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Auditing hardware – Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Administering Computers

Auditing Hardware

You can get a report about the hardware of any client computer. Hardware information
can be accessed using a number of different reports. Although some basic hardware
information can be found in the System Overview report, several more focused
hardware reports provide more detailed information.

Storage

The Storage report collects information about the client computer’s internal hard disks.
It can get information about the hardware itself, the volumes present on the disk, file
system information, and journaling information for the disk.

For a complete listing of Storage report options, see “Report Field Definitions
Reference” on page 107.

Basic information about hard disk volumes and size can also be found in the System
Overview report, in the Storage options.

To generate a Storage report:

1

Select a computer list.

2

Select one or more computers in the Remote Desktop window.

3

Choose Report > Storage.

4

Select the hard disk information desired.

5

To search using new data, select Collect New Data For Report; to search using saved
data only, deselect Collect New Data For Report.

If you want to search using new data only if the saved data is too old, select If Current
Data Older Than, and enter the desired amount of time.

6

Click Generate Report.

The newly generated report window appears.

FireWire Devices

The FireWire Devices report gets information on FireWire devices connected to the
client computer. It can get the following information from a device:

Manufacturer

Model

Device Speed

Software Version

Firmware Version

For more information about FireWire Devices report options, see “Report Field
Definitions Reference” on page 107.

The number of attached FireWire devices can also be found in the System Overview
report, in the Devices options.