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Improving Location Data Accuracy with Customization Options in ControlUp

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Location data often has inaccuracies when pulled from GPS info or ISP IP databases. Though enabling Location Services on a laptop provides more exact house locations, improvements are coming that will let the user assign a custom location. This can be assigned to all devices with a certain range of IP addresses, for example, all devices with X IP addresses in Office Site A.

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Viewing and Acknowledging Alerts in ControlUp Solve/Dex

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A user asked how to view and acknowledge alerts in Solve/Dex, and if not possible, if it is included in any plan. It is only possible in the real-time console, and not in Solve/Dex. The closest option to this is Enrich for AVD/ServiceNow and Edge, which can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/en/url-access-directly-into-controlup-monitored-resources?highlight=URL%20Access%20Directly.

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Troubleshooting Event Log Trigger Alerts for Applications and Services Logs

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A user asked if anyone had any experience getting custom Event Viewer trigger alerts to work for applications and service logs, and whether they were able to get the process working correctly. It was suggested to ensure that the console was correctly collecting events before setting up triggers, and that the events were accessible in Powershell. The user was then referred to a ControlUp article (Real-Time Console - Events Pane [https://helpcenter.controlup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015114517-Real-Time-Console-Events-Pane]) before it was suggested they use the "scheduled task trick" to create an event in the application.

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Sivan’s “Did You Know”: Monitoring Network Drives in Solve with Eugenia Schipelliti

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This week's Did You Know is sponsored by Eugenia Schipelliti. It is now possible to monitor Network Drives in Solve - the user can view network drives associated with managed machines in the Topology view. However, an alert was asked about on a Citrix server with several users who map drives to the same location - the solution is to monitor on a specific device rather than trigger an alert for every person. Additionally, when the user is ready to create the trigger, assistance is available if needed. Learn more here.

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Configuring ControlUp for Automatic Reboot and Maintenance Mode Removal

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This discussion covers how to configure ControlUp to restart a server with the CU Agent when no users are on, including removing it from maintenance mode after reboot. Suggested actions include using a trigger that checks for session count and maintenance mode, and separate scripts for Reboot and Disable Maintenance mode. The benefits of using this method compared to scripts are explained.

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Can ControlUp Monitor Cloud and On-Prem Environments?

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A user asked if it was possible to use ControlUp to monitor a cloud environment, especially VMware on GPC. It can be done by using GCVE and a workaround with a datacollector, or by using a dedicated jumpbox in Azure VMware Solution. Control Up SaaS can also be used to monitor both GCP environments and on-prem, with all configuration and historical data stored on ControlUp's backend.

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Error Inviting New User on ControlUp DEX Tenant

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The user was having difficulty inviting a new user on their dex tenant. It was suggested that the user should have access to the ControlUp configuration console. However, it was clarified that this is only needed for the VDI and Daas part. The user was advised to open a support ticket to resolve the issue.

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