The following instructions allow for moving an ARD installation and/or the library of machines, stored commands, groups, etc. that collect with heavy use.
These are all the relevant files to make ARD work, assuming ARD doesn't exist on the target machine already:
- /Applications/Remote Desktop (the application)
- /Library/Application Support/Apple/Remote Desktop (folder)
- /Library/Documentation/Applications/Remote Desktop (folder)
- /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist (serial number info)
- /Library/Widgets/Remote Desktop.wdgt (the ARD Widget)
- ~/Library/Application Support/Remote Desktop (folder)
- ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist (client list)
Copy database to remote machine:
sudo scp -Epr /var/db/RemoteManagement root@machinenameorIP:/var/db
sudo scp -Ep /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist root@machinenameorIP:/Library/Preferences
sudo scp -E /Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist username@machinenameorIP:~/Library/Preferences
sudo scp -Er /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Remote Desktop username@machinenameorIP:"/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Remote Desktop/"
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. I just upgraded my existing Snow Leopard installation to Lion and the ARD support was retained. I trust Apple will fix the ARD installer (maybe they already have) to recognize 10.7 and there will be no need for this.]

