Installation manual
Chapter 9 Automating Tasks 165
Setting Up Clients to Interface with the Task Server
After you congure an administrator computer to control the Task Server, and set a
default reporting schedule, the Task Server is ready for use. Clients can use the Task
Server once they are authenticated and added to the All Computers list in Remote
Desktop. No setup is needed beyond adding the clients to the All Computers list.
If you have an existing list of computers, you need to congure them now. For
information, see “Setting the Client’s Data Reporting Policy” on page 166.
Using Automatic Data Reporting
In accordance with a collection schedule you set, each client computer connects
to a central reporting database and uploads the information you specify. There are
trade-os to the frequency of these updates. If you require all the clients to update
their information too often, you run the risk of increased network trac and slower
client performance during updates. If you don’t require the clients to update often
enough, the report data that you receive may be out of date. You should balance your
reporting needs and your network and client performance needs.
The collection policy includes four kinds of information: system data, le data, user
accounting data, and application usage data.
System data includes information for the following reports:
System Overview Â
Storage Â
USB Devices Â
FireWire Devices Â
Memory Â
Expansion Cards Â
Network Interfaces Â
File search data includes information for the following reports:
File Search Â
Software Version Â
Software Dierence Â
User accounting data includes information for the following report:
User History Â
Application usage data includes information for the following report:
Application Usage Â