Using a QuickAdd package

Summary

Enroll Computers using QuickAdd Package.

• Requires Chemistry IT's ADM accounts so student staff can't do this unassisted.

Details

• Install the package, for example "JAMFQuickAdd-Chemistry-***" to the computer. (The computer will be enrolled to JAMF Pro after the installation is done, if it's on the network.)
  
  • smb://chemit.chem.cornell.edu
  • Specific example of the path and file name, as of 4/6/2018:
    
    • smb://chemit.chem.cornell.edu/ChemIT-Files/Macintosh/Casper, JAMF Pro/JAMFQuickAdd-Chemistry-12112017.pkg
  • Successful installation will result in a new application within the Applications folder called, "Self Service".
• Log into the Casper Management website (JSS Dashboard) with your your NetID account to edit the new added computer information.
  • https://jssmgt.it.cornell.edu/arts/
• At the top of the page, select CHM or PHY, as appropriate. Then click the Computers Icon also near the top to get a column shown to the left and be automatically shown the Advanced Computer Search page.
  
  • Find the newly added computer by going to "AS-CHM-All Computers". Or, if you are in the PHY section, "AS-PHY-All Computers".
  • You could use your ADM account to have also seen this computer in "Smart Computer Groups" => "No Departments". Value of this capability?!
• Click the computer, the click on "User and Location" and click the Edit button.
  • Use the pull-down menu for Department. Ex: AS-CHM - Chemistry and Chemical Biology
  • Use the pull-down menu for Building. Ex: Baker Lab
  • Type in Room. Ex: 140D
  • Click the Save button.
  • ???"Purchasing" (Warranty Expiration, AppleCare ID, Life Expectancy

Creating a QuickAdd package

Summary

Use Recon to create a QuickAdd package that enrolls computers when the package is installed on computers.

• Only trained Chemistry IT staff should do this, and it requires their ADM account.

Details

Steps to create a QuickAdd package:

1. Open Recon Application; If it is the first time to run a Casper Suite app, you'll see a Preferences dialog box, asking for your JSS Address. Enter: https://jssmgt.it.cornell.edu/arts Then select QuickAdd Package in left sidebar;
2. Username:chemit-managed or physit-managed
3. Password choose "Randomly generate password"
4. check "Create management account if it doesn't exist" and check "Hide management account"
5. Leave other non-checked
6. Site: choose AS-Chemistry - CHM, or  AS-Physics - PHY
7. Click Create button, save as: "JAMFQuickAdd-Chemistry-***" (*** is date eg..12112017) or "JAMFQuickadd-Physics-***" then click Save button.
8. Save the latest packages into T:\Macintosh\Casper, JAMF Pro