course name: Deployment of OS X Lion with DeployStudio
code: LDEP
description: This three-day course focuses on solutions for deploying Mac's, keep them up to date using Lion Server and a selection of most popular Deployment tools.

This course is a combination of lectures and hands-on cases.
Students get hands-on experience in using tools such as Apple Remote Desktop, Disk Utility, System Image Utility, InstaDMG, PackageMaker, DeployStudio Server and Munki and discuss the pros and cons of each for different deployment situations.
prerequisites: - Experience with OS X and OS X Server in a network environment
- Experience using the command-line interface with OS X
target audience: This class is for OS X System Administrators who need to know how to streamline the process of installing and configuring a large number of computers running Mac OS X.

This training is the successor to both Deployment 10.6 (AP_SL302) and DeployStudio (DEPSTU).
subjects: Deployment lifecycle
Planning, deployment, postimaging tasks, updates, monitoring

Overview of tools

Installation and packages
Creating packages to deploy files, applications and scripts ,Installation using the Installer GUI and cli version, Automating installations, Third-party installation tools, Troubleshooting installations

System deployment techniques
Creating a cloned system image, Creating a modular system image using InstaDMG, Deploying system images, Command line tools: hdiutil, asr, Third-party system image creation tools , Deploying Boot Camp

NetBoot and DeployStudio Server
Creating NetBoot and NetInstall images with System Image Utility, Configuring the NetBoot service, Setup a DeployStudio Server, DeployStudio Workflows ,DeployStudio automation

Client configuration techniques
Preparing and customising the model Mac before imaging, Command line commands to configure a client, Using launchd for post-install configuration, Running postinstall scripts using DeployStudio, Third-party postimaging configuration tools

System maintenances
Creating your scripts for periodic maintenance, Apple Software Update Server, Other update tools: Munki, and others, Periodic DeployStudio updates, Using Apple Remote Desktop for maintenance
length: 3 days
price: € 1575 excluding VAT
agenda:
language: English/Dutch
23-4-2012 9h30 - 16h30 in Schiedam
24-4-2012 9h30 - 16h30 in Schiedam
25-4-2012 9h30 - 16h30 in Schiedam