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Casper Suite 7.2 Improves Policy Management on Apples OS X

Casper Suite 7.2 Improves Policy Management on Apples OS X
Mar 26, 2010
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Casper Suite 7.2 Improves Policy Management on Apples OS X

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by Cameron Sturdevant


Policy Assistant

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New wizards helped me create a policy to install packages on my Mac systems.


Central Administration

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Here you see the management tab options, including Policies and Managed Preferences modules, both improved in this version of Casper Suite 7.2.


Create Managed Preference

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I imported ready-made preferences from the Manifest Destiny project, seen lower right.


Network Scanner

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I added my Mac systems using the network scanner in Casper Suite 7.2. I was somewhat surprised that .104 got added; that’s a VMware vSphere 4 host. I have to go check that out!


Adding Another System

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Here you see my fake test user Brian Sturdevant’s computer getting added to the Casper Suite inventory.


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Remote Control

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Here you see that I’m about to take control of Brian’s MacBook Pro.


Software Update

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Casper Suite uses Apple Software Update to get the necessary patches for distribution.


Patch Policy

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Here’s an example of a policy to deploy updates to my Mac systems from the central update server.


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