Preliminary Planning and Setup

The administrator first makes sure that the network settings and infrastructure are configured properly.

The administrator does the following:

1He checks the network settings on the server.

Passes: The server has as static IP address (192.168.1.2) and a fully qualified domain name in the DNS (taskserver.example.com).

2He checks the firewall settings on the server.

Passes: He sets the firewall to allow communication between the server and the client IP address groups (192 168.1.20–192.168.1.70) on TCP and UDP ports 3283 and 5900. TCP port 22 was already open for server administration.

3He checks for proper connectivity from a few of the clients.

Passes: He’s able to ping the server from the clients and make connections on the correct ports.

4He checks for proper connectivity from the server.

Passes: He can scan the IP address range of the clients and gets network ping results from a sampling of them.

Setting Up a Task Server for Reporting

Now the administrator is ready to install Remote Desktop on the server. Then he can configure and enable the Task Server.

The administrator does the following:

1He makes sure he has two Unlimited Managed Systems licenses, one for the server and one for the mobile administrator computer.

2He installs Remote Desktop on the server, using the server’s attached display and keyboard.

If the server were headless, he would use the Remote Desktop kickstart tool via SSH to enable the Remote Desktop Sharing and other command-line file copy tools to install the Remote Desktop application. For this example, he uses the GUI method rather than the command-line method.

3After the installer finishes, he launches Remote Desktop to configure it via the Setup Assistant.

When the Setup Assistant asks if he’s going to use another computer as a

Task Server, he makes sure to leave the default, which indicates he is not using a different Task Server.

Chapter 3 Task Server Scenario