Apple MC172Z/A Administration Guide - Page 166
Preliminary Planning for Using the Task Server, Setting Up the Task Server
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Preliminary Planning for Using the Task Server Before you use Task Server to automate administration, you should first make sure that the network settings and infrastructure are configured properly. To prepare for the Task Server: 1 Check the network settings on the server. The server should have a static IP address and a fully qualified domain name in the DNS. 2 Check the firewall settings on the server. The firewall should allow communication between the server and the client IP address groups on TCP and UDP ports 3283. Also, if you open TCP port 5900, you can control clients. TCP port 22 should be open for server administration. 3 Check for proper connectivity from a few of the clients. Ping the server from the clients and make connections on the correct ports. 4 Check for proper connectivity from the server. Scan the IP address range of the clients and get network ping results from a sampling of them. Setting Up the Task Server After performing some preliminary planning, you're ready to install Remote Desktop on a computer that will act as the Task Server. This computer stores a database of client system and file information. First, determine where the data will be located: on the administrator computer, or a remote computer. By default, the database is stored on the administrator computer, but you can change the data collection location. WARNING: If you change the location of the report database from the one selected in the initial setup, you will need to reset the collection policies for the client computers. The database will not be moved, but will be regenerated at the next collection interval. If you choose to use another Apple Remote Desktop administrator computer's database, you must configure it to allow data access to other Apple Remote Desktop administrators. The default Task Server is the computer on which you installed Remote Desktop. 166 Chapter 9 Automating Tasks