NetBoot provides modern Mac® computers with the option to boot directly from a shared network volume instead of a local drive or data medium. This is particularly relevant for recovering from a damaged macOS® installation or for initial setup of new devices. This functionality is based on the firmware of compatible Mac computers that enables them to boot from network drives or from a system image at a storage location that is accessible for the Mac. NetBoot can also provide new Mac computers with a customized installation file to roll them out in the organization.
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This specific tutorial is a single movie from chapter eleven of the Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard Essential Training course presented by lynda.com author Sean Colins. What you can do is take a Sysprep Windows hard drive, and you can basically pull an image from that, package that up, drop it into your JSS JAMF Software Server, and create your NetBoot image.
It shouldbe noted that some current Mac models do not support NetBoot anymore.
How toenable NetBoot for Microsoft SCCM
Parallels® Mac Management for Microsoft® SCCM allows organizations toutilize the NetBoot functionality within an SCCM environment. Only a few prerequisitesneed to be met to make NetBoot work with SCCM. The IT team needs to install theNetBoot component on a server for it to assume the role of a distributionpoint. All other requirements are explained in detail in the Administrator’s Guide (PDF). Dynamic Host ConfigurationProtocol (DHCP) forwarding needs to be activated if the NetBoot server and thetargeted Mac clients reside in different subnetworks.
Afterinstallation, the Parallels NetBoot Configuration Wizard will runautomatically. A small number of steps need to be configured here. Afterentering the SCCM environment’s SMS provider and opening a user account for theNetBoot server, the IT team needs to create a directory for the image files.
The last step for the IT team is to create a NetBoot image of macOS that the Mac devices can boot from. The Parallels tool PmmOsdImageBuilder helps with this. The IT team will need a reference Mac computer for the software tool to mirror its operating system. The next step is to add this image in SCCM. This is done by navigating to “Software Library / Overview / Operating Systems / Operating System Images” and selecting: “Add OS X Image.” The last thing to do is to add this operating system instance to the distribution point.
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