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Tip: ∏ You can use asr to restore a disk over a network, multicasting the blocks to client
computers. Using the multicast server feature of asr, you could put a copy of the
installer image on a partition of all computers that can receive the multicast packets.
For example, restoring an image called Installer.dmg to the partition ExtraHD would
be:
sudo asr restore -s Installer.dmg -t ExtraHD --erase
Remotely Accessing the Install DVD
When used as the startup disc, the Install DVD provides some services for remote
access. After you start up from DVD, access using Server Assistant, SSH, and VNC are
available.
Server Assistant allows you to view and congure the server installation with the same
user interface you would see if you were installing locally. Server Assistant runs on
Mac OS X v10.6 and Mac OS X Server v10.6.
VNC enables you to use a VNC viewer (like Screen Sharing or Apple Remote Desktop)
to view the user interface as if you were using the remote computer’s keyboard,
mouse, and monitor. All the things you could do at the computer using the keyboard
and mouse are available remotely, as well as locally. This excludes hardware restarts
(using the power button to shut down and restart the computer), other hardware
manipulation, or holding down keys during startup. VNC viewers are available for all
popular computing platforms.
SSH enables you to have command-line access to the computer with administrator
privileges.
To access the computer with Server Assistant
1 Start the target computer from the Install DVD for Mac OS X Server v10.6 or later.
The procedure you use depends on the target server hardware.
To learn more about startup disk options, see “About Starting Up for Installation” on
page 84.
2 On an administrator computer, open Server Admin.
3 In the Server menu, select “Install Remote Server.”
The Server Assistant launches.
4 Enter the IP address or DNS name of the target server.
If you do not know the IP address or DNS name of the target server, you must identify
it rst. For more information about this process, see “Identifying Remote Servers When
Installing Mac OS X Server” on page 90.
5 For the password, enter the default password for installation.
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