Remote restart via CMD line?

[Kurtz]

Im looking into getting a DCS server live on a remote server rack. One thing I would require though is to be able to restart the server on a default map from a remote location should the server crash at some point. Can this be done via command line?

 

eg: C:\Ka-50\bin\stable\DCS.exe -map airassault.miz

 

or something like that?

 

If this can be done, then Acedy's ServerMan could take over from there.

 

any thoughts, or help appreciated :)

[Panzertard]

Depending on the server OS there are several options.

 

Server 2000/2003:

You can install/enable the Telnet Server Service (MSDN) - and use a telnet client to perform "local maintenance" such as starting a program. However I have never tried to start a program using DX that way - and I dont know which account it will end up running under (Administrator / System etc).

 

Server 2008:

You can use the builtin Powershell Remoting or the WinRM

 

Now I'm the lazy kind of administrator - what I've done previously to other games requireing this kind of GUI to run a server:

- I would have put the server on a DMZ (of course), enabled autologon - and autostart of DCS in MP mode, with a basic map.

- At first sign of trouble I would have sent a reboot signal to the server instead and waited the short time it would take for it to reboot - and log back into the game and continue having fun :)

Edited July 7, 2009 by Panzertard

[pernils]

you could try realvnc.. http://www.realvnc.com .. Have tried on my lan on a xp box.

[Case]

Also check out radmin: http://www.radmin.com/

[Panzertard]

Ah for "remote control" or "remote desktop" - it's builtin in Windows.

But in the cases I need "a bit more fluff" I use the Teamviewer.com - free for noncommercial usage.

[Kurtz]

Ok thanks guys for your input :)