Searching for Idokorro’s Mobile SSH turned up a blank as the company has been
renamed (I hate that!) into Rove. They appear to have rolled the Mobile
SSH product into something called Mobile Admin, and I’ve taken that for a
very short spin. After the usual install on a Windows server, including
dot.net and a SQL server or the integrated thingie, I can connect with a
BlackBerry Web browser to the IP of the Mobile Admin server and download the
necessary software OTA. When I start it, I’m welcomed with a login screen on
my device, where I get to enter my credentials: Then, I better get used
to seeing this:
I get a list of servers I may manage.
If allowed
to, I can add a server to this list from my BlackBerry handheld, or via the
Mobile Admin Web interface, which looks identical in a normal Web browser
(yes: Firefox is supported) to what I see on my hand held device. I then
select the server I want to connect to
and Mobile Admin connects to
that server. It then shows me the tasks that I may perform on that server.
This is an example of a Windows machine:
So, for example, I can open
the Task manager
have Mobile Admin show me the processes running on the
server
and kill one of them:
If I connect to a Lotus Domino
server, I see:
Mobile Admin’s feature list is impressive and
contains MS Windows, Active Directory, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Lotus
Domino, Oracle, IBM Mainframes (i.e. 3270 client) as well as Unix/Linux
servers (i.e. ssh). The product looks promising, the price tag does as well.
Approximately USD 600 per user plus maintenance.