OpenWBEM Access

Apple Remote Desktop (ARD)clients can respond to WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) tools that request data from client computers. WBEM is an emerging network protocol standard for desktop computer management. WBEM relies on HTTP and XML to offer a web-based approach for exchanging CIM (Common Information Model) data.

For further information about WBEM, see http://www.dmtf.org.

ARD uses OpenWBEM as a basis for its WBEM implementation.

1. Select a computer list.
2. Select one or more computers in the Remote Desktop window.
3. Choose Manage > Change Client Settings.

   The ARD client assistant appears.

4. Click Continue until you reach the System Data section of the assistant.
5. Select Set OpenWBEM Access.
6. Click Allowed.

   Click disallowed to stop WBEM access on the client computers.

7. Click Continue to change the clients' settings.

   The client assistant contacts all of the selected computers and changes their settings.