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Hi, I have a 10.5 server and need to setup as an update server, however, I created a small OS partition and larger partitions for Users and Data share. I would like to create a pointer in the default update download patch to point to the larger partition. I know that in 10.6 server this can be configured in server manager but understand that in 10.5 we have to “trick” OS to store updates to another location.

Anyone?

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From: rockies-edu-bounces+jwilliford=email@hidden [mailto:rockies-edu-bounces+jwilliford=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Mary Norbury
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:26 PM
To: email@hidden; Sandy Buckner
Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] 10.5 server software update prolbems

This has worked for me:

1) Stop SUS

2) Download http://swscan.apple.com/content/meta/mirror-config-1.plist and copy it to /usr/share/swupd/html/content/meta/mirror-config-1.plist

3) Change it to look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PrimaryCatalog</key>
<string>http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/index.sucatalog</string>
<key>CatalogsList</key>
<array>
<string>http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/index.sucatalog</string>
<string>http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog</string>
<string>http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard-snowleopard.merged-1.sucatalog</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

4) Edit /etc/swupd/swupd.plist and change the metaIndexURL entry to look like this:

<key>metaIndexURL</key>
<string>http://myserver.com:8088/content/meta/mirror-config-1.plist</string>
<key>portToUse</key>

5) Start SUS and wait for it to download the catalog files and to generate the local versions thereof.

6) Once it has generated the local catalog files add some symlinks like this:

cd /usr/share/swupd/html
ln -s /usr/share/swupd/html/content/catalogs/index.sucatalog .
ln -s /usr/share/swupd/html/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog .
ln -s /usr/share/swupd/html/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard-snowleopard.merged-1.sucatalog .

7) Just in case restart SUS

8) Wait for SUS to download all the updates

9) On your 10.6 client go in the Finder to /Library/Preferences and open com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist. Change the CatalogURL entry to point to http://myserver.com:8088/index-leopard-snowleopard.merged-1.sucatalog

10) Launch Software Update on your 10.6 client

It should behave like a 10.6 server now as it is serving the catalog files according to the 10.6 server documentation as described on page 89 here:http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/System_Imaging_and_SW_Update_Admin_v10.6.pdf

Mary

Mary Norbury-Glaser

On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Sandy Buckner wrote:

I can't get my 10.5 server to pull in the software updates for the 10.6 machines. Is this possible or will the 10.5 server not pull in 10.6 updates? if not I need to undo the script that I wrote for my 10.6 machine to go back to the original place for the updates. I only wrote it on one before I looked ;(

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References:
	>[Rockies-Edu] New imacs, 10.5 and Kernel Panics... (From: Chris Olance <email@hidden>)
	>Re: [Rockies-Edu] 10.5 server software update prolbems (From: Sandy Buckner <email@hidden>)
	>Re: [Rockies-Edu] 10.5 server software update prolbems (From: Mary Norbury <email@hidden>)