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Hosting own DNS on static environment

I am setting here in a Casper Training and I have a situation that I need some help. I was wondering if there is a policy set or a script to set a DNS on a static based environment. I work at a school that hosts it's own DNS and has no DHCP set up. A...  View more

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Import Real Name into JSS for iPad

Hello,We have 200+ iPads in Casper and would like to import a list to add the real name of the user to the real name field. I have been looking at different posts and found ways to do this with a computer. Is there something I am over looking? Kris  View more

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Extension Attribute - Cisco WebEx - User/Library

Hello - I am attempting to create an extension attribute for the Cisco WebEx plugin. The Info.plist file is located @ ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/WebEx64.plugin/Contents/info.plist I am using the following script, but it seems to be referencing the s...  View more

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Specifitying Netoboot boot-file mac osx 10.8

Hi guys On 10.6.8 i specified the booter file as tftp://X.X.X.X/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/NetBoot_10.6.8.nbi/i386/mach.macosx Unfortunately on 10.8 there isn't a mach.macosx file Does anyone know what i need to put for the booter file? Thanks  View more

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Java process freezing server

There is a java process that I am seeing in activity monitor on the server that needs to be restarted often in order for our Casper server to operate properly. Sometimes it may be a few times a week or a month that I need to restart this service. Is ...  View more

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Hardware Raid and Pre-Stage

I am being tasked to build a disaster recovery workflow. What is the best way to set up a hardware raid on Mac Pro based OSX server using prestage? I want to be able to take a mac pro server with an Apple Hardware raid card installed out of the box, ...  View more

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Wiping partitions prior to imaging

I was having issues with 10.8 Netboot shadow files jumping up to 1-2 gigs each - so a user in the this post helped me to use local RAM for shadow files which helped server space issue that I was having. https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion....  View more

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CrashPlan PROe Deployment Issue

I am trying to deploy CrashPlan PROe using the JSS, following the procedure in the "Administering CrashPlan PROe with the Casper Suite" document. I have run into an issue and need guidance. After I build and deploy the CrashPlanCustomInstallation.dmg...  View more

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Repair Database Table via Terminal

It's taking forever to repair the Database Tables, and I'm not certain the process continues after I'm timed out of the web interface. Is it possible to repair the database tables from the command line?  View more

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Packaging mistake

So if a package (in this case, for firefox) is made with composer, and not all data you want to be deleted is (in this case, saved login/password info for gmail and such). What is the fastest method to fix this issue? And yes, I am only asking becaus...  View more

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Netboot/SUS invalid certificate - need assistance

Good afternoon! i recently fired up the NetbootSUS VM from JAMF and everything was looking good until I deployed the new catalog path to my test unit. When I try and run the updates I get an alert that states "An error has occurred. The certificate f...  View more

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Re-claiming VPP codes deployed with JSS

Does anybody know what the process is for re-claiming VPP codes in JSS? I work in a school with 333 enrolled iOS devices so obviously students come and go and since different grades use different apps, recycling VPP codes would be extremely beneficia...  View more

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mountNetworkShare.sh cached locally

I have my mountNetworkShare.sh script set as a login policy and it's restricted to run only on internal network segments. The parameters of the policy are being honored, but the share still attempts to mount when I log in from offsite. It looks like ...  View more

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machines not showing logs

I'm pushing Flash updates out and I've hit nearly every machine that had flash on it, except for a few. When I check the logs, it doesn't show any Casper Policy logs running. When I manually pushed it, it says it completed successfully but the recon ...  View more

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Items disabled in system preferences

We had a techie come to our office a while ago setup a policy where students aren't able to access certain apps in system preferences. The only problem with this is that we the admin guys aren't able to access the greyed out apps either. This is the ...  View more

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Printer Setup

We've got approx 500 printers currently on a windows print server. What I thought would be an "easy" solution. Export the printer info from the windows server to a csv. Create Printers on a Macintosh using the info. from step 1 above. Add them to Cas...  View more

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Casper screen sharing via terminal

Is there a jamf binary command to launch screen sharing to a particular machine or any way to do it via command line? We need to start using screen sharing instead of ARD for security reasons and we'd like to tie it into webhelpdesk if possible which...  View more

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MBP Air not named correctly at Imaging

Hey guys, For some reason when I imaged any Macbook Pro Retina the name is assigned correctly to the device, but at the time i'm imaging a Macbook Air it sets the name to "No Name" and doesn't apply the one i specified during imaging. Trying to figur...  View more

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Casper Patch Management "Catalog"

My organization is currently weighing the pros and cons of landesk vs casper for mac management. One interesting point brought up was that landesk has the ability to inventory installed 3rd party applications and report when updates are available. I ...  View more

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Cannot get Java 7 back on this machine.

So I went back to Java 6 as Java 7 wasn't working with an application we were using here. Using this article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559?viewlocale=en_US I now can no longer get Java version 7 on my machine after running that script. If I veri...  View more

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