"Upgrade to macOS Monterey" "using Self Service" "with Jamf Pro"

[dgeiler]

Hello everyone, Hope you are all enjoying the holidays. I (UNCA) need some help writing a script for the deployment of Monterey. I found a few guides for Big Sur. From Jamf, Github, and a few others. Thank you in advance

https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/mac-os-monterey-update-via-self-service/td-p/254256

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[Alitejawi]

What is your question? 

[sdagley]

@dgeiler The 1st thread you linked in your post, and specifically the https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/mac-os-monterey-update-via-self-service/m-p/254260/highlight/... post in that thread, provides an answer for how to easily deploy macOS Monterey. Was there something you wanted to ask about using the erase-install script it mentions?

[dhausman]

This is what I was thinking about it.  I don't have it all set yet, but I will use a script to create a new admin user account.

Deploy the installer. I use this to get the installer.

Once the installer is present, I will put it in Self Service, and make it available in Nudge to start the install.

Then I will use something simple like this:

echo 'temppasswordfromtempadminaccount' | '/Applications/Install macOS Monterey.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall' --agreetolicense --forcequitapps --user tempadmin --stdinpass

Then I will script removal of the install account.

[MatG]

Simplest way with a bit of user interaction...Self Service Policy and run this

open macappstore://apps.apple.com/gb/app/macos-monterey/id1576738294?mt=12

It opens Apple App Store at the Monterey Download, user clicks it, it downloads and once done will open the installer.

[dhausman]

This assumes your users are running as admin right?

[dgeiler]

Thank you all for your advice

[Ramesh89]

Hello everyone, I am using the Self Service Tool to add the Install macOS monterey.app. However How do I notify the users about the installation and schedule the installation with admin rights via JamF. My users are all on Standard rights. Please advise.

[dgeiler]

Upgrade to macOS Big Sur using Self Service with Jamf

Follow this link and substitute Montery

[Sandy]

Hoping to setup upgrade in place to Monterey (from Catalina) in Self Service

I am following the document here

My users do not have admin rights

I am unable to upload the file "Install MacOS Monterey.app.pkg" using the WebApp (not jamf admin) after creating it using the linked document and MegaPKGr.sh

@talkingmoose  (Hi Bill!)

I have created the file twice, once v. 12.2 and then again when 12.2.1 came out. no help.
We're running JamfPro 10.35.0-t1640197529 jamfcloud
I initially tried using a local DP as master, and now have switched to my JDC as master and get same failure, gets to 99% never finishes

MegaPKGr.zsh log:

2022-02-11 13:29:37 Chosen folder is writable
2022-02-11 13:29:41 Disk has enough free space to build "Install macOS Monterey.app.pkg"
2022-02-11 13:29:43 Succeeded creating temporary working directory
2022-02-11 13:34:28 Succeeded creating DMG archive of Install macOS Monterey.app
2022-02-11 13:34:30 Succeeded creating pkgbuild ROOT directory
2022-02-11 13:34:32 Succeeded creating pkgbuild Scripts directory
2022-02-11 13:34:56 Succeeded creating 500 MB file chunks from archive file
2022-02-11 13:34:58 Succeeded creating pkgbuild postinstall script
2022-02-11 13:41:17 Succeeded creating package "Install macOS Monterey.app.pkg" in /Users/mac/Desktop/
2022-02-11 13:41:21 Succeeded removing temporary items
2022-02-11 13:41:22 Packaging time: 11 minutes and 51 seconds

[Sandy]

I scrapped my plan and switched over to using this https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install

Works great!!

[rcole]

Good stuff. I'm considering the same. Does it work well for an upgrade, say from Big Sur to Monterey after enrollment?

[Sandy]

What is especially great about this is that when the update version changes, it can pull the current version, or a specific version you want to target. We are mostly going Catalina > Monterey, and some student carts from Mohave.

no reason to think it would be different from Big Sur.

[sdagley]

Just to be clear, you can have erase-install pull the latest macOS installer, or you can have it pull a specific version (at least for recent macOS versions). This is important for organizations that may need to control what version of macOS is being deployed in their environment.

[Sandy]

thanks for clarifying that, and I edited mine to prevent confusion!

[MatthewHegge]

Actually the App store installer is not working with M1 machines. 

[rcole]

Use :

https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install

Works well with silicon and intel.