Simplifying Adobe Acrobat
Pro Administration with the
Casper Suite

One of the most difficult aspects of administering Adobe® Acrobat® Pro on the Mac platform is managing serialization (or licensing) of the product. Deploying a serialized installation or update package of Acrobat Pro without first considering several environmental factors can jeopardize the serialization of existing Adobe products.

In addition to providing initial deployment solutions for both serialized and un-serialized packages, the Casper Suite's reporting capabilities allow you to more effectively track serialization of the software. Viewing the serialization of Acrobat Pro as deployed in your environment can help you quickly determine which clients need to receive a serialized or an un-serialized update.

These technical papers provide a complete workflow for deploying, updating and reporting on Acrobat Pro with consideration to the challenges of serialization.

Key principles:

• Deploying Acrobat Pro
• Updating Acrobat Pro
• Reporting on Acrobat Pro

Requirements (Adobe Acrobat X Pro)

The following components are required to deploy, activate, report on, and update Acrobat X Pro with the Casper Suite:

• Casper Suite v8.0 or later in your environment
• Adobe Acrobat X Pro installer media
• Adobe Provisioning Tool (Mac), available at: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709.html
• Access to the JAMF Software Server (JSS)
• Casper Admin
• Composer
• Casper Remote
• Casper Imaging (For deployment during imaging only)

Requirements (Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro)

The following components are required to deploy, report on, and update Acrobat 9 Pro with the Casper Suite:

• Casper Suite v7.31 or later running in your environment
• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro installer media
• (Optional) Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro updater
• Composer application
• Casper Admin application
• Access to the JAMF Software Server (JSS)