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Set Startup Disk from Apple Remote Desktop issues

  • January 15, 2017
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Hello From Canberra, AUS
So when imaging our labs/ school computers i wish to tell all computers to change startup disk to the netboot servers.
I will then tell them to restart and that should kick off our imaging. I can only do about 6 at a time before the netboot servers start to have issues ( mac mini's)

When changing the start up disk from ARD it only successfully completes the task on 2/3 computers at a time. i then have to go choose the ones that failed and do the same again until i work through them all.
Seems like a silly bug of ARD

Has anyone had this issue with ARD?

Anyone know if ARD will finally be updated/ improved?

Cheers
:)

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    • tthurman
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    • January 17, 2017

    I'd imagine there is some sort of error as to why it fails to set the Startup Disk?

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    TJ

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    • PAC
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    • January 17, 2017

    I don't see where i am meant to get the error messages from?
    it just says failed. (see attached image)
    if i retry the task then some will work, and sometimes they all fail and sometimes they all might succeed.
    Its very strange. i wish apple would update Apple Remote desktop a bit more.

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    • Caist
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    • July 12, 2017

    I have the same issue actually. Were you ever able to resolve this?

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    • mgshepherd
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    • August 7, 2017

    Make that two, I've started prepping my labs for the new school year and I'm running into this issue.

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    • PAC
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    • September 19, 2017

    no luck so far.

    we got a lab of 25 computer and only 2 set the startup disk when i try and do it bulk.
    this idea of imaging a lab now bottlenecks before the imaging has even started :(

    if there was an error, where would i find it?

    Regards
    Pete

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    • PAC
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    • September 19, 2017

    So did some more playing around.

    I can select 10 computers and set the startup disk. some will fail but if i keep on clicking retry they will all be successful eventually.

    This only happens with a Nbi netboot image.
    If i select a base image that is on the same netboot server then they get it all just fine.

    more digging to be done.

    Regards

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