Setup unicast or multicast....

[jmercier]

Hi...

Just a quick (maybe stupid) question...

Is there a way to setup or force casper imaging to use unicast or multicast... and if yes how

[cbrewer]

You can multicast, you just need to use a script to initiate it from Casper Imaging. You'll also need a machine to multicast the image from. Test on a single subnet before trying it across networks.

Not sure where Jamf officially keeps this script now, but here's a copy of it.

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####################################################################################################
#
# ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
#
# NAME
#   MultiCastRestore.sh -- Restore an Image from a server over MultiCast ASR.
#
# SYNOPSIS
#   sudo MultiCastRestore.sh
#   sudo MultiCastRestore.sh <target> <computerName> <currentUsername> <server>
#
#   If the $target parameter is passed from The Casper Suite, this is the volume to which the image
#   will be restored.  If the $server parameter is passed from the Casper Suite, this is the server
#   that will be referenced when looking for the image to restore.
#
#   If the target or server parameters are hardcoded in this script, they will override any
#   parameter that has been passed from The Casper Suite.
#
# DESCRIPTION
#   This script restores an image from a server running the Casper MultiCast Server tool.  The image
#   will be restored over a multicast session and should be run as a script with a priority of
#   "before" so that it restores the OS image before installing any other packages.  The script also
#   expects that the "Casper MultiCast Server" application is launched and and is actively serving
#   an image.  For more information on performing a multicast image restore, please see the
#   documentation for Casper MultiCast that is included in the JAMF Software Resource Kit.
#
####################################################################################################
#
# HISTORY
#
#   Version: 1.2
#
#   - Created by Zach Halmstad on October 28th, 2007
#   - Modified by Nick Amundsen on August 11th, 2008
#   - Modified by Nick Amundsen on March 5th, 2009
#
####################################################################################################
#
# DEFINE VARIABLES & READ IN PARAMETERS
#
####################################################################################################

# HARDCODED VALUES ARE SET HERE
target=""
server="10.10.10.10"

# CHECK TO SEE IF A VALUE WAS PASSED IN PARAMETER 1 AND, IF SO, ASSIGN TO "target"
if [ "$1" != "" ] && [ "$target" == "" ];then
    target=$1
fi

# CHECK TO SEE IF A VALUE WAS PASSED IN PARAMETER 4 AND, IF SO, ASSIGN TO "server"
if [ "$4" != "" ] && [ "$server" == "" ]; then
    server=$4
fi

####################################################################################################
#
# SCRIPT CONTENTS - DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE
#
####################################################################################################

if [ "$target" == "" ]; then
    echo "Error:  There is no value defined for the target parameter."
    exit 1
fi

if [ "$server" == "" ]; then
    echo "Error:  There is no value defined for the server parameter."
    exit 1
fi

devEntry=$(/usr/sbin/diskutil info "$target" | /usr/bin/grep "Device Node" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $3}')
echo "The dev entry for the disk to be restored: $devEntry"

originalName=$(/usr/sbin/diskutil info "$target" | /usr/bin/grep "Volume Name" | /usr/bin/grep -o '[^:]*$'  | /usr/bin/tr -s " " | /usr/bin/sed 's/^[ ]//g')
echo "The disk name: $originalName will be retained upon restoring."

echo "Initiating restore process and waiting for connection..."
/usr/sbin/diskutil unmount $devEntry
/usr/sbin/asr restore -source asr://$server -target "$devEntry" -erase -noprompt -timeout 0 -noverify --verbose
/usr/sbin/diskutil mount $devEntry
/usr/sbin/diskutil rename $devEntry "$originalName"

exit 0;

[jmercier]

Thanks for that...

i assume the two info i need to pass in is target referring to my Macintosh HD ? and my ip adress of my deploying server...

[jmercier]

Whats the proper way of writing the target ?

/Volumes/Macintosh HD ?
Macintosh HD ?
Macintosh HD ?

[cbrewer]

I just leave target blank and it gets passed through from Casper Imaging.

[jmercier]

what about the multicast adress in the utility... is this my server adress ?