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Starting with OpsCenter version 3.4.0, all user profiles and settings are stored in the application data folder for the individual user. This makes previous workarounds unecessary. Simply install the software on the server. Each user can then run and configure the program under their own profile and the setup will be preserved for subsequent logins.
For version of OpsCenter prior to 3.4.0:
Running OpsCenter in a Windows 2003 Terminal Services environment will work but requires a little extra setup to work properly. (Note: Older versions of Terminal Services have not been tested.) The procedure for setting up OpsCenter is listed below. This procedure may have to be modified depending on the version of Terminal Services or any customized user login settings.
The main problem with running OpsCenter in a Terminal Services environment is that the default user would always be set to whoever was the last person was to login. This is because all the users are sharing the same user profile. The following steps will allow you to have a unique user profile for each user.
| 1) | You will need to download and install the latest version of OpsCenter. OpsCenter version 2.1.1 or newer is needed in order to recognize some special folder keywords that you will need to use. All users will have to close OpsCenter in Terminal Services in order for the program to be updated. |
| 2) | On the server, go to the OpsCenter program folder. The default location is "C:\Program Files\Audama Software\OpsCenter\". |
| 3) | Create a new text file in this program folder called "redir.dat". (NOT "redir.txt" or "redir.dat.txt") |
| 4) | Open this file up in notepad and type in the following two lines: |
[iniPath]
iniFilePath={MYDOCUMENTS}\opscenter\opscenter.ini
| 5) | Save and close this file |
| · | What this file does is it tells opscenter to look for the user profile ("opscenter.ini") in a folder called "opscenter" in the user's My Documents folder. Each user should have there own My Documents folder on the server which is stored in their user profile in the "C:\Documents and Settings\" folder. This allows each user to have their own "opscenter.ini" file because the {MYDOCUMENTS} keyword refers to a unique file location for each user. |
| 6) | Open up the "opscenter.ini" file that is currently in the OpsCenter program folder ("C:\Program Files\Audama Software\OpsCenter\opscenter.ini") |
| 7) | Change the "LOGFILEPATH" value to: |
LOGFILEPATH={MYDOCUMENTS}\opscenter\LogFile.txt
| 8) | Save and close the file. |
| · | Like with the "redir.dat" file, this will redirect the user's local log file to the same folder as the user's profile. |
| 9) | In each user's My Documents folder, create the "opscenter" folder and place a copy of the above modified "opscenter.ini". You can use a folder name other than "opscenter" but you will have to change the iniFilePath and LOGFILEPATH values accordingly. |
| 10) | At this point, each user that logs in and starts running OpsCenter will be using their own user profile. You can either manually change the "DEFAULTUSER" value in their new "opscenter.ini" file to match their user name or just let them log in as whomever's name is there now and then use the "Change Default User" option from the "Edit" menu. Either way, the user name should stick and not be affected by other users logging in. |
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