Aug 15, 2014 After the Mac OS X operating system image has been added to Configuration Manager, we need to create a task sequence and deploy this one to the collection where the Macs that you want to reimage reside. The Task Sequence can be created by selecting Create Task Sequence for Macs in the Task Sequences node of the Configuration Manager Console. Jun 09, 2015 Create a Automator workflow to deploy the Parallels agent and to do other minor configuration jobs. Use the System Image Utility to create the image and a workflow to automatically configure the disk layout and computer name. (Optional) Use the Mac OS X Netboot server to deploy the image to a Mac. Hey guys, good morning, new here. I am trying to get zero-touch DEP/ABM mac deployment setup with Intune and Azure AD credentials login. I want users to be shipped a DEP enrolled mac and have them sign in with their AzureAD credentials, have a local account created with password sync, and then use Intune to manage the machines: software installation, Config Profiles, local admin account, etc. Jun 09, 2015 Create an OS X profile to join your Mac to your wireless network. Create a base installation of OS X with the required software and settings. Create a Automator workflow to deploy the Parallels agent and to do other minor configuration jobs. Use the System Image Utility to create the image and a workflow to automatically configure the disk layout and computer name.
This blog post is being reprinted with permission from the original author, Ian North. We are extremely excited and pleased to get to share his post as a special guest blog this week. Read on for Ian’s how-to for configuring a Mac image in Microsoft SCCM and Parallels Mac Management, and let us know if you are experiencing an increase in Macs in your network and the steps you’re taking to keep them centrally managed.
I touched briefly on using Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM to build Macs in my overview article but I thought it might be a good idea to go through the entire process that I use when I have to create an image for a Mac, getting the image deployed and getting the Mac configured once the image is on there. At the moment, it’s not a simple process.
It requires the use of several tools and, if you want the process to be completely automated, some Bash scripting as well. The process isn’t as smooth as you would get from solutions like DeployStudio but it works and, in my opinion anyway, it works well enough for you not to have to bother with a separate product for OSD. The Parallels team is working hard on this part of the product and they tell me that proper task sequencing will be part of V4 of the agent. As much as I’m looking forward to that, it doesn’t change the fact that right now we’re on V3.5 and we have to use the messy process.
First of all, I should say that this is my method of doing it and mine alone. This is not Parallels’ method of doing this, it has not been sanctioned or condoned by them. There are some dangerous elements to it, and you follow this procedure at your own risk and I will not be held responsible for damage caused by it if you try this out.
Requirements
You will need the following tools:
- A Mac running OS X Server. The server needs to be set up as a Profile Manager server, an Open Directory server and, optionally, as a Netboot server. It is also needed on Yosemite for the System Image Utility.
- A second Mac running the client version of OS X.
- Both the server and the client need to be running the same version of OS X (Mavericks, Yosemite, whatever) and they need to be patched to the same level. Both Macs need to have either FireWire or Thunderbolt ports.
- A FireWire or Thunderbolt cable to connect the two Macs together.
- A SCCM infrastructure with the Parallels Mac Management SCCM Proxy and Netboot server installed.
- This is optional but I recommend it anyway: a copy of Xcode or another code editor to create your shell scripts in. I know you could just use TextEdit but I prefer something that has proper syntax highlighting and Xcode is at least free.
- Patience. Lots of patience. You’ll need it. The process is time consuming and and can be infuriating when you get something wrong.
At the end of this process, you will have an OS X Image which can be deployed to your Macs. The image will automatically name its target, it will download, install and configure the Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM agent, join itself to your Active Directory domain, attach itself to a managed wireless network and it will install any additional software that’s not in your base image. The Mac will do this without any user interaction apart from initiating the build process. Fallout 4 busty mod.
Process Overview
The overview of the process is as follows:
- Create an OS X profile to join your Mac to your wireless network.
- Create a base installation of OS X with the required software and settings.
- Create a Automator workflow to deploy the Parallels agent and to do other minor configuration jobs.
- Use the System Image Utility to create the image and a workflow to automatically configure the disk layout and computer name.
- (Optional) Use the Mac OS X Netboot server to deploy the image to a Mac. This is to make sure that your workflow works and that you’ve got your post-install configuration scripts right before you add the image to your ConfigMgr server. You don’t have to do this but you may find it saves you a lot of time.
- Convert the image to a WIM file and add it to your SCCM OSD image library.
- Advertise the image to your Macs.
I’m going to assume that you already have your SCCM infrastructure, Parallels SCCM management proxy, Parallels Netboot server and OS X Server working…
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What is Image Deployment?
Image deployment involves customizing the operating system (OS), applications, drivers and settings on a single computer and creating an image of it, then automatically deploying this image to other computers. It is sometimes referred to as cloning as well, because the configuration of all computers is same after deployment. Image deployment enables you to efficiently and rapidly set up multiple computers which are configured the same way and with the same software.
The Advantages of Image Deployment
There are obvious reasons to deploy image in any size of organizations that need to configure multiple computers for the following advantages:
- Save time and effort: manually setting up just a single computer can be a chore and take a sysadmin from a few hours to an entire day, in contrast, simultaneously deploying a standard image to all computers takes much less time and makes this task much easier.
- Standardization: if you use image deployment, it ensures that all the computers are as close to identical as possible. However, if you perform installation and configuration one by one, each computer may be slightly different. Standard computer’s management and maintenance are a lot easier than disparate ones.
