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We have a lot of groups and I often use the filter field to easily find the right group.

My problem is that I'm not using the group itself but the entries within this group.

"Naturally", here is what I do (or at least tried to do):

1) Type in part of the name of the group I'm looking for.

2) The tree list is filtered to only show the entries containing the string used as filter. The group I'm interested in is part of those entries.

3) I select it.

4) I click the X to clear the filter field because I need to see entries in that group.

Unfortunately, the selection of my "Wanted Group" is not kept and the selection is moving to the root of the tree...

I then need to memorize the folder tree of the Wanted Group and navigate to it after I clear the filter field.

Note: While documenting this feature request, I found an even easier way to find my group without using the filter. I just type part of the group name (must match the beginning of the entry though. I might sometimes be useful to match any part of the entry name.).

Best regards,

Pierre

So to make it shorter, here are the 2 lines that bring the popup if 'MyDataSource' as a System Message and if RDM UI is running:

$DataSources = Get-RDMDataSource -ErrorAction Stop| Where Name -eq 'MyDataSource';

Set-RDMDataSource -DataSource $DataSources[0] -ErrorAction Stop;

Maurice,

I'm sorry. I forgot this cmdlet was another function of me. Here it is:

function RDM-SetDataSource {

param($DataSourceName)

Write-Host "Listing RDM datasources. Please wait..." -ForegroundColor White

Try {

$DataSources = Get-RDMDataSource -ErrorAction Stop| Where Name -eq $DataSourceName;

}

Catch {

Write-Host "FATAL: Error getting a list of RDP datasources." -ForegroundColor Red;

Exit;

}

Write-Host "Switching RDM datasources. Please wait..." -ForegroundColor White

Try {

Set-RDMDataSource -DataSource $DataSources[0] -ErrorAction Stop;

}

Catch {

Write-Host "FATAL: Could not switch to C-Cast DataSource." -ForegroundColor Red;

Exit;

}

}

Best regards,

Pierre

Hello Hubert,

I updated to the last beta and:

- The popup does not happen if RDM UI is not running when I start my script in a separate PS console.

- The popup happen if RDM UI is running when I start my script in a separate PS console.

PS C:\Users\phi> . C:\sbin\ps\RDMman\RDMmanLib.ps1

PS C:\Users\phi> RDM-EnvInit

The RDM-EnvInit function triggers the popup if RDM UI is running.

The line that triggers the popup is the one with RDM-SetDataSource.

Its code is the following:

function RDM-EnvInit {

param(

$DataSourceName = "MyDataSource"

)

### Setup the environment

Write-Host "Getting the environment ready. Please wait..." -ForegroundColor White

$oRegisteredSnapin = @(Get-PSSnapin -Name Remote.Desktop* -Registered | Select-Object -Last 1)

if ($oRegisteredSnapin.Count -eq 0) {

$RdmDll = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Devolutions\Remote Desktop Manager\RemoteDesktopManager.PowerShell.dll"

Write-Host "Registering $RdmDll" -ForegroundColor Yellow

set-alias installutil "$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment]::GetRuntimeDirectory())installutil.exe"

installutil $RdmDll;

$oRegisteredSnapin = @(Get-PSSnapin -Name Remote.Desktop* -Registered | Select-Object -Last 1) # -Registered

}

$oRegisteredSnapin | % { Write-Host "$_ ... " -NoNewline;

if ((Get-PSSnapin -Name $_ -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {

Write-Host "installing" -ForegroundColor Yellow;

Add-PsSnapin $_

}

else {

Write-Host "already installed" -ForegroundColor Green;

}

}

RDM-SetDataSource -DataSourceName $DataSourceName

}

Best regards,

Pierre

Hello Hubert,

Yes, I can beta test any version you like.

Thank you for the quick reaction (as usual).

Best regards,

Pierre

Hello,

My powershell script does a RDM-SetDataSource.

My datasource features a System Message.

When launching the powershell script, the System Message pops up making unattended execution impossible.

The system message is intended to RDM UI users and we manage the RDM database through powershell scripts that are called in Amazon deployment scripts.

Those script should be executed unattended and therefore should never get blocked by that popup.

I also saw that if RDM is running while I launch the powershell in a separate powershell console, the popup happen twice. One for the powershell console and once from within the RDM UI.

Can you please correct this behaviour?

Thank you.

Pierre

Hello Maurice,

I thought about Virtual Folders but this folder would not display if there is no more other session existing, right ?

I mean: If you look at the video, the count of session was 1. I then deleted all session (which mean that one). The delete message asked specifically if I wanted to delete the "Production" session (folder/group). I said yes.

After that, the session count was still 1.

I posted the message in the forum.

