Vmware fusion serial numbers

It is used mostly by developers and quality analysts, since most of them are using Mac, and the core business is web development, so we need to use VMware Fusion to test how things run on Window's browsers, like Internet. When configured correctly, Apple DEP enables a business to purchase new Apple computers that automatically configure themselves, install necessary software, and enroll in an MDM upon unboxing and first boot- without hands-on intervention by DevOps or IT.

Before a business goes live with Apple DEP, a validation phase typically takes place. Testing a DEP workflow can be time consuming. The workflow can only be tested when a device starts up and is initialized for the first time.

As a result, using virtualization software such as VMware Fusion, Parallels Desktop, or VirtualBox is often much more practical than reinstalling the OS on a Mac computer after each test. It is worth stating that using DEP and MDM with virtual machine technology can be rather finicky and exhibit odd behaviors not seen when testing with physical devices.

Additionally, we cannot recommend using VirtualBox at this time. To get started, you will need to create a virtual machine. Various methods exist for creating an initial macOS virtual machine, some specific to a particular VM technology. Here are a few useful resources that walk through the process:. MacOS expects the serial number of the device it is installed on to be alphanumeric. If you plan to link your VM to Apple DEP, you will be setting the serial number of the VM to be equal to the serial number of a real Apple device, so this will not be a problem.

If you are not specifying the serial number of the VM yourself, note that some VM technologies generate a serial number with special characters. If the VM has a serial number that is not alphanumeric, macOS will appear to enroll with an MDM, but will ultimately not complete the process or be able to communicate with the MDM to receive configuration or further commands. Apple, in turn, provides the device with a DEP configuration if available.

This DEP configuration is fairly minimal; it specifies basic configurations like whether the device is to be placed in supervised mode and if it should enroll in an MDM. Since the serial number acts as the device identifier for DEP, the virtual machine you create will need to be configured to use a serial number that exists in your DEP account. We suggest using a serial number for a computer that is no longer in use, or at the very least, has a low likelihood of being wiped at any point, since using the serial number in a test DEP workflow would invariably cause the device to also enter the workflow.

Below are configurations for each virtual machine technology. Shut down the VM. Locate the VM file on your computer. Add the following lines:. As a result, we have found VirtualBox to be quite troublesome to work with when testing DEP and advise against it. If you wish to try anyway, the following VBoxManage command line interface command can be used to set the serial number of the VM. A DEP configuration effectively acts as a bootstrap. It provides a device with enough configuration to complete the Setup Assistant and enroll it with an MDM.

That is the extent of its responsibility. If you change your DEP configuration at any latter, the device will not receive the updated configuration. Because most VMs have access to internet at boot and do not have to wait for WiFi credentials, the outreach to DEP can occur very early on in the Setup Assistant process, before progressing past the first screen.

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