Installation manual
Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers 111
This option is preferable when installing on computers that are all currently online.
If you want to install the software by using a Task Server, see “Installing Software on
Oine Computers” on page 111 .
8 Select other installation parameters, as desired.
For information about available options, see “Copy Options” on page 11 5 .
Client computers aren’t restarted automatically after an installation is complete, unless
explicitly selected in the task command.
9 Click Install.
During installation, a progress bar appears in the task header in the main window. No
progress bars appear on the client computer. The copied package is deleted from the
client computer if an error occurs during installation. However, a failed installation may
leave behind other les created by the installer.
Installing Software on Oine Computers
Using Apple Remote Desktop, you can install software on a computer that isn’t
currently connected to the network (with a status of “Oine”). This is referred to as
AutoInstall. The installation doesn’t occur when initially ordered, but when the oine
computer next becomes available. The installation itself is handled by a designated
Task Server. The installation uses unicast network trac (in client groups of 10) instead
of the multicast trac used when the Remote Desktop application performs the
installation.
Remote Desktop rst copies the installation package to the Task Server, and gives
the Task Server the necessary instructions to install the package to all the selected
computers, even if some of them are oine. The Task Server monitors the network for
the next time the oine client comes online again. When the client comes online, it
contacts the Task Server and noties it of its network state and any setting changes
(like a DHCP-assigned IP address change). The Task Server then begins the installation.
If a client goes oine during AutoInstall, the installation fails and restarts from the
beginning when the client comes back online.
To use AutoInstall, you need to do the following:
Make sure each client can be accessed by the Task Server. Â
Ensure network access to the Task Server from each client network segment. Â
A network’s topology and router conguration can keep the client computers in the
administrator’s list from being accessible to the designated Task Server. This can lead
to installation commands that can never be completed.
Make sure you have the network resources to perform the installation task for every Â
client at any given time.