New-RASSession

NAME

New-RASSession

SYNOPSIS

Creates a connection with a Parallels RAS farm.

SYNTAX

New-RASSession [-Username] <string> [-Password] <SecureString> [[-Server] <string>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-Retries <uint>] [<CommonParameters>]

New-RASSession [-AuthToken <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Connects to a Parallels RAS farm and creates a new RAS session.

A connection with Parallels RAS must be established before you can execute any other commands.

PARAMETERS


-Username <string>
Parallels RAS administrator username.

        Required?                    true
        Position?                    0
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Password <SecureString>
Parallels RAS administrator password.

        Required?                    true
        Position?                    1
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Server <string>
FQDN or IP address of the server where your have Parallels RAS installed.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    2
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Retries <uint>
Number of reconnections to do if the first one fails. Default is 0.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                0
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Force <SwitchParameter>
Force connection with specified server (or with local host if server not specified).

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                False
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false

-AuthToken <string>
Represents the API token sent by the client. If token is valid, the same session will be returned.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false

<CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see 
        about_CommonParameters documentation. 

INPUTS

-none-

OUTPUTS

Session

EXAMPLES


---------- EXAMPLE 1 ----------

New-RASSession "username"

Creates a new RAS session with the Parallels RAS farm deployed on the local server.

When you execute the command, you will get a prompt to enter a password.

---------- EXAMPLE 2 ----------

New-RASSession -Username "administrator@domain.dom" -Password $SecretPassword -Server "192.168.10.200"

Connects to the specified server using specified credentials and creates a new RAS session.

The -Username value must be specified using the UPN format.

The $SecretPassword variable must contain a valid password as SecureString.

---------- EXAMPLE 3 ----------

New-RASSession -Username "administrator@domain.dom" -Password $SecretPassword -Server "192.168.10.200" -Retries 3

Connects to the specified server using specified credentials and creates a new RAS session.

The -Retires value specifies how many retries to do, in case connection is not established the first time.

The -Username value must be specified using the UPN format.

The $SecretPassword variable must contain a valid password as SecureString.

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