How to add a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) option into the OneClick console

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

How to add a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) option into the OneClick console

Out of the box we can Telnet/SSH into workstation servers which are discovered in Spectrum. At times, we would need additional options like RDP etc as per the business requirements.

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Here are few simple steps using which you can RDP into the server models from Spectrum OneClick console.

1. Logon to the OneClick server
2. Navigate to the tomcat/webapps/spectrum/web-inf/console directory
3. Copy the custom-menu-config.xml file to custom/console/config directory.
4. Add the below code to this xml at the bottom i.e. "above </root>"
   

   
   <menu name="Tools">
    <item name="Remote Desktop">
     <toolbar-image>/spectrum/images/RDP.png</toolbar-image>  
      <popup-visibility>when-enabled</popup-visibility>   
       <action>   
        <filter>    
         <has-attribute>AttributeID.NETWORK_ADDRESS</has-attribute>   
        </filter>     
       <launch-application>                 
        <command>mstsc.exe /v {0}</command>          
         <param>           
          <attribute>AttributeID.NETWORK_ADDRESS</attribute>         
         </param>     
       </launch-application>   
      </action> 
     </item>
   </menu>

5. Save the file and close any active OneClick clients.
6. Reopen the OneClick alarm console in a new browser.
7. Now right click on any device and you will get an option similar to Remote Desktop

Additional Information

Watch the "Customizing menus in OneClick" video.