SSH indeed.
You can do some disk provisioning stuff that the GUI just doesn't expose as of 3.5 -sc From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Remote Desktop Support Options Most of my command-line stuff is aimed at my Windows boxes - I generally just open a DRAC session to an ESX server if I need to do anything on the hosts. I don't generally need to modify much on the ESX side (only seven hosts), but I am assuming you could open some sort of terminal session to it using putty or such like - which would tie nicely in to MRemote :-) 2009/9/24 Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> Along those lines, are you using the command line tools for your ESX boxen? (ESX or ESXi?). There are a number of handy things I do on my ESXi home boxes that the GUI doesn't give me... -sc From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Remote Desktop Support Options I use MRemote for RDP and other connection types. Got a few glitches, but otherwise it's cool. Really missed it when working away from my desk recently. Because most of our systems are virtual I use VI Client as the "RDP backup" for connecting to the console. On physical systems I use the DRAC's builtin console. I also utilise Veeam FastSCP for a GUI management of our ESX servers. Like the other poster, I tend to use command-line tools and scripts for managing stuff in the main (pstools is utterly invaluable, as is reg,exe, and memorising the syntax that lets you pipe in machine names from net view). Have used DameWare in the past and found it very good - others prefer Hyena for the same thing. MS's tools have improved somewhat so I tend to make good use of a giant MMC that combines ADUC, AD Sites and Services, Exchange management, AppSense management, Citrix console, DNS, DHCP, WSUS and many other management. MRemote, my giant MMC, a command prompt and the VI client are generally the tools I find need to be opened first. 2009/9/24 Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> Hey all. I'm curious what remote support software for windows people are using. We're using Dameware now, and have used VNC in the past... but we also manage Macs using Apple Remote Desktop... and we feel that we haven't seen an equal to it on the windows side. Anybody know of a decent program that allows you to A) see who's logged in on a machine B) remotely run command and/or install packages, possibly silently C) gather basic computer information from a list of computers all while D) Keeping a sortable list of connectible computers? And if you do have a suggestion, what are the costs? Thanks for any info. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
