Installation manual
Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers 12 9
Getting Computer Information
Client computers can submit comments or notes to supplement System Overview
reports. These comments and notes are made on the client computer.
To make changes on a client computer, you must have the name and password of a
user with administrator privileges on the computer.
To add comments or notes when submitting in System Overview reports:
1 On the client computer, open System Preferences and click Sharing.
If the Sharing pane is locked, click the lock and then enter the user name and
password of a user with administrator privileges on the computer.
2 Select Remote Management in the Sharing pane.
If the client computer is running Mac OS X version 10.4 or earlier, add comments or
notes by selecting Apple Remote Desktop in the Sharing pane and clicking Access
Privileges.
3 Click Computer Settings.
4 In the Computer Information elds, enter comments or notes.
5 Click OK.
Getting Serial Numbers
Although there is no specic serial number report for Apple Remote Desktop, the
serial number of any client is in the Computer section of the System Overview Report.
In addition to using Apple Remote Desktop to retrieve a computer’s serial number,
you could use the command-line tool systemprofiler with the Send UNIX Command
feature in Apple Remote Desktop.
To generate a serial number report:
1 Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
2 Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
3 Choose Report > System Overview.
4 Select Serial Number from the Computer section.
5 Select or deselect other items as desired.
6 To search using new data, check Rebuild Data For Report.
7 Click Get Report.
The newly generated report window appears.
Getting Storage Information
The Storage report collects information about the client computer’s internal hard disks.
It can get information about the hardware itself, the volumes on the disk, le system
information, and journaling information for the disk.