Establishing a remote session

This topic describes how to use the Remote Session task in IBM Director.

You can use the Remote Session task to run command-line programs on a remote managed system just as you would use the Remote Control task. Remote Session creates less network traffic and uses fewer system resources than the Remote Control task and therefore is useful in low-bandwidth situations.

Note: You can have multiple remote sessions active at the same time, but you can have only one remote session through a management server to a single managed system.

To start the Remote Session task, in the IBM Director Console Tasks pane, drag the Remote Session task onto a managed system. A window similar to a command-prompt window opens.

When you are targeting a managed system that is running UNIX® or Linux®, Remote Session uses the SSH protocol. If the SSH server on the managed system does not respond, the Remote Session task attempts to use the Telnet protocol to connect to the managed system.
Note: (Managed systems running i5/OS™ only) The Remote Session task uses the Telnet protocol only.

You can select text within the Remote Session window and click Edit > Copy to copy the selected text. You also can import text into a remote session by clicking Edit > Paste.

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