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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.0 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

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Download the Media Manager for Mac OS X

Download the Media Manager for Mac OS X

You can download and install the KACE Media Manager for Mac OS X from the appliance to a device where you have an administrator account. The Media Manager uploads the Mac OS X installation media to the appliance, and creates images and the NetBoot environment to boot Mac devices in to the appliance.

Download the Media Manager to the device with the source media that you want to upload to the appliance.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Library to expand the section, then click Source Media to display the Source Media page.
2.
Select Choose Action > Download Media Manager to display the Media Manager page.
3.
Click Download for Mac OS X.
The Media Manager downloads to the Downloads folder.
4.
Select System Preferences from the Mac, then click and unlock Security & Privacy to make changes.
5.
Select the General tab, and under Allow applications downloaded from:, select the Anywhere check box.
6.
Click the Media Manager application to run it.
Create a NetBoot environment image.

Create a NetBoot environment image

Create a NetBoot environment image

You can create a NetBoot environment image using the KACE Media Manager for Mac OS X to boot Mac devices in to the appliance.

Reboot the device while leaving the time sync off. For more information on resolving the error while creating a NetBoot image, go to https://support.quest.com/kb/125875.

1.
Open the Media Manager, and click Create NetBoot Image.
2.
In KACE SDA Hostname, enter the host name or IP address of the appliance.
3.
In Source Media Name, assign a name to identify the Mac OS version.
The process first verifies that the name is unique on the appliance. If there is already a NetBoot image with the same name on the appliance, an error message appears, instructing you to change the NetBoot image name. The process can proceed with creating the image only after a successful verification of the provided image name.
4.
In Source Media Path, click Browse to navigate to the Mac OS X installation source media to upload to the appliance. For example: /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app.
5.
Right-click Install OS X Mavericks.app, then click Show package contents.
6.
Navigate to Contents > SharedSupport, and double-click InstallESD.dmg to mount the image to the desktop.
The OS X Install ESD icon appears on your desktop.
7.
In NetBoot Password, enter a password, and in Confirm Password, re-enter the password.
8.
Click Start Build.
After the NetBoot image upload completes, the image is created and is available on the Source Media and Boot Environments pages.
Enable the NetBoot server, then capture the system image to use for deployment using the appliance Imaging Utility. See Capture a Mac OS X image.

Enable the NetBoot server

Enable the NetBoot server

You can enable the NetBoot server after you create the NetBoot image. The built-in NetBoot server enables the Mac OS X network boot process.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click General Settings to display the General Settings page.
2.
Under Boot Environment Options, select a NetBoot image from the Mac OS X Intel (NetBoot) drop-down list.
Ensure that you select the appropriate image, because images for various OS X versions can appear in the list. If there is only one OS X NetBoot image available, that image is selected by default.
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TIP: When you review the details of a NetBoot image using the Boot Environment Detail page, the Default field indicates if the selected NetBoot image is a default boot environment.
3.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click Network Settings to display the Network Settings page.
4.
Select the Enable NetBoot Server (for Mac OS X clients) check box.
Two BSDP field boxes appear.
5.
Accept the default BSDP settings and click Save.
The Mac Boot Service Discovery Protocol (BSDP) is the standard extension of the DHCP, which enables the Mac network boot process.
6.
From the Mac device, click the System Preferences icon, select Startup Disk, then select the appropriate appliance Network to boot in to the NetBoot image and restart the OS.
The appliance Imaging Utility appears.
7.
Enter the NetBoot password.
Capture the image.

Customize the image before capture

Customize the image before capture

You can customize the image on the source Mac device before capturing the image as a system image for deployment. You can add any applications that are not System-provided and files to the image that your standard corporate image requires.

1.
Add any applications and files that are not System-provided to the image before you capture the image as a system image for deployment, for example. Acrobat or Oracle® applications.
2.
Delete any Apple apps that you do not want to include in the system image for deployment to your corporate users, for example GuitarBand® GameCenter.
3.
To save space, delete the Mac OS X installer from the /Applications directory, if it exists. For example, /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app.
Capture the image as a system image for deployment.
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