michael19

I am running Windows 7 SP1 64bit, and when I try and run the first update, it says 'This update is not applicable for your system'...

I have updated to the 'Convenience April 2016 Rollup' - will see how that behaves.

I don't have Workstation installed, only vSphere Client. Attached screenshot of vSphere applications.

I think I'll just leave it calling the VM ID directly. I think it'll be slightly quicker anyway because it doesn't have to call the PowerCLI command first before opening VMRC. Now it just opens VMRC directly.

Thanks anyway.

Super frustrating, I sometimes connect, and the keyboard keys don't respond. I have to Reconnect or even log off to make it work.

Edit: Pressing the Windows key made it work this time...?

I have this working quite well now;

Foreach($connection in $Report.Connections) {

if( ($connection.ConnectionType -eq "VNC") -or ($connection.ConnectionType -like "*RDP*") ) {

if ( Test-Connection -ComputerName $connection.Host -Count 1 -Quiet ) {

$m = Get-HotFix -ComputerName $connection.Host -ID "KB4343887" | Measure-Object

if ($m.Count -gt 0) {

$Report.Include($connection);

}

}

}

}

If we could populate a column, that would be impressive. I could instead list all the computers and what the most recent KBxxxxxx Security Update was installed.

Couldn’t you execute the PowerShell script locally, but call the remote PC as an argument? Like; Get-Hotfix can have -ComputerName as a parameter. So couldn’t you pass $connection as the ComputerName? How can you display/add different columns in the report?

The same with checking the latest hotfix on each PC. Execute this command on each PC;

Get-HotFix -Description "Security*" | sort installedon | Select-Object -Last 1

Hi,

I'd like to create a report that goes through all Sessions/PCs in a folder, and checks to see if a file exists on the remote PC (using a PowerShell command).

Can you create a custom report like this? I noticed the attached Report/PowerShell 'undocumented feature'. Would this help?

I updated VMRC from 8.0 to the latest 10, and now I get this error;

Cheers. Well... awkward. I downloaded PowerCLI 6.5.1 assuming that was the latest because it matches the version of my VM software.

I download the 10.2 zip file, and unzipped them into the System32\PowerShell\1.0\Modules directory. My $env:PSModulePath has;

C:\Users\<username>\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\

C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\ExchangeExplorer\

Upon starting PowerShell, I was able to use the Connect-VIServer command.

Get-Module still only shows;

Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Computer, Add-Content, Checkpoint-Computer, Clear-Content...}

So I'm not sure why the VMware/PowerCLI modules aren't showing up.

It gets further now. But I get this error;

I installed RDM Enterprise yesterday. So. The latest one; 13.6.7.0 64 bit. I haven't set any specific 'options'.

If I set the VMware Console Type to VMWare VMRC 8.0 it opens the Remote Console fine (I just need to work out the vm-xxx ID for it to work). VMRC is installed and working fine.

But if I set the VMware Console Type to Default (which according to the Help says it will use PowerCLI to initiate the connection), it actually loads a PowerShell window - not a PowerCLI window. And as I haven't installed the VMWare modules into PowerShell, the Connect-VIServer cmdlet isn't found.

I manually loaded PowerCLI and did a Connect-VIServer, and then a Open-VMConsoleWindow and it loads the VMRC application fine.

I have PowerCLI installed (and I haven't used Import-Module or Install-Module to install the VMware modules into PowerShell directly).

When I try and use Default (the manual says it should run the command PowerCLI Open-VMConsoleWindow but I see this flash up briefly;

Connect-VIServer is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, ...

The title of the popup window is 'Windows PowerShell', and not 'VMware PowerCLI 6.5 ...' as it normally is when PowerCLI is loaded.

My 'VMware Console' works - and I believe that uses PowerCLI to do its work.

It just seems that this VM Remote Console | Default is not using PowerCLI like the manual suggests.

And to clarify this statement;

Regarding iLO, Veaam and VMWare, yes, you would need these applications installed on your computer to use them in RDM.RDM will not replace them, you still need license for these applications.

You need these applications installed on the RDM Jump Host, not the RDM client that has the Data Source.

The important thing to note is, RDM connects to a PC via RDP to the RDM Jump Host. On the RDM Jump Host, RDM fires up and then behaves exactly like it would as a normal RDM PC.

In fact, alternatively, you can just RDP to a RDM PC, and load your RDM with Data Source on that.

Ahh. I've had a play. Not as nice as I thought it was going to be. This literally opens a standard RDP connection to another Windows PC, logs in, opens RDM on the remote host, and then opens the second connection.

So it looks like a windows within a window - you lose a fair bit of screen real-estate as you still have some of the RDM bars up the top even with the ribbon and navigation hidden. And you need to hide the Start Bar on the remote PC.

You should make RDM have a full screen mode - no tabs/title; nothing at all. At least then you can reclaim that real estate.

It'd also be nice if the whole connection was a bit more transparent. Hide the fact that it is RDPing to the remote PC. Hide the remote RDM starting up. Hide it all until you are presented with the end connection running in full screen mode. Make it feel less like it is window-in-window.

So with Veeam B&R Console, or an iLO HTTP page, or an iLO Console application - how does that work if loaded on the WORKPC? Being a separate application, how does it know to tunnel via the RDM Jump tunnel?

