Apple Remote Desktop - Setting the Startup Disk; Renaming Computers

Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers 137
To empty the Trash:
1 Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
2 Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
3 Choose Manage > Empty Trash.
4 Click Empty.
Setting the Startup Disk
Apple Remote Desktop can set the startup disk on any client computer. You can
choose between a volume on a local hard disk or any available NetBoot volume.
The startup disk must have a valid operating system installed on it. To set the startup
volume on a local hard disk for multiple computers at once, the local volume name
must be the same for all computers.
Alternatively, you can set the startup disk to be a NetBoot volume provided by
Mac OS X Server. You can start up multiple clients from a NetBoot server.
To set the startup disk:
1 Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
2 Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
3 Choose Manage > Set Startup Disk.
The list that appears shows the client’s local hard disk, a custom NetBoot server item,
and a list of all available NetBoot and NetInstall servers available on the local subnet.
4 Choose the client’s local hard disk or a NetBoot server volume.
5 If you want to choose a specic local hard disk volume, select Hard Disk, click Edit,
and enter the desired volume name.
6 If you want to choose a custom NetBoot server volume, enter the server IP address
or fully qualied domain name, and the NetBoot volume name.
7 If desired, select Restart When Done.
If you select Restart When Done, the client computer restarts after having its startup
volume set. You need to have Restart privileges to use this option.
8 Click Set.
Renaming Computers
Apple Remote Desktop can set the name that a client computer uses for le sharing.
You can rename multiple computers with the same name followed by a number (such
as Computer1, Computer2, and so on). This is especially useful for dierentiating client
computers after a clean system installation.
The Rename Computer feature doesn’t change the Local Hostname or the DNS name
of a client computer.