Server Console Tools | Parallels RAS introduces easier VM management!
Last updated on August 18, 2021
Server Console Tools: What are they?
Server Console Tools: The Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) Console Tools are a set of utilities you can use to access and perform specific tasks and applications on your Virtual Machines directly through the Parallels RAS Console.
Those tools make day-to-day tasks easier to perform and less time-consuming. In addition, some of them, such as Reboot and Shutdown, can be executed for multiple hosts by selecting more than one target.
Parallels RAS Server Console Tools
In Parallels RAS 17 we added a feature that allows you to manage servers, remote PCs, and user Desktops using some useful Windows Remote Management Tools within the RAS Console. Moreover, IT admins can implement their own tools and add them to the list.
Below is a list of the default tools available:
- Remote Desktop– Launch a standard RDP connection to the selected host
- Computer Management– Launch Computer Management locally with connection to the selected host
- Services Management – Launch Services Management locally with connection to the selected host
- Event Viewer – Launch the Event Viewer locally with connection to the selected host
- Shared Folders – Launch the Shared Folderslocally with connection to the selected host
- Windows PowerShell – Open PowerShell console locally with connection to the selected host
- Ipconfig – Provide network configuration for the selected host
- Ping Host – Provide ICMP requests from local machine to selected host
- Ping from Host – Provide ICMP requests from the selected host to the Internet
- Netstat – Display network connections for the Transmission Control Protocol on the selected host
- Reboot – Reboot the selected host
- Shutdown – Shutdown the selected host
The tools mentioned above are available for the components listed below:
- RD Sessions Hosts
- VDI hosts and their Desktops
- Remote PCs
- Gateways
- Publishing Agents
How-to access the Parallels RAS Server Console Tools
To access the Console Tools, right-click on the selected VM, and navigate to the menu “Tools”.
Conclusion
Parallels RAS Console Tools is an evolutionary step taken towards assisting IT admins to manage day-to-day tasks and seamlessly improve user management. Besides the more commonly used Windows tools, IT admins can implement additional 3rd-party tools and make them available for launch via the Parallels RAS Console.
Try-out the tools by downloading your 30-day evaluation period of Parallels RAS.
References
Parallels KB | https://kb.parallels.com/124670
Parallels RAS Console | https://www.parallels.com/products/ras/capabilities/console/
