[MacTUG] Mac server getting stripped down

Thu Feb 1 14:20:57 EST 2018

FYI here are the rumblings on the Deploystudio forum about this
http://www.deploystudio.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?id=8045

I am currently using an old mac mini for imaging, I was planning on replacing it over the summer but I think I will try to get one now just so I can ensure that I can get it operational before features get stripped from Server.app. The irony is that a new mac mini will not be that much more powerful (2.9 i5 vs 2.3 i5) but the hardware is aging.

If this isn’t enough to fret over, haha. The “T2 Chip” has been introduced into the imac Pro and sounds like it will get everywhere over the next little http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/04/apple-t2-chip-in-imac-pro-takes-control-of-boot-security-facetime-camera-functions-previously-managed-by-cpu

We knew this was happening, courtesy of Marlon I believe who linked to the derflounder page from about a year ago -- https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/imaging-will-be-dead-soon-ish/

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From: <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Donald Duff-McCracken <dsmccrac at uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 8:39 AM
To: MacTUG <mactug at mailman.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [MacTUG] Mac server getting stripped down

I also wonder! I was going to post it in the deploystudio forum but ixwoukd be interested to find out what others dig up.
Sounds like we might want to make sure our server setups are good over the next few montys - if you need a new setup it might be good to order it and set it up before summer.
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On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:35 AM -0500, "Edward Chrzanowski" <edward.chrzanowski at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:edward.chrzanowski at uwaterloo.ca>> wrote:

Yes, interesting.  It looks like Apple does not want to rely on themselves to update software but to

use more current vetted solutions. So netInstall is going away but they do provide a couple of alternatives below NetInstall.  One such service is:

The BSDPy service provides the same NetInstall feature set provided by Apple's OS X Server, which depending on the OS X version is either called "NetBoot" or "NetInstall". Management tools like DeployStudio and JAMF Casper which rely on a NetInstall-style image to launch an imaging client that writes a disk image to a local HD or SSD and performs post-imaging configuration are fully compatible with BSDPy. NetInstall-style images created by Apple's System Image Utility or any other tools that create a NetInstall-style NBI are also fully compatible. BSDPy does not currently support the less frequently used diskless NetBoot mode which relies on a shadow disk image to be mounted from an AFP share. Shadowing using a RAM disk or local storage is fully supported.

So, I wonder if Jamf DeployStudio has prepared for this.

From: mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca <mactug-bounces at lists.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Donald Duff-McCracken <dsmccrac at uwaterloo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 7:55:35 AM
To: MacTUG
Subject: [MacTUG] Mac server getting stripped down

I think this might be related to how apple intends to change our deployment methodology but it looks like Apple Server is going to have many less features soon. The one that concerns  the most is the absence of NetInstall
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208312

What the heck???

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