- Rapid bare-metal installation: if your company ordered multiple new computers, as a sysadmin you want to install a customized OS, unique combination of software, and specially configured settings. Install the OS and the software on your source computer, tweak all the settings and create an image, and then deploy the image to all of your target computers with image deployment software.
Free Image Deployment Software - AOMEI Image Deploy
Most organizations know the advantages of image deployment solution and there are many OS deployment tools on the market for this task. However, some of them are extremely hard to use and some of them don’t support the latest technology. Besides, organizations received computers over the years from many manufacturers have different hardware make and model. Then, is there any easy-to-use and complete image deployment software?
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Free AOMEI Image Deploy is your best image deployment software, which guides you through step-by-step wizards, with built-in universal restore technology, allowing users of any skill level to deploy image to multiple computers with identical or dissimilar hardware. What's more, this freeware supports all Windows operating systems, including Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP and Windows Server 2003/2008 (R2)/2011/2012 (R2)/2016.
Preparation for Image Deployment
Before deploying image to multiple computers, there are a few things that are necessary to confirm and prepare for AOMEI Image Deploy to run smoothly. Let's have a look.
- You need to select a fully functioned machine running Windows PC system or Windows Server system as server computer, and the machines that need to be deployed are called client computers. Please check and make sure the server computer and all the client computers are on the same network segment of the same LAN.
- Please confirm the NIC (also known as network adapter) in all the client computers supports PXE boot.
- Start all the client computers and enter into BIOS to set the network boot (PXE boot) as the first boot device.
- Please confirm the sequence number of the destination disks that are used for image deployment is the same. It is recommended to remove all other disks in the client computer but only keep the destination disk for image deployment.
- Please confirm the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) in the server computer system is complete. If it is incomplete or the system is older than Windows 7, please download Windows AIK/ADK. If you wouldn't like to download it, please choose a machine running Windows 7 or higher system as server computer.
- Custom a machine's operating system (OS), applications, settings and data to be your desired configuration. Create a full system image backup or disk image backup on the machine with AOMEI Backupper. The machine can be the server computer or personal computer. But the system backup or disk backup image file must be saved to a NAS or network share folder which is on the same network segment of the same LAN as the server computer.
When all the requirements and preparations are ready, please follow the steps to deploy image to multiple computers.
The Steps to Deploy OS Image over Network with AOMEI Image Deploy
Here, I'll take Windows 10 as an example and show you how to deploy windows 10 image to multiple computers:
1. Download, install and launch AOMEI Image Deploy. To boot up the client computers, there are two ways to create bootable WinPE ISO.
There may be a chance of drivers being incompatible with your hardware and the WinPE cannot start up the client computers. If so, please consider 'Create bootable WinPE ISO manually' which allows you to add custom drivers into WinPE.
2. Once AOMEI Image Deploy shows 'The service has started, waiting for connect..', start all the client computers. If all the settings are correct, the computers will boot into AOMEI Image Deploy recovery environment and each computer will display its booting progress as shown below:
At the same time, the booting progress of each client computer (defined via IP address) will display on AOMEI Image Deploy. Once a client computer has successfully connected to the AOMEI Image Deploy service, it will show 'Client computers connected'. On the client computer, it will also show the local IP, server IP and connection status. When all the client computers have successfully connected to the AOMEI Image Deploy service, tick the checkbox before 'I confirm all the client…' and click the 'Next'.
3. Here you need to specify the Windows 10 image you want to deploy and configure how to deploy it to the client computers.
3.1 Click 'Browse' to find the system backup or disk backup image file you have prepared, and then click 'Add share or NAS device'. In the pop-up window, enter the network or NAS path where the image file is stored. Then, select the image you want to deploy and click 'OK'.
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3.2Tick the checkbox before the computer (defined via IP address) on which to deploy the specified backup image, or tick the checkbox before 'All' to select all the listed computers.
3.3Input the destination disk number on which to deploy the specified backup image. Normally if there is only one disk in the computer, it is 0. If you are not sure, please remove other disks.
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Notes: Image deployment to a client computer may cause data loss if it has. Make sure that you are performing the deployment to the correct computer and to the correct destination disk on that computer.
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3.4 Input every time how many computers will be deployed. The more computers you input, the slower the deployment speed will be.
3.5 Click 'Settings' to set computer name, set IP, and enable 'Universal Restore' if the hardware of the client computers are different from the computer on which you create the image.
4. Here takes Windows 10 system (OS) image deployment and 10 computers for deployment every time for example. If you confirm, click 'Start Deploy' to deploy image to computers.
5. Here you can view the image deployment progress of each client computer. Besides, you can choose whether to shut down or restart the client computers after the deployment is completed.
- IP preset and deploying image to computers with different hardware is only available in AOMEI Image Deploy Technician Edition.
- The image deployment task has never been so easy. You just need to make sure that you haven't forgotten an important setting or an important piece of software, since any mistake you make will be cloned to all the client machines. If you support a large batch of computers, AOMEI Image Deploy (free trial) is your best image deployment software which can save you a lot of time, money, and effort.
- When you deploy an image to multiple computers within the domain, you may encounter the problem of SID conflicts. In this case, we advise you to first remove SID with sysprep and then deploy the image with AOMEI Image Deploy. Please check instructions here.