A user asked about accessing the service desk with unique accounts - you can add them to Solve, though the security policy for the legacy console still applies. There is a feature to add ControlUp users from Solve, which can be found in the documentation at https://support.controlup.com/docs/add-controlup-users-from-solve.
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Troubleshooting “Install Agent” Status with ControlUp
A user encountered a problem with a machine not being able to install an agent after re-appearing with an "Install Agent" status. The solution was to add the machine to the tree on the left and then use "agent control/Upgrade/installah" to complete the installation. This process worked successfully.
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Is it Possible to Have a ControlUp Monitor Server in a DMZ?
A user asked if it is possible to have a ControlUp monitor server in a DMZ while managing Citrix desktops not in the DMZ. Connectivity over port 40705 to the agent is possible, but DNS resolution and AD connections must also be in place for it to work.
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How to get a lis of what users/groups have access to all of my Delivery Groups with ControlUp
A user asked for a script that would quickly list the users and groups that have access to all of their delivery groups. It was suggested to use the Get-BrokerAccessPolicyRule command with no parameters, however included groups needed to be resolved to get a list of users. A CU_ProcessADObject script was provided to recursively process underlying groups.
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Will Data sources fail over to a different Site if all ControlUp Monitors in that site are down?
A user asked about a recent feature where data sources will failover to a different site if all monitors in that site are down. It turns out that this is not a feature, but the team is working on data aggregation between sites instead. A sizing complication may come with this feature, but it would also allow for High Availability, as customers often mistake sites for HA as opposed to a load balancer between monitors.
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Where Does ControlUp Solve Get Its Data?
A user asked why Solve was displaying data and where it was being sourced from - it was clarified that it came from Monitor In-RAM DB and could also be accessed programmatically with the Monitor Cluster Cmdlets.
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Investigating an Automated Insights Export Issue
The team experienced an issue with automated Insights export emails being sent to all their users. After investigation, it was found that the agent on the license server was not correctly collecting the data and sending it to Insights. The export was deleted and a possible solution was suggested.
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Historical Data stopped updating in ControlUp
The user had difficulty seeing historical data since February 23 despite service restart, and opened a support ticket. It was suggested to restart the service or to wait for an upgrade to 8.7. A large mass of data tickets were uploaded, and it will take a day or two for the data to be processed and the issue to be resolved. 8.8 with its multi-tenancy feature is due to be released and the user was excited by the news.
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ControlUp Incidents and Alerts Stopped Working
Luke has been having trouble getting 33,000 incidents and his alerts stopped working since last Tuesday. He was advised to check the Monitor and Console VM can properly connect to the required back-end service at https://support.controlup.com/docs/communication-ports-used-by-controlup-hybrid-cloud-1 . Luke was also provided with a script from Support to test connectivity at https://support.controlup.com/docs/how-to-check-network-connectivity-to-controlup-cloud-services and was able to download the script. He plans on logging with Support.
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How to push metrics from ControlUp to ServiceNow ITOM – metric data ONLY?
The user asked how to push metrics from ControlUp to ServiceNow ITOM. Monitor exports and scheduled triggers can be used for this, as well as improved APIs when they become available in the future. Links to relevant resources are provided at https://support.controlup.com/docs/export-settings and https://support.controlup.com/docs/monitor-cluster-powershell-fields-by-table.
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