NetSUS 5 No New Software Available Mojave

[Mark]

Hey folks -

I set up the NetSUS app (5.0) onto a RHEL VM. I created a Mojave branch catalog and can see 666 updates. I have them set to Store Updates on the server because my Mac's cannot get out to Apple's servers. I select the updates I want installed within the branch catalog. I can get to the catalog url from my Mac end points via any web browser. Our catalog URL is... CatalogURL = "https://ps2abc123.mycompanyname.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1_Mojave.sucatalog"; We are stuck at 'No new software available' when we run sudo softwareupdate -l --verbose. What am I missing here???

[sdagley]

@Mark Is that branch marked as the main/default? If it is, just use https://ps2abc123.mycompanyname.com as the SUS URL. You should also need to run sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate SUDisableEVCheck -bool YES on your Macs since you're hosing the updates yourself.

[Mark]

The branch is checked as Default. I changed the software update catalog on a test Mojave Mac to https://ps2abc123.mycompanyname.com and had the same end result - No updates available. Also, SUDisableEVCheck = 1 on the this test Mac after running the SUdisableEVCheck.

[sdagley]

@Mark I'm not currently running a NetSUS, so I can't check if I'm seeing the same behavior with Mojave systems, but here's a few questions/suggestions: Are you setting the CatalogURL with a sudo softwareupdate --set-catalog <URL> command or via Jamf Pro? Have you verified the CatalogURL is set via sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL? If you do a sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog to reset to Apple's SUS do you see updates available then?