4. Terminating a Session with the Reset Utility
Use this utility to
reset a session. In this case, the system disconnects the user from the
system and receives a message to that effect. If you simply want to
reset the session to a known good state, use the RWinSta utility
instead. This utility uses the following syntax:
RESET [sessionname | sessionid] [/server:server_name] /v
Notice that you may only
specify one of the session identifiers. If you provide a session name,
then you can't provide a session identifier as well. The following list
describes each of the command line arguments.
sessionname
Specifies the name of the session to reset.
sessionid
Specifies the numeric identifier of the session to reset.
/SERVER:
servername
Specifies the terminal server to reset. The default is the current server.
/v
Displays
additional information about every action that the utility takes to
reset the session. This information varies by session.
5. Resetting the Hardware and Software with the RWinSta Utility
This utility resets
the subsystem hardware and software to a known state. You use it when a
session has experienced non-recoverable errors. It's the same as running
the RESET SESSION command from within Terminal Services. This utility uses the following syntax:
RWinSta {sessionname | sessionid} [/SERVER:servername] [/V]
Notice that you may
only specify one of the session identifiers. If you provide a session
name, then you can't provide a session identifier as well. The following
list describes each of the command line arguments.
sessionname
Specifies the name of the session to reset.
sessionid
Specifies the numeric identifier of the session to reset.
/SERVER:
servername
Specifies the terminal server to reset. The default is the current server.
/V
Displays additional
information about every action that the utility takes to reset the
session. This information varies by session.
6. Monitoring Other Sessions with the Shadow Utility
Use this utility to monitor another Terminal Server session. This utility uses the following syntax:
SHADOW {sessionname | sessionid} [/SERVER:servername] [/V]
Notice that you may
only specify one of the session identifiers. If you provide a session
name, then you can't provide a session identifier as well. The following
list describes each of the command line arguments.
sessionname
Specifies the name of the session to monitor.
sessionid
Specifies the numeric identifier of the session to monitor.
/SERVER:
servername
Specifies the terminal server to monitor. The default is the current server.
/V
Displays
additional information about every action that the utility takes to
monitor the session. This information varies by session.
7. Attaching a User Session with the TSCon Utility
Use this utility to attach a user session to an existing Terminal Server session. This utility uses the following syntax:
TSCON {sessionid | sessionname} [/DEST:sessionname] [/PASSWORD:pw] [/V]
Notice that you may
only specify one of the session identifiers. If you provide a session
name, then you can't provide a session identifier as well. The following
list describes each of the command line arguments.
sessionname
Specifies the name of the session to monitor.
sessionid
Specifies the numeric identifier of the session to monitor.
/DEST:
sessionname
Connects the current user session to the specified destination Terminal Service session.
/PASSWORD:
pw
Specifies the password of the user who owns the identified session.
/V
Displays
additional information about every action that the utility takes to
connect to the Terminal Services session. This information varies by
session.
8. Disconnecting an Active Session with the TSDiscon Utility
Use this utility
to disconnect from an existing Terminal Services session. The Terminal
Services session continues to run after you disconnect from it. This
utility uses the following syntax:
TSDISCON [sessionid | sessionname] [/SERVER:servername] [/V]
Notice that you may only
specify one of the session identifiers. If you provide a session name,
then you can't provide a session identifier as well. The following list
describes each of the command line arguments.
sessionname
Specifies the name of the session to disconnect.
sessionid
Specifies the numeric identifier of the session to disconnect.
/SERVER:
servername
Specifies the terminal server to disconnect from. The default is the current server.
/V
Displays
additional information about every action that the utility takes to
disconnect from the session. This information varies by session.
9. Ending Processes with the TSKill Utility
Use this utility to end a Terminal Services process. This utility uses the following syntax:
TSKILL processid | processname [/SERVER:servername] [/ID:sessionid | /A] [/V]
Notice that you may
only specify one of the process identifiers. If you provide a process
name, then you can't provide a process identifier as well. The following
list describes each of the command line arguments.
processid
Specifies the numeric identifier of the process to terminate.
processname
Specifies the name of the process to terminate.
/SERVER:
servername
Identifies the server that is running the process. The default setting is the current server. You must include either the /ID or /A command line switch when using this command line switch and a process name to terminate a session.
/ID:
sessionid
Identifies the session under which the process is running.
/A
Ends this process for all sessions.
/V
Displays detailed information about the processes that the utility terminates.
10. Shutting Down Terminal Server with the TSShutDn Utility
Use this utility to shut
down Terminal Server in a controlled manner. The users receive a
message stating the server shutdown time. In addition, you can use this
utility to reboot the server. For some odd reason, Vista doesn't support
this utility and Microsoft doesn't provide an alternative. This utility
uses the following syntax:
TSSHUTDN [wait_time] [/SERVER:servername] [/REBOOT] [/POWERDOWN]
[/DELAY:logoffdelay] [/V]
The following list describes each of the command line arguments.
wait_time
Determines the
number of seconds the system waits after user notification to terminate
all user sessions and shut down the Terminal Server. The default setting
is 60 seconds.
/SERVER:
servername
Specifies the name of the server to shut down. The default setting shuts down the current server.
/REBOOT
Reboots the server after all the user sessions terminate. The server restarts and ends up in a known good state.
/POWERDOWN
Powers the Terminal Server down. The host system remains running.
/DELAY:
logoffdelay
Specifies the
number of seconds to wait after logging off all connected sessions. The
delay provides time for applications to complete any required tasks. The
default setting is 30 seconds.
/V
Displays detailed information about all of the actions the utility performs to shut down the. Terminal Server.
