Remote Monitoring via http or https??????

[iolair]

On my old Netware server, I could open a browser, type in the address of the server and monitor and admin it via browser. It was actually quite cool for its' time. Does anyone know of a way to do this on a W2K8 server? When I type in the server's address, I get a default IIS page that just tells me IIS is up and running. Is there a page I can point to? Does Windows do this at all? The Netware server used port 8008, I tried that, but it didn't work either. I would like this function on W2K8, if anyone knows how to do it. Thanks.

Iolair MacWalter
Network Engineer

 

[Davetoo]

It's called RDP. Enable it on the server and then connect via any workstation.

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[pagy]

There is nothing native in Windows that is anything like the Netware portal.

ManageEngine do some products that are web based for AD and server management, perhaps have a look at their site and see if they do what you need.

http://www.manageengine.com/

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[iolair]

Do I need admin rights for RDP?

Thanks for the ManageEngine tip, pagy. That sort of looks like what I'm looking for. Spiceworks helped some, but nothing like ManageEngine.

Iolair MacWalter
Network Engineer

 

[kmcferrin]

You need to be able to login to use RDP, which means that you need the Allow Logon Locally privilege. In most cases the ability to logon locally to a server is restricted to Administrators.

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[schtek]

this should help you....

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_Windows_Server_2008_Remote_Desktop_Administration

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