Is there a way for me to create a pre-configured installer for Mac from a Windows based Sophos Enterprise Console?

Question

Hello - 
 
 We currently have a Windows based Sophos Enterprise Console and we are updating and maintaining mac clients via our policy so the files are located in <servername>\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\ESCOSX 
 Is there a way to create a pre-configured Mac installation package that can be installed on the machine locally? 
 Additionally, is there a way to utilize pre-configuration so the clients get placed in the proper group for management? 
 
 Thanks!

QC · Accepted Answer

Hello Jayson, 
 the path ending in ESCOSX is the correct one (you want only HTTP not SMB?). From your description I think that SAV for Linux / Unix / OS X : IIS WebCID update troubleshooting could help. Please note that invalid URL in this context means no CID there - i.e AutoUpdate can't find the expected files (which is expected - forgive the pun - if you don't point to the root, otherwise it might be one of the reasons mentioned in the article). 
 Christian

QC · Answer

Hello Jayson, 
 apparently your mrinit.conf contains only the server name(s) - does it get its IP via DHCP? If the IP is in fact static (i.e. reserved) you can amend mrinit.conf - actually for Macs it's mrinit.custom (while the article talks about message relays it's generally applicable). Once the Macs can connect to the server's 8192 they should report to the console (as to the path I'd try without the quotes first). BTW - did you configure the updates with the IP (or are the CIDs published by another server) as name resolutions should be the same for updates and management (RMS)? 
 Christian