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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=671045916-28092005>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=671045916-28092005>We're tryng to
set up a straightforward way to image Xserves in an LSF cluster. I've had some
success using NetRestore for basic brute-force imaging, and am also looking at
radmind for maintaining incremental updates to systems. Right now we have only
about 10 Xserves, but this number could grow.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=671045916-28092005>However, one
thing I'm not clear on:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=671045916-28092005>OSX Server seems to
require registration of the system to the OS (by MAC address), at least for the
Server functions to run, but possibly for other reasons, too. When imaging lots
of systems, you generally use one image (or a minimal number, anyway) to
mass-deploy and try to make the procedure as automatic as possible, but is it
necessary to touch each system for registration purposes for each
installation/upgrade? I really hope not, but I'm not sure what the recommended
way around this is.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=671045916-28092005>My understanding is
that Xserves require the Server version of OSX for the hardware to all work
properly with the OS, though please correct me if I'm wrong here. Only one of
our Xserves needs to run any actual OSX Server processes (NetBoot,
NFS) at this point, but I'm trying to avoid larger issues with doing things this
way (i.e. conflicts from cloning "Server" on the same subnet). So, running OSX
Client would probably suit our needs for the compute nodes, but I'm not sure if
that's viable?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=671045916-28092005>I'm posting to this
list since there's folks with large Mac clusters who I guess have figured out
good ways to handle imaging. The Apple docs are useful in many ways, but can be
vague, too.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=671045916-28092005>Any suggestions for
the best general tools for imaging the systems? Anyone using
radmind?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=671045916-28092005>thanks!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
class=671045916-28092005>--andy</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andy Bergman</FONT></DIV>
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