User manual APPLE REMOTE DESKTOP 3.0 ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE

[. . . ] Apple Remote Desktop Administrator's Guide Version 3 K Apple Computer, Inc. © 2006 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of Apple Remote Desktop software may reproduce this publication for the purpose of learning to use such software. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, such as selling copies of this publication or for providing paid for support services. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. [. . . ] b Click the stop button to cancel the active task. Stopping a Currently Running Task If a task is in progress and Remote Desktop is still waiting for feedback from the client computers, you can stop the task. You use the Active Tasks list to stop the command in progress. 98 Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers To stop a currently running task: 1 Select the Active Tasks list. 2 Select the desired task in the Remote Desktop window. The task status and computers involved are shown in the Remote Desktop window. 3 Click the Stop button in the top-right of the main window. Getting Completed Task History After a task has received feedback from all the involved client computers, or they have experienced a communication time-out, the task is moved to the Task History list. The Task History list is located in the left side of the Remote Desktop window, and has a disclosure triangle to expand or hide the list. This list stays populated as long you've set in the Remote Desktop preferences. The Task History list can also be viewed in a separate window with the tasks sorted by date. To get status on a completed task: 1 Open the Task History list using the disclosure triangle. 2 Select the desired task in the Remote Desktop window. The final task status and computers involved are shown in the Remote Desktop window. The final task status and computers involved are shown in a separate window. Saving a Task for Later Use You may want to save a task for later, repeated use. If you find yourself repeating certain tasks, you can save those tasks and the information about which computers go with them. Observe and Control tasks cannot be saved. Saved tasks appear in a list on the left side of the Remote Desktop main window. To save a task for later use: 1 Open the task you want to save. For example, if you want to save a Copy Items task, select Manage > Copy Items. 3 Before executing the task, click Save. The task appears in a list on the left side of the Remote Desktop main window. Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers 99 Creating and Using Task Templates In each task configuration dialog, you can save a task's settings to a template to reuse for future tasks of that same type. For example, if you always use certain copy options for a Copy Items task, you can save those settings as a template, and have them apply to any newly created Copy Items task. Once a task template is saved, you can select any one of the saved templates from the Templates pop-up menu. Selecting a template automatically configures the dialog box according to the saved template. [. . . ] PROPERTIES from server (Unicode text): Internet address of the server to boot from. mount volume (Unicode text): Volume name on server to mount. restarting (boolean): Should the machine be restarted after setting the startup volume 178 Appendix C AppleScript Remote Desktop Suite share screen task n [inh. task > item]: Share a computers screen to the target computers. [. . . ]