Managing computers with Mac OS
Desktop Central can be used to manage computers
with Mac operating Systems. Desktop Central has separate agents to manage
Mac computers.
Supported
Mac OS
Desktop Central currently supports the following
Mac versions:
- 10.6 Snow Leopard
- 10.7 Lion
- 10.8 Mountain Lion
- 10.9 Mavericks
Note:
Desktop Central currently supports managing Mac OS with Intel Processor
Configuring
Mac Agent Settings
Desktop Central has different agents for
windows and Mac computers. Mac agents will not be created by default.
You can create Mac agents by configuring the settings in the scope
of management. This will help you automatically create Mac agents
for the local office and the remote offices. To Configure the Mac agent
settings follow the steps mentioned below.
- Click the Admin
tab to invoke the Admin
page.
- Click the Agent Settings
link available under Global Settings.
- Select Mac Agent Settings
tab
- Click on the check box to automatically create agents for managing
Mac computers. Enabling the option to create Mac agents automatically
will create agents for all the existing remote offices as well
the any new remote office that is created subsequently.
- Select the domain or the workgroup to group Mac computers (this
is virtual grouping and will not impact on its functions).
- Click Save to create Mac agents.
Mac agents can be download from the SoM page.
Installing
Mac Agents
Mac agents can be installed manually in the
computers that need to be managed. Agents can be installed manually
in every computer or through SSH. To install the agent, log-in into the
computer as an administrator and follow the steps mentioned below.
- Click the Admin
tab to invoke the Admin
page.
- Click on Scope of Management
link under Global
Settings.
- Click on Download Agent
link
You will have a drop down list, from which
you can choose and download the appropriate agent. If the managed computers
are in the same LAN, download Mac
local agent. If the managed computers are in remote locations,
download agents appropriately. Follow the steps mentioned below
to install the agents manually,
- Login into the Mac computer as administrator and navigate
to the location where the agent is downloaded.
- Extract the zip file and locate DesktopCentral_MacAgent.pkg
and serverinfo.plist file.
- Double click to install the agent.
- Enter administrators password when prompted to complete
installation.
Installing
Mac Agents Using SSH
Installing Mac agents in computers can be
done easily through SSH. Using a Mac computer you can remotely connect
to other computers and install the Mac agents. To know about installing
agents follow the steps mentioned below.
- Login into the Mac computer as administrator
- Download the Mac agent.
- Copy the downloaded Mac agent
- Open the terminal
- Navigate to the location where
the agent is downloaded.
- Type scp
DCMacAgent.zip adminusername@hostname: to copy the agent
to the target computer.
- Install the agent in the remote computer
- To login into the target computer
using SSH type ssh
adminusername@hostname
- Navigate
to the location where the agent is copied, Unzip the agent zip
file by typing unzip
-oq DCMacAgent.zip
- Install the agent using the command
sudo installer -pkg DesktopCentral_MacAgent.pkg -target /
- Enter
the administrator password when prompted to complete agent installation.
Once the agents are installed successfully, the Mac computers will
be listed in the SoM page in the Desktop Central web console.
Uninstall
Mac agents
To uninstall the agents from the computers,
follow the steps mentioned below.
- Login into the computer as administrator and open the terminal.
- Navigate to the directory /Library/DesktopCentral_Agent/uninstall
- Type sudo chmod 744 uninstall.sh,
and enter administrator
password when prompted.
- Type the command sudo
./uninstall.sh, this
command removes all the files except logs.
Supported Features
Desktop Central currently supports the following
features for Mac computers.
Features supported in the Inventory Module
- Patch Management
- Software Deployment
- Managing software License
- Managing Software Category
- Hardware and software inventory reports
- Alerting by email for every hardware or software changes.
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