Change or update Image NetRestore

Hello world

I am assistant Head of a corporate IT average, we run around 80-90 Mac here, are close enough all day or running at least Yosemite.

From now on, we set up the new machines using a Carbon Copy Cloner Image that we did a while, where we can start to leave and then copy it to the local drive of the computer. We do this by the USB bus. So we connect the clone, which is just a simple SSD, via USB for the new Mac, the image that contains a ton of software and startup settings and then copy only with the also in the Carbon Copy Cloner local drive preinstalled image.
This works like a charm, and when we need to update the clone, simply connect us via USB to any Mac and then run software updates installed or change the settings and once we're done we just stopped, and it is ready to be cloned.

Now we wan't to change NetRestore to it. I managed to test different scenarios using system image utility, simply create an image of NetRestore and that deployment on NetInstall. It works fine, but the big problem here is that if we need to update this image, or change a setting to write completely a new image every time and it takes time because we must always connect the SSD Clone to a mac and then write the new image that Mac and copy it into our machine deployment. So my question is, and I'm sure that other people have asked this question before, but I have not really found an answer so far: can start you somehow NetRestore, without restoring, OR image, can you create a NetBoot Image, initiate that updated the NetBoot image and then CONVERTING the NetBoot into NetRestore image image? In my opinion, what would make the most sense, so we can always decide to NetBoot in the NetBoot image, change and update the stuff and then just convert that image NetRestore that is copied to the machine.

I know that there are deploy Studio, but * I was not able to understand a single simple thing about this app, it's more complicated...

Thanks for your replies, maybe someone knows the best way to handle this!

See you soon

I'll throw my thoughts in the arena.

NetInstall is a great technology for a handful of very specific situations.  As you have discovered, it is not remarkably flexible when it comes to create images.  If you use hard drives traditionally create or capture images, you prefer to do the day after.  If you are subnet'ed you have hoops to jump through.  If you want to make a lot of changes... Well it takes a lot of time.

However, for environments that have stable or images which frequently must features reimage (laboratories, schools, test gear, etc.), NetRestore is a great technology, which allows quick reset of the device with a few requirements.  After all, what good configuration, simply hold the key N and walk.

But these are not your needs.

You can create a mixed solution.  You can create a master NetRestore image is all you need until a certain date.  Then, you can create an image only Package that can include all your patches and updates.  It's much easier to create and recreate an image of the operating system.  The flow of work would go like this.  Day 1, you snap your final image.  Day 2, a new Flash Player and Firefox are released to create you a package only image containing these two updates.  Day 3, you have a few re-frame machines.  If you NetBoot first image of NetRestore, fixing this OS perfect, built you.  Then, once the machine is running, you net boot in the single image of the package and apply the additional patches.

This mixed model still has holes.  For example, the end of 2015 iMac.  They can only start 10.11.1 or higher.  If you have created a master image, which has been 10.11.0, you would not be able to clone the iMac.  This is with the latest Mac Book Pro.  Then require 10.10.5 or hight.  A 10.10.3 master image, so that it can be cloned to the machine cannot start it.  Oh, and then there's firmware that Apple keeps hiding in the updates to the OS.  If you monolithiquement cloning, there is a good chance that you do not get the required firmware on the devices.  There are ways around this, but nothing provided by Apple.

Now, at 80-90 Mac, you are a candidate for JAMF.  JAMF is a tool that can supplant many of your manual processes and many tools from Apple.  In addition, you can search program entry Device (PED) Apple, especially if you treat devices like the BYOD systems, pushing IT responsibility on the end user.  If you follow the path JAMF, simply use on recruitment policies to deliver your software and stack parameters.  Basically, you register the device and then the menu of items are delivered.  Your job is to keep this menu to update.  The devices will then follow the script, do whatever you want to put back in the correct order.

There is also AutoDMG.  I haven't touched on this in a long time, but it could be what you are looking to keep a master image to update.  You still need to do this periodically capture a picture NetRestore.

And to finally achieve, there is nothing "wrong" with what you do.  If it works for you, then why break?  There is something very elegant on a cloning machine to another and it works.  Doing this on a large scale is magically ("wait, you loan 100 devices in one day?")  However, be aware that some items should not be cloned, as mattes, newspapers, local KDC, sleeping images, saving state app, etc..  Before cloning, you should prepare the master (or clean the clone before starting) to purge the additional items.

Hope this helps in the thought process.  Not really respond to or send you one way.  More giving you additional options to consider.

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