Terminal Server Configuration Wizard

Terminal Server List Wizard is launched by selecting ThinManagerServer>Server List Management>Terminal Server List. This will configure terminal server functions and allow terminal servers to be defined by name.

Terminal Server List Wizard

Select the Add Server button.

Terminal Server List Wizard Introduction

Select Next to continue.

Terminal Server Name Page

Terminal Server List Wizard - Terminal Server Name

The Terminal Server Name page defines the Terminal Server on the network. Enter the Terminal Server name and IP address in the appropriate fields.

ThinManager uses a connection to the terminal server to pull the process, user, and session information for the detail pane tabs and to determine the load for SmartSession load balancing. Entering a administrative username and password in the User Name and Password fields allows ThinServer to connect to the server for this data.

Select Next to continue with the Terminal Server Capabilities page.

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Terminal Server Capabilities Page

Terminal Server Capabilities

The Terminal Server Capabilities page configures the terminal server for SmartSession and Multi-Session.

Check the appropriate checkbox to add the SmartSession and MultiSession functionality. Adding these functions require a SmartSession and/or a MultiSession license.

The Supported Connections contains a list of the client communication protocols that the terminal server can use to talk to the ThinManager Ready thin client. Check the client communication protocols you have installed on the terminal server. The Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol installs on terminal servers by default.

Selecting Next will open the Data Gathering page.

Data Gathering Page

Data Gathering

The Data Gathering page allows configuration of the intervals that ThinManager uses to poll data from the terminal server. Preset intervals can be used, or custom intervals can be applied.

• Smart Session Data Update Interval is the amount of time between the retrieval of SmartSession data, CPU usage, memory usage, and session count, from the terminal server.
• Process Update Interval is the amount of time between the retrieval of the process information on the terminal server.
• Session Update Interval is the amount of time between the retrieval of session data from the terminal server.

If this terminal server is configured for SmartSession, the Next button will go to a SmartSession Configuration page. If this terminal server is not configured for SmartSession, the Next button will be grayed out and the Finish button will close the wizard.

SmartSession Configuration Page

Terminal Server List Wizard - SmartSession Configuration

ThinManager uses the CPU utilization, Memory utilization, and number of sessions on the terminal server to define the SmartSession terminal server's available resources. ThinManager uses these values to rank the SmartSession servers according to available resources and supplies this data to the terminals to allow the terminals to connect to the terminal server with the greatest resources.

The SmartSession Configuration page allows the configuration of the three parameters that ThinManager uses to determine availability for SmartSession.

• The Minimum field is the percentage that ThinManager will consider the parameter to be unused.
• The Maximum field is the value that ThinManager will consider a parameter exceeded and unavailable.

The Finish button will close the configuration of that terminal server and return to the beginning of the Terminal Server List Wizard for the configuration of other terminal servers.

Terminal Server List Wizard

Once all the Terminal Servers are defined and configured in the Terminal Server List Wizard, the wizard can be closed by selecting the OK button.

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