Digital Print Lab REIMAGED

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we loaded a new image onto the digital print lab computers:
image from July 29, 2009

for whole lab, the image process took about 11 minutes
we created 2 partitions: Digital Printing (30GB) and Temporary Storage (~120GB)
*with the exception of #2, Temporary Storage (45GB)

Post Installation:
Renamed Computers
System Preference > Sharing

Changed Permissions to Ignore Ownership on Temporary Storage

Installed Deep Freeze via Remote Desktop

Image Processes:

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Created images: (07/27-29/09)
Master Image
Media
Digital Printing
Mobile (G4)
Mobile (Intel)

Cloned:

Macbook 14
Macbook 06
Macbook 13

Powerbook 10
Powerbook 09

Room 316 *hopefully

Major Image Backup

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Updating:
Digital Printing Image
Backing up + Updating - Universal Image (Spring 2009)
Backing up + Updating - Mobile Image - Universal (Spring 2009)

Configured Local User

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on the video-animation studio image:
configured local user & macadministrator
*NO deep freeze, yet.

still in beta test
redirected Temporary Storage, post-install, & automatic update disabled
software update.

Configured Local User

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on the video-animation studio image:
configured local user & macadministrator
*NO deep freeze, yet.

still in beta test
redirected Temporary Storage, post-install, & automatic update disabled
software update.

DeployStudio Server @ 601 Newbury St

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Configured DeployStudio Server on aibanimation (10.123.32.40).

DeployStudio Server @ 601 Newbury St

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Configured DeployStudio Server on aibanimation (10.123.32.40).
Reinstalled ServerDaemon
Configured netinstall set.

Recreated a netinstall set with VNC and a local admin user enabled.
This was pretty annoying.

Tested image restore:
Video image at 12:22 seconds on a single machine.