We are looking forward to new features for MDM's in iOS 7, so I am setting up a new server instance on 10.8. How can I go about getting all machines and iOS devices moved over to the new JSS? The new server has a different DNS name and it is not possible to redirect the DNS name either. How can I go about making sure all Computers jump onto the new JSS? I know for iOS devices, they will all have to be physically touched in order to enroll in the new JSS.

Anyone else experiencing replication errors using Casper Admin 8.72 and Mac OS X 10.9 We get the "Server could not be mounted" GUI error Logs show "ERROR: The Distribution Point could not be mounted. The syncing operation will stop" Casper Admin 8.72 on Mac OS X 10.8.3 works perfectly Our Distribution points are AFP File sharing only. Can't seem to figure out where the bug is

Hi guys, FYI just did the 8.73 update on my 8.61 server & it blew out my /Library/JSS/Tomcat/conf/server.xml file. Which screwed the certificates installed in my JSS & broke client communication. Back it up 1st or make sure you have good notes..

Hi guys, Had a quick look, but I couldn't find a similar post. Just trying out 10.9 on a test Mac now, and the MCX I have in place to set the desktop background isn't working. It's being applied, as I can see the ImageFilePath in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop is pointing to the right image, and the image is present and accessible. Has the preference name changed in 10.9? Any clues? Other MCX settings seems to be applying correctly; Safari homepage, icons on desktop, etc.

Since the v9 upgrade and the cert authority issue now noticing that the search isn't working for mobile and computer inventories. Any ideas on how to restore this?

This may be in the slides when they are posted. What is the Smart Group criteria for catching the computers that need to run removeTempAdmin.sh?

Hi All - was wondering if there is a way to automatically update recon to clients after the JSS on the server is update. is is the same as creating a package and deploy via policy?

Just checking to see if it's just me or universal.

Hello, I'm trying to update to JSS 8.7 but in the last Installation step it stops with this error: "There was an error installing the JSS, please check the JSSInstaller.log located at C:WindowsTemp":: -------------------Tomcat7 Logs Configuration-------------------: Checking if Logs directory exists...: Error changing log paths. What can I do? The installation rolled back.

Hello , trying to create a new 10.8.5 instadmg image and all I keep getting as output is a dmg of the packages that I added as in the OS is missing. Any Ideas? nyc-sardesm-MD:instadmg sardesm$ sudo /Users/sardesm/instadmg/AddOns/InstaUp2Date/instaUp2Date.py 10.8_vanilla --processPassword: Parsing the catalog files for 10.8_vanilla create_admin-1.0 Install iTunes11_11 DisableSetupAssistant Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_33_lion Finding and validating the sources for 10.8_vanilla create_admin-1.0 - found based on guessed name and verified in less than one second Install iTunes11_11 - found based on guessed name and verified in less than one second DisableSetupAssistant - found based on guessed name and verified in less than one second Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_33_lion - found based on guessed name and verified in less than one second Finding the Installer disc for 10.8_vanilla Found Installer Disc: /Users/sardesm/instadmg/InstallerFiles/InstallerDiscs/InstallESD.d

I've thrown this out to the Support folks, and I don't know what sort of answer they will come back with, therefore I'm throwing this out to the community at large. We use FileVault 2 admin'd by the JSS for our encryption on all of our workstations. We're slow to get updates out because we want to verify them and when an update requires a restart, we're unable to complete a reboot due to filevault. Has anyone run across this solution or a mechanism to pass an fdesetup -authrestart through to an end workstation via policy? The JSS has got the master password, since the JSS kicks off the encryption, but I don't see anyway to automatically initiate that. Thoughts?

The Flash Player 11.9.900.117 from Adobe Distribution site offers an installer for System Administrators. So far my testing shows it's the pkg we've been waiting for...- mount the dmg - Renamed it "Adobe Flash Player (11.9.900.117).pkg"- Dragged the pkg into Casper Admin- Able to deploy to Macs with no user logged in = GOOD!- Able to deploy to Macs with while a user is logged in, silent install with nothing visible to the user. =GOOD!- Install during imaging with "installed to the boot volume at imaging time" option enabled = GOOD!- (Not tested yet: via Self Service.) They even mention system compatibility with Mac OS X 10.9, ahead of it's release. I still need to package up and deploy the /Library/Application Support/Macromedia/mms.cfg to change the Updates to "Allow Adobe to install updates".

I'm running JSS 9.12 and I can't seem to disable the "Log out users after: XX minutes of inactivity" setting in the OS Configuration Profile for Login Window. Any ideas as to whether this is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong? ThanksJP

So we've finally moved from a monolithic rebuild every time we needed to update from one OS release to another. Now I'm scratching my head as to patch management for our now FileVault 2 encrypted Macs? I'm testing the process for patching 10.8.2 to .3 and it will require a reboot. Per company policy this should run overnight to minimize production outage time. With the reboot, running via a policy remotely, it will just hang out at the FileVault login screen. I'm scratching my head as to how I should do this. If I were doing it via command line from my desk, I'd run through the fdesetup authrestart process manually, but that's not an option for our operations team. Thoughts?

Is there a way to have the policy execution status be "failed" if the script within the policy fails a test? I have a policy that runs a script. At the end of the script I test to see if it was successful. How do I pass its failure to the policy so that it indicates the scripts success or not? I played with exit values on the script, but the policy still states it successful no matter if it passed the test or not. Thanks, Gretchen

We have computers that we deploy and install quick add package on... They show up for a season, collect inventory, work fine, etc. And then mysteriously disappear as if they were never there. I would say out of the last 12 macbook airs we rolled out, 6 of them are now no longer seen by Casper Suite. Really makes it impossible to manage your deployment if you can't even count on the machines being IN the system. Right now we have at least 14 out of 100 machines that once were there, but now are gone.

Does anyone know offhand if the user level MCX i've got working for homesync work as computer level preferences?

I'm trying to distribute Microsoft Lync but in order for it to work it needs our company generated Root CA also to be installed. Whats the best way to achieve this?

Can anyone point me to the discussion thread we had earlier this year or last where folks chimed in on how many Casper admins were supporting how many devices in their environment. I'm trying to do some capacity planning.

Is there a way to manually add a computer to JSS version 9.0? or has that feature been removed? It is pretty important to our current inventory workflow.

In previous OS i used this command to enable Accessibility sudo touch /private/var/db/.AccessibilityAPIEnabled for some reason if i have this in a policy in 10.8 it prompts for admin credentials. Has anyone else noticed this

I was wondering if anyone in the community had my answer, I have recently downloaded the unlockAddPrinters.sh and wanted to run it on multiple computers (I work at a school). I just can't seem to set it up right. The OS that I am running is 10.7.4 on Macbooks.Please reply A.S.A.P. Script: #!/bin/sh###################################################################################################### Copyright (c) 2010, JAMF Software, LLC. All rights reserved.## Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:# Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.# Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the# documentation and/or other

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I'm planning an upgrade from CrashPlan 3.8.2010.2 to the latest CrashPlan PROe. I know that the clients will automatically update themselves once the server is updated, but I'd like to be able to monitor this with Casper. Is there an extended attribute available that would let me keep track of what version of the client software is running?

Is there a way to delete multiple computer records from the JSS database using the web console?