New-RASSession.md

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 [(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

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

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

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

(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