you guessed it we are migrating to</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">Leopard (well i guess the subject of the email tipped you off).</font></span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">here is what I have to do with my co-workers over the summer</font></span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">Upgrade about 20 Xserves to 10.5 as well as 5,600 to 5,800 macbooks,</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">plus some desktops here and there. I got some images made, and will
be</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">migrating the servers (clean installs) next week. Upgrading the ODM
and</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">1 building first. Then the rest of the ODRs. So far in my test images</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">the casper client works and checks into inventory fine. I will be</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">updating the JSS to 10.5 as well because word on the street is they</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">approved my request for a new server for the JSS, which will have 10.5</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">preloaded on it.</font></span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">So, any pointers, caveats, suggestions, warnings, blessings, prayers,</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">etc. will be greatly appreciated.</font></span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">This will be the first time I have ever used the Casper netboot imaging</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">this massively. I have used Bombich's netrestore in the past and to
be</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">honest I like how more robust the casper client is. I know there is</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">currently no multi-casting available with Casper but that is not a huge</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">deal. </font></span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">What do you guys use to create your NBI's for casper imaging? Do you</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">use the casper image creator utility? Also, I have a beta copy of that</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">I got from JAMF support is there another version out now, I guess this</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">is directed towards JAMF support staff?</font></span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">I have some configuration scripts I want to run using the casper binary,</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">I assume those will have to run after the machine is image because the</font></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">casper binary is not present beforehand, or in the NBI itself? </font></span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d0d0d0"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+0">Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions.</font></span></div>
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