Is every app/plugin/tool supported? Or are there limitations?

What about things like HP iLO Console executable, Veeam Console, VMWare PowerCLI; how do they operate? Where do their applications need to be installed?

I just have some queries on RDM Jump.

Right now, I sit at my PC (WORKPC) and RDP to a computer named MANAGERPC that resides on a network behind a firewall. It's the only way in. That has RDM Enterprise on it.

So RDM Jump means I would install RDM Enterprise on my WORKPC, copy over the Data Source, and then... It looks like I need to;

* Create a new entry for MANAGERPC, and set it as a Jump Host.

* For all other sessions, click the little icon next to the Host Name, and set the Jump Host to MANAGERPC.

Do I have to install any additional software?

Can two PCs (WORKPC1) and (WORKPC2) connect at the same time to MANAGERPC? I guess not unless it is a Server OS with TS licensing?

Will I be happy with the performance increase because the RDM software is now operating on my WORKPC, instead of via the RDP window to MANAGERPC?

How do I configure the license? Does both WORKPC and MANAGERPC share the same single user license key?

Thanks.

Yeah, so far so good. I found a bug which doesn't exist in the Free edition, and have raised a ticket.

Just read up on Jump RDM. Wow. Right now we remote desktop to a PC, and from there I open RDM. If I could install RDM on my laptop, and then use RDM Jump........ Wow.

Hi,

I'm slowly getting there. I get the same error when I use the UltraVNC client directly. I actually have never used UltraVNC, and have just developed a method to deploy the server side application remotely.

So it's unlikely you'd be able to work out why UltraVNC isn't working with RealVNC then?

I am using RDM Free. I just noticed the Intel AMT brings up a 'support is only available in the Enterprise edition'. It's a shame - this is why I decided to try RDM, and the comparison of features mentions nothing about any missing features/addons - only that the collaboration/shared data source is missing.

However, the price point for a single user is pretty reasonable, so I may try the Enterprise trial, and buy a 1 seat license. We are only a 3 man team, so I assume if we buy 3 single user licenses we can use the collaboration/data source features?

I have worked out questions 3 and 4.

Once I installed VMWare PowerCLI as per https://help.remotedesktopmanager.com/kb_configuringpowercli.htm the VMs appeared and I was able to connect to each in the list using VMRC.

This is when UltraVNC fails to connect;

<13> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.950Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: Connections: connected: 172.16.24.211::50039

<15> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.950Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SConnection: reading protocol version

<14> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.950Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8

<15> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.950Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: RfbConnection: Peer does not support sync, KeepAlive disabled

<13> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.966Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: Connections: disconnected: 172.16.24.211::50039 ([EndOfStream] Disconnection by client)

<15> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.966Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: FdIo: shutdown 0000000001A276A0 (fd=844), flush true (tellHandler true)

<15> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.966Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: FdIo: shutdown complete 0000000001A276A0 (fd=844)

<15> 2018-08-28T07:08:42.966Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: FdIo: shutdown 0000000001A276A0 (fd=844), flush true (tellHandler false)

This is when I use RealVNC

<13> 2018-08-28T07:29:06.996Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: Connections: connected: 172.16.24.211::50067

<15> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.058Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SConnection: reading protocol version

<14> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.058Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SConnection: Client needs protocol version 5.0

<14> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.058Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SProtoV5: Client supports cipher suite RA4_128 [0x0202]

<14> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.058Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SProtoV5: Client supports cipher suite RA4_256 [0x0303]

<14> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.058Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SProtoV5: Client supports cipher suite RA4ne_128 [0x0204]

<14> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.058Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: SProtoV5: Choosing cipher suite RA4_128 [0x0202] (algorithms: ECDHE-Curve25519-RSA / AES-GCM-128)

<15> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.074Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: Registry: open(80000002,Software,rw) (sam=f003f) = 3f8

<15> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.074Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: Registry: create(3f8,RealVNC,rw) (sam=f003f) = 288

<15> 2018-08-28T07:29:07.074Z OB-SERVER1 vncserver[3232]: Registry: create(288,vncserver,rw) (sam=f003f) = 3f8

Hi All,

This product sounded so promising, but so far I have zero joy.

1. I have RealVNC installed on our PCs, set to 'Windows Authentication'. When I try and connect using UltraVNC/Default in Embedded mode, I get a 'No supported authentication methods!' error. In the RealVNC logs it says 'SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8'.

2. In the Help, it says I can go into the Properties of a session, and there should be a Tools submenu where I can configure Intel AMT. For me, everything under 'Information' is missing (I don't have Jump Host, Events, Sub Connections, Attachments, Todos, Logs, Tools). So how to I set up AMT for a particular Session?

3. I have a VMWare vSphere Windows Server that links to my 3 ESXis. How do I add this? Or do I have to link to each ESXi separately? When I link to ESXi, it uses PowerCLI to pull up a dashboard? For each of the VMs, do I have to manually create a 'VMware Remote Console'? It would be good to just point at the VMware Server, or even the ESXi and have all consoles available to me.

4. I tried adding a 'VMware Remote Console', but when I click Open Session nothing happens. I even checked the VM ID by going to https://<ESXI IP>/mob/?moid=ha-folder-vm

There will be other issues I'm sure, but I'll start here...

Mike