Apple Certified Specialist – Deployment 10.6

Apple’s Mac OS X Deployment v10.6 training course is a 3 day leader led course with plenty of hands on labs that provides a really in-depth look at how to deploy Mac OS X systems. The course covers a range of topics from deploying single files to the deployment of multiple Mac OS X systems. Through out the course students will use a number of Apple tools including NetBoot, Software Update Server, Remote Desktop, System Image Utility and Package Maker..

Who Should Attend?

  • This class is for Mac 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.

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending this course:

  • Understanding of Mac OS X
  • Basic troubleshooting experience or Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.6
  • Basic Mac OS X Server experience or Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.6
  • Experience with Mac OS X in a network environment
  • Experience using the command-line interface with Mac OS X

Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA)

This course covers a portion of the knowledge necessary to become an Apple Certified System Administrator 10.5. ACSA certification is granted upon successful completion of the Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.6, Mac OS X Directory Services v10.6, Mac OS X Deployment v10.6, and Mac OS X Security and Mobility v10.6 exam.

 

Apple Certified Specialist – Deployment 10.6

Course Overview

• Deployment Planning: The first chapter takes the student through an overview of what planning is required to develop a strategy for a deployment scenario.

• Deploying Individual Items and Containers: Learn how to deploy single files, archives and containers to Mac OS X systems using Apple Remote Desktop and Mac OS X Server. Understand the differences between packages, bundles and archives as well as handling resource forks.

• Deploying with Installation Packages: In this chapter the student is introduced to Apple’s installer technology. Here we create custom installation packages using Apple’s Package Maker.

• Deploying Entire Systems: Learn how to create full system images for a complete deployment of Mac OS X. Understand the differences between cloned systems and modular systems.

• Using NetBoot for Deployment: Install and configure Apple’s NetBoot service. Configure NetBoot to deploy images created in previous labs to computers over a network.

• Postimaging Deployment Considerations: Once a system has been deployed we will look at post imaging tasks. We look at various techniques on how to apply post installation configuration such as renaming the computers and binding them to a directory server.

• System Maintenance: Finally learn how to keep your Mac OS X clients updated via the Apple Software Update sever and Remote Desktop.