That’s what I wanted to get a feel for…If I am doing old school,
and there is a better way to do it, then I am all for it. How do you handle
software changes (updates from CS3 to CS4, etc, updates and especially the
whole cron script problem as that has bitten us in the past.) Do you have a
base image that you leave up and contacted to the internet, do you just run
cocktail, etc.
I really like the whole InstaDMG process where you create packages
and the packages can be easily deployed. Have you used InstaDMG and how do you
feel about it?
Christine Shock
Program Chair, Multimedia-Gaming-Design & Photography
Red Rocks Community College
13300 West 6th Avenue
Lakewood, CO 80228
303-914-6613
303-219-0175
email@hidden
"Teaching people not only impacts the market, it changes
the world. Teaching about connection and community and science, a little bit at
a time, can heal our world in the long run. It doesn't happen as fast as we
might like, but it works. Emergencies fade, and in the long run our teaching
lasts."
Seth Godin
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[mailto:rockies-edu-bounces+christine.shock=email@hidden] On
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Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:48 AM
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] How do you create your images?
Christine,
WOW! That's one heck of a process.
We only do a new image once a year. In our experience, that has greatly
reduced the number of support issues related to bad updates or changes that
just don't work they way they used to. We also do not have the staff to
create and rollout a new image that frequently.
On Sep 14, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Shock, Christine wrote:
I seem to have hit a bit of an impasse with my IT
department.
The way I was taught to perform imaging for Macs was to:
Start with completely wiped tower and do a fresh install of the OS.
Bring down all upgrades to the OS and install.
Run Disk Utility, Onyx, and Mac Janitor to repair permissions, clean out
cashes, and set up a maintenance routine for the semester.
Install base image items like font management, drivers for scanners &
printers (yes, epsons require drivers on the Mac Side), ppd's, Adobe
reader, additional web browsers, etc.
Once this is complete, use this base image to create different room
images with licensed software appropriate for each individual room being
imaged.
How my IT department would like to proceed is:
Create a base image in the fall semester which could be used for both
fall and spring semester. Store the fall base image for 15 weeks and
then bring down all the updates, run cocktail, and reinstall the
applications to the base image that was created in the fall.
My concerns are that the image did not receive the nightly cron scripts
and while cocktail is a good product, it is not perfect and 2 that if
there are items in the base image that require serial numbers, etc. the
redeployment of the old image will retain the serial number information
and may not let us reinstall anything with a license code.
So my question to this group is...do you recycle images or do you create
a spankin' fresh new image every semester?
Christine Shock
Program Chair, Multimedia-Gaming-Design & Photography
Red Rocks Community College
13300 West 6th Avenue
Lakewood, CO 80228
303-914-6613
303-219-0175
email@hidden
"Teaching people not only impacts the market, it changes the world.
Teaching about connection and community and science, a little bit at a
time, can heal our world in the long run. It doesn't happen as fast as
we might like, but it works. Emergencies fade, and in the long run our
teaching lasts."
Seth Godin
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