A user inquired about needing to do something special to allow scripts/commands to work in ControlUp's Edge DX. It was suggested to move the question to the 'Controlup-edge-dx' channel, and a support worker offered to check in with the scheduled engineer. It was then revealed that the issue was related to solve actions instead of Edge DX, and the discussion was moved to the relevant channel.
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All training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Is the Audit log only accessible from ControlUp Solve?
A user asked if the Audit log was only accessible from Solve - it is configured in the RTC thoughSyslog, and is visible in Solve. Thanks was expressed for the help.
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Investigating Monitor Alerts – ControlUp Monitor Issues for Customer Issue
A customer reported receiving a warming every other week, but Support found data uploads were consistent and fine. The Monitor Alerts - ControlUp Monitor Issues link needed to be updated, and changing advanced config setting should make a difference.
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Finding Multiple User Sessions for a Specific Application in ControlUp
A user asked for the best way to see which users are running multiple sessions of the same application. It was suggested to use the "published application usage details report" or the "Session - Activity" report, and to further narrow down the required data, use PowerShell API. It was also mentioned that the result needs to be run on a monitor. The full instruction can be found at https://support.controlup.com/v1/docs/invoke-cuquery#example-6-search-for-all-machines-with-the-name-monitor.
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Driving Use Cases for Choosing ControlUp Edge DX
Two members discussed the driving use cases for choosing ControlUp Edge DX, including Corp laptop having VPN connectivity issues, seeing network latency/connectivity/ISP, and providing admin-level support to users' machines even when not connected to a VPN. Edge DX is designed for FatClients, providing detailed information without needing to be connected to VMs. RemoteDX can also be installed but is solely for showing information while connected to Win365, XenDesktop or Horizon.
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How to Start a Stopped Service only via ControlUp Trigger?
A user asked if the Start Stopped Services script could be set up to only start the service upon a trigger. The user wanted to use built in features and community scripts and confirmed that Windows Services Monitoring is necessary for this to properly work. A sneak peek was shared - a beta for service monitoring was to be released likely in March 2021.
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Troubleshooting Abnormal Alerts from Scoutbees EUC
A user reported above-average alerts from Scoutbees EUC scouts in Frankfurt. It was suggested to set up an extra hive to exclude any issue within the existing one. The ControlUp team could not confirm any change has been made in the VDI environment, and suggested to manually access the tested resources to validate the credentials. Support was contacted to troubleshoot the issue further and the user indicated they will be monitoring the issue in the coming days.
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Hwo to Search a File Share and Delete the ‘Downloads’ Folder Contents with ControlUp Scripts
A user asked about existing scripts for deleting all contents in "Downloads" folders on file shares. ControlUp has a script for this (https://www.controlup.com/script-library-posts/clean-user-temp-folder/) and a helpful member provided a solution for a very quick and dirty solution, recursion for subfolders and error handling. Advanced training from ControlUp is recommended. There is a CTX Article but it does not offer defining file age.
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Storage Trends in ControlUp
A user asked for trends regarding storage in ControlUp. It is possible to view IO stats, though missing capacity information is not available yet. However, ControlUp will add trends as reference for the statistics reports in the Streaming project, including capacity and free space information. There will also be Disk entity reports with relevant information and recommendations. A session can be coordinated to discuss the plan.
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Script “Analyze Logon Duration” runs fine but gives different when I run the script manually
A user encountered a difference in result between running the 'Analyze Logon Duration' Script manually and as an automated action in ControlUp. Possible causes discussed include the monitor triggering it vs. the console, interpreation of the decimal seperator, and events triggered by Ivanti. Support suggested the customer open a ticket to investigate further and to mention this Slack thread. The ControlUp Agent version on the affected desktop was 8.6.5.427.
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