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ControlUp Synthetic Monitoring (Scoutbees) Training & Support Archives

ControlUp Synthetic Monitoring (previously: ControlUp Scoutbees) training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.

Enhancing the ControlUp Dashboard with a Status Indicator of Last Result

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A user suggested adding a status indicator of “last result” in the ControlUp dashboard page that would show which scouts are down. The possible implications of having multiple hives per scout were discussed; it was suggested that a single failed hive could be denoted with a red or orange indicator. The suggestion was motivated by a real life scenario of 40 sites with the same function, 10 of which were not responding and the user not having an overview of the working ones.

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The ControlUp Blog – A ‘Technical’ Wealth of Knowledge! 

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As I prepared to write this, I sat back. I tried to think of another company’s blog that was as technical, deep, and truly useful in showing the value their software brings and diving deep and leaving the reader more educated with actionable results. I can only think of one, AND the ControlUp Blog! With that in mind, I recommend adding the ControlUp Blog to your reading list.…

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Why is the ‘NIC Dropped Receive Packet’ Counter Fluctuating in RDS and How Can I Troubleshoot This Issue?

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The user was troubleshooting RDS performance issues and noticed that the NIC Dropped Receive packet counter went up and down on some servers. It was discovered to be from the HyperV host and was found under Performance Counter > Network Interface > Packets Received Discarded. Title: Troubleshooting RDS Performance Issues with HyperV Host Network Packets

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Help: uptime of a ControlUp Scout could be 0% and Successful Runs :0/0 but when I do a test it works?

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A user asked why a PING scout was running but a HTTP/S scout was not, despite the scout being enabled. They were advised to run "sb-hive.exe debug" from the command prompt in the VDI from the ControlUp management console. Previous discussion can be found at https://controlupcommunity.slack.com/archives/C046DUGB6M9/p1686066701593019. The user was then asked which custom hive version they used.

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Inviting Users to Scoutbees with Limited Permission

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A user asked why they can't invite a user in Scoutbees and give them only access to Scoutbees. Though integrated with Solve, Scoutbees can't directly invite users, but when the user migrates to DEX, they will be able to separate the different platforms/products. The user has asked Support to create another viewer user with only Scoutbees access.

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How can I create a group-specific offline device alert in ControlUp Edge DX without using static IPs?

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A user asked for help creating an alert in ControlUp Edge DX to detect when a device from a particular group goes offline. It was suggested that the Last Communication property is used to calculate "offline", and a static value could be used in the current alert system. The REST API can be used to get machines that have been offline for a certain amount of time. It was also suggested to look at the bell icon when creating an alert as a list of values with descriptions should be available.

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