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Broadcast Commands to Multiple VT Sessions

If you manage multiple host machines, you may often need to send the same command to more than one host and reentering the command on each host can be tedious. You can save time by using the CommandCast feature to broadcast the commands you enter in one host to any number of other hosts that you have selected to receive the commands.

Note

CommandCast is supported only for VT sessions. You can use this feature only for sessions you open in the Ribbon or Classic MDI interface modes. It is not supported for other types of sessions or interface modes.

To broadcast commands from a VT session to other VT sessions

  1. In InfoConnect Desktop, open the VT session in which you want to enter the commands and the sessions you want to send commands to.

  2. Open the CommandCast Panel as follows:

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode Steps
    Ribbon On the Tools tab, in the Tools group, click the CommandCast Panel button.
    Classic MDI On the toolbar, click the CommandCast button .

  3. In the CommandCast Panel, click the sessions you want to include in the broadcast.

    The CommandCast Panel displays a list of open VT sessions. It shows which session is set to broadcast commands, and which sessions are set to receive them. The last session you click is the session you broadcast from.

  4. To broadcast from another session, select the session in the workspace window or double-click that session in the CommandCast panel.

  5. If you want to be able to see the commands you enter and their output on each of the servers, click on the status bar and select Tile Vertical.

  6. Enter the command you want to broadcast.

    The command you enter and the resulting output are displayed on all the host machines you are broadcasting to.

  7. If you routinely broadcast to this group of hosts, select Save Layout on the File menu to save this group as a layout.

    The CommandCast Panel settings are saved with the layout. The next time you want to broadcast to these hosts, you can open the layout to open all the sessions, along with your previous CommandCast Panel settings.