SMS: How to Integrate Apple Macintosh Clients (185908)

SUMMARY

Systems Management Server can include Macintosh clients in inventory. However, to enable support for Macintosh clients, you must first install the following:

Windows NT Services for Macintosh
Systems Management Server components for Macintosh
Apple Installer program (not supplied with Systems Management Server)

MORE INFORMATION

Windows NT Services for Macintosh

By installing Windows NT Services for Macintosh on other Windows NT Server computers in a Systems Management Server domain, you enable those servers to provide logon server support to Macintosh clients. At every Systems Management Server domain, Systems Management Server automatically installs a logon server volume on all Windows NT Server computers that have Services for Macintosh installed and running.

On the Windows NT Server computer that is running Services for Macintosh, create user accounts for the Macintosh clients that you want to include in the Systems Management Server inventory.

Systems Management Server Components for Macintosh

You must use the Systems Management Server Setup program to install the Macintosh components on the site server of the site where you want Macintosh support. By default, the Macintosh components are not installed during the initial setup.

For a list of all components installed to Macintosh clients, see "Appendix B" of the "System Management Server Administrator's Guide."

Apple Installer Program

The Apple Installer, which is not supplied with Systems Management Server, is required to install the appropriate Systems Management Server files to a Macintosh client. You must add this file to each primary site server that will be administering Macintosh clients before adding these clients. Note that you must also add the file to the parent of any secondary site that will be supporting Macintosh clients.