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## Designating the Task Server and Setting the Report Data Collection Location

To speed up reporting, Apple Remote Desktop uses a database of client system and file information. You can automate the collection of this data for reports, and determine where the database will reside. By default, the database is stored on the administrator computer. Use these instructions to change the data collection location.

WARNING: If you change the location of the report database from the one selected in the initial setup, you will need to reset the collection policies for the client computers. The database will not be moved, but will be regenerated at the next collection interval.

First, determine where the data will be located: on the administrator computer, or a remote computer (called a Task Server). A Task Server needs to be an unlimited-client licensed Apple Remote Desktop administrator computer and have TCP and UDP ports 3283 open to all of the reporting client computers (and TCP port 5900 open, if you want to control the clients). If you choose to use another Apple Remote Desktop administrator computer's database, you must configure it to allow data access to other Apple Remote Desktop administrators. The default Task Server is the computer upon which you installed Remote Desktop.

See also Using a Task Server for Report Data Collection.

If you choose to store the data locally and you have an unlimited client license, you can allow other Apple Remote Desktop administrators with unlimited-managed computer licenses to access the database on your computer by selecting the "Allow remote connections to this server" option.

1. Open Remote Desktop.
2. Choose Remote Desktop > Preferences.
3. Click Task Server.
4. If you want to use the database on this administrator computer, select "Use Task Server on this computer."
5. If you use your Remote Desktop administration computer as a Task Server on the local administrator computer, click "Allow remote connections to this server."
6. If you want to use a database on another administrator computer, select "Use remote Task Server."

   Then, enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the other Apple Remote Desktop administrator computer, and click Select.

7. Close the window to save changes.

See also:

- Setting the Client's Data Reporting Policy.
- Creating a Template Data Reporting Policy.