Hello,
This summer I learned how to duplicate my production DB in a test environment for the purpose of testing configurations and software upgrades. I made the following Note to Self:
AFTER EVERY DB RESTORE FROM LIVE
CHANGE:
JSS URL (Global Management -> JSS URL) to jss-test.mydomain.org
APN Cert (Global Management -> Push Certificates)
Delete existing
Click New and go through the wizard. Have to create a new APN each time as it has to match the newly created CSR.
SMTP 'Sender Display Name' (System Settings -> SMTP Server -> Edit) to include 'TEST'
IF TOMCAT IS A BRAND NEW INSTALL
'Change the SSL certificate used for HTTPS' and restart Tomcat (System Settings -> Apache Tomcat Settings -> Edit)
Be sure the URL has already been changed (above)
Now that I've implemented VPP with Managed Distribution, my test server immediately makes a connection to Apple and starts making changes if there are differences. I noticed this because I was using a backup from 4 days earlier before I created an Assignment that happened to include me. All of a sudden my apps were being Unassigned.. When I shut down the test server my production server seemed to reassign them, although I might have jumped in and tried to Edit the assignment with a minor change to try and force a refresh.
Has anyone else run into this yet?
Thanks,
chris
