In this comprehensive advanced course, you will cover in depth the Lion Server operating system. You will gain the skills needed to successfully plan, deploy, and maintain an OS X Lion Server. You will demonstrate your new knowledge though labs specifically designed to enhance your learning experience. This course will provide you with the knowledge required to support an enterprise deployment of an OS X Lion server solution.

What You'll Learn

• Set up and maintain an enterprise deployment of an OS X Lion server solution

Who Needs to Attend

Help-desk specialists, technical coordinators, and entry-level system administrators who implement and maintain networks using Mac OS X Server

Prerequisites

• Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.7 (Lion 101)
• Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.7 (Lion 201)
• Mac OS X 301: Mac OS X Directory Services v10.7

Follow-On Courses

• Mac OS X Security and Mobility v10.7 (Lion 303)

Course Outline

1. Deployment Planning

• Using the Deployment Planning Template
• Planning Hardware Deployment Logistics
• Planning Usage Management

2. Deploying Individual Items and Containers

• Mac OS X File Deployment Considerations
• Using Archive Files for Deployment
• Using ARD 3 to Deploy Items
• Using Disk Images for Deployment

3. Deploying with Installation Packages

• Mac OS X Installation Technology
• Creating Installation Packages
• Using Installation Package Actions, Scripting, and Snapshots
• Deploying and Maintaining Installation Packages
• Third-Party Installation Tools

4. Creating System Images

• Integrating Systems with Managed Preferences
• Customizing a System Prior to Imaging
• Preparing a System for Image Creation
• Creating a Cloned System Image with Disk Utility
• Using System Image Utility to Create NetBoot, Network Install, and NetRestore Images

5. Deploying System Images

• System Image Deployment
• NetBoot Service
• Configuring the NetBoot Service
• Configuring Clients to Boot with a Network Disk Image
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting the NetBoot Service
• Deploying System Images with NetRestore
• Configuring Apple Software Restore (ASR) Network Multicast
• Deploying Systems with NetInstall
• Using System Image Utility Workflow Actions
• Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Configuration Profiles
• Post-Imaging Considerations

6. System Maintenance

• Concepts
• Using Apple Tools for System Maintenance
• Using the Apple Software Update Service
• Third-Party System Maintenance Tools

7. Profile Manager

• Using OS X Server's New Profile Manager to Deploy Configuration Profiles to OS X Computers