Then the only thing I did was to replay my script with "-Force" option at the Remove-RDMSession.

That deleted the Production session.

Strange.

Pierre

Note: I added the -Force to the Remove-RDMSession and that solved my issue.

I still do not understand why this was needed as hundred of other sessions could be deleted without issue.

Hello,

As you may see in the attached mp4 (part of which is useless because I choose to capture only the application which turns to not capture menus or child windows :( ), There is one session (group) named "Production" that I can't delete.

I tried deleting it from the UI, I tried deleting it with PowerShell, I disabled my cache, I cleared my cache, I made sure we can't work offline...

The session remains whatever I do.

Here is the PS I wrote to document the problem:

$DataSources = Get-RDMDataSource -ErrorAction Stop| Where Name -eq "C-Cast"

Set-RDMDataSource -DataSource $DataSources[0] -ErrorAction Stop;

$oRDMSessions = @(Get-RDMSession)

$oRDMSessions.Count

foreach ($Session in $oRDMSessions) { Remove-RDMSession -ID $Session.id }

Update-RDMUI;

$oPostDeleteRDMSessions = @(Get-RDMSession)

$oPostDeleteRDMSessions.Count

The count after the delete remains 1.

Where am I wrong ?

The video is hosted here: https://we.tl/lswvcy3nGv

Thank you,

Pierre

If I find back which software features the fact that an entry is the merge between a template and some custom values, I'll post a screenshot.

Nothing blocking at all David.

RDM is doing soooo many thing that my first reflex is to see how I can use it to cover all needs, including this one.

We may use another tool (or a wiki) to track those activities and I may use a "Before Connect" event to open a web page.

I was just thinking loudly.

I searched further and found the way to do it.

In the session, select the Credentials type "Credential repository" and "--- Prompt on connection ---".

Under the "--- Prompt on connection ---" appears a All "hyperlink".

I then simply had to click this hyperlink to select the group from which the credentials were looked up.

I my previous screenshot, I took "Production\Dublin\Demo EMEA" as the root for Credentials lookup.

Is there a way to have a "--- Prompt on connection (under Current Group) ---" ?

Or have the current group automatically set instead of "All" when "--- Prompt on connection ---" is choosen ?

This would allow this to be set in a template.

Best regards,

Good news! The RDM ScreenConnect extension version 1.4 should now be available on the ScreenConnect extension browser. I recommend updating to this version as soon as possible.

The filtering by group will be available in the next beta version of RDM. You will be able to specify a group when checking the "always ask for session name" or "use session name as filter" boxes.

Regards,

Hello Hubert,

We have several credential sets per session.

Our sessions are created under groups (one group per customer, let say).

For example, say we have:

GroupA/SessionA

GroupB/SessionB

I want to be able to open SessionA with UserA1 as well as with UserA2.

Same for SessionB, open it with UserB1 or UserB2.

I searched your documentation/forum the best way to do it.

I tried creating credentials entries (of type User/Password) under the Groups.

eg: UserA1Cred under GroupA, UserA2Cred under GroupA, UserB1Cred under GroupB, UserB2Cred under GroupB...

Then in my SessionA, I set Credentials="Credential Repository" and set "Prompt on connection".

In this case, I get prompted but all credentials are listed... I just wanted to get a list with UserA1Cred and UserA2Cred.

I then clicked on the "..." button and thought I would choose the parent group of the UserA1Cred but this interface does not allow to select a parent node in the credential list. Only a leaf (credential entry) can be selected.

Is there a way to achieve this with Credentials entries of type User/Password ?

Is there a better way to do it which I didn't find ?

If not, wouldn't it be a good idea to allow to select a parent node in the credential list to filter the credential list ?

Best regards,

Pierre

Stefane,

My settings are like this:

If I understood well the following blog http://blog.devolutions.net/2015/11/why-can-my-colleagues-see-my-credentials.html, this is not a good practice.

Because of this, should I ask my IT to enable my user to create login/users in the SQL database ?

Best regards,

Pierre

Hello David,

Yes. I tried it.

I also tried all other Document types.

I was looking for something the users do not need to open.

They just select it in the navigation tree and the Change Log gets displayed.

It would even be better if this Change Log was displayed in the dash board when selecting the group representing my customer.

I thought I could maintain the More/Description field of the Group object but could not find a way to display it in the dashboard when the group is selected...

I may try to run a script in the "before connect section" but I find this weird...

Just in case you had a nice way to display rich text in the dash board when an entry is selected (that entry might be a group).

Best regards,

Pierre

Note: I decided to share that thought after reading the post from Jenny.

http://blog.devolutions.net/2015/07/advanced-session-management-host-and-templates.html

Hello David, Jean-François,

Sorry. I know I'm bothering you a lot those last weeks. I'm in a rush, trying to finalize your RDM setup and present it to the team.

We will have around 200 servers distributes in groups and subgroups (matching Amazon zones).

Those few hundreds of servers are made of about 10 different types of entries.

Some are browsers to a particular URL (with one variable part in it).

Some are browsers as well to another type of URL and other auto fill fields names.

Some are Putty (SSH).

Some are RDP.

...

No subconnection (yet).

I want a really systematic structure so people have no surprise.

I thought I would create about 10 templates and create my entries based on those templates.

My wish was:

- I create the entry using the template.

- I adapt the variable part (eg: address, credentials, parent group, ...)

- Every setting not changed remains "stuck" to the template.

- When I update the template, every entry created from that template is updated as well, except for the parts that were changed from within the entry setting itself (eg: address, credentials, ...)

It would be a kind of "dynamic template" or rather a dynamic host ;-)

I searched through the forum but could not find anything coming close to this.

So far, I made a PowerShell script that creates or updates all my entries based on an excel file listing all my hosts.

The 10 templates are therefore scripted.

The script, for sure, does more as it creates the group tree, sets automatically colors for production systems, changes icons, ...

My script being finished, there is no real need for the "dynamic template/host" but I wanted to challenge the idea with you and maybe, you have already a solution ready (I would even not be surprised anymore ;-) ).

What do you think ?

Best regards,

Pierre

Note: Do you think such script is of any interest for your community ? I may share it (I still need to manage the Security Groups and Roles)

Thanks.

Hello Stephane,

That being said, this is not practice with your scenario where you already assigned AD rights to the SQL Server. I will discus with David if we can bring back some form of the check box. Maybe something like: "Login already granted via AD, do not create SQL login & SQL user". We would still need to create the RDM user but not the SQL login & SQL user in this case.

You got it. This is the way we understood it in the first place.

People can login into RDM using their AD credentials.

We created an RDMuser user that has all rights onto the database.

Back in version 8, my IT colleague created a user for me (being RDM admin) but unticked the "Create SQL Login and User".

That way, the connection string set by the RDM to connect to the database uses the RDMuser and we did not had to have one SQL user created/defined for every RDM user.

Looking forward to read your findings,

Pierre

Hello,

A few versions ago, our IT admin created the datasource and provided me with the RDM credentials.

Since then, I've been fidling a lot with Powershell to create our complete network structure.

So far, there were only 2 users found in the RDM settings:

- One user that is sysadmin on the database.

- My user which has the following attributes:

-- Authentication type: Domain

-- Login: MyDomain\MyLogin

-- Administrator

This was all created with a version lower or equal to v8.

We are now in v11

I'm now at the point where I create security groups, roles and users but... with my user (we check the "Integrated security (Active Directory)"), I can't add another user.

The error is:

Then:

Our datasource has the following setting:

In v8, when creating user, we UNSELECTED the option highlighted in the following screenshot:

This way, we had our users authenticated in RDM using the AD but we did not have RDM create one SQL user per RDM user.

We think that this has been changed in RDM because:

- The "Create SQL Server Login and User" option is no more present in the User Creation interface.

- Because to be able to create a user, my user needs to be sysadmin on the database and a user is created in SQL for each user created in RDM.

- When I edit my own user, if I change NOTHING and click OK, RDM tells me "The selected authentication type is not support with this data source. Continue ?"

Can you shed some light on this issue ?

What changed between v8 and v11 in respect to SQL datasource and users ?

Minor Note (just to make your UI better): The message should be "The selected authentication type is not supported with this data source. Continue ?"

Best regards,

Pierre

Any advise ?

Hello,

I'm setting RDM for a group of users managing and doing support of a cloud based platform.

RDM perfectly fits the need.

I created a hierarchy where hosts are grouped by customer.

Last week-end we had an issue with a customer and a call was opened on our duty line.

The root cause was a change performed by the team managing the platform.

Unfortunatelly, the support team was not aware and lost precious time.

There are several ways to address the problem.

Nevertheless, RDM will soon be the ONLY way to connect to the machines and I though we could have an entry "Change Log" at the root of the customer group (with its sort priority set high so it stays first).

I tried the "Note" entry type and it is nice because there is no need to open it as it displays in the dashboard.

I would find it even better if there could exist an "Change Log" entry type that would structure it even better on the dash board and force the team managing the customer to format the change log "lines" always the same way.

If your proposal is to use the "Note" entry type, may I kindly ask you to make the dashboard display it in Rich Text as it displays it in plain text as of now.

Thank you,

Pierre

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Incognito now works both in external mode (bug correction) and in embedded mode (improvement).

THANKS A LOT !!!

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Thanks.