A user asked if Citrix RTT can be seen in ControlUp Solve / Edge. The RTT column is for Blast/RDP, while ICA users should use the "Latency Last" metric. User Input Delay may be the equivalent metric for Citrix RTT, as detailed in ControlUp's blog: https://www.controlup.com/resources/blog/entry/controlup-automation-user-input-delay-vs-citrix-ica-round-trip-time-rtt/.
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Automation & Alerting Related Training & Support Archives
Automation & Alerting training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
How to Report and Alert on VM’s with System Event Source “Bugcheck”
It is possible to create an event trigger to alert on virtual machines (VMs) with system event source "bugcheck" through email (or webhook and a few other options). However, this would only work when the event is occurring, not for past events. If the event relates to a blue screen, the agent might be gone and it won't alert. To solve this, it is suggested to set a trigger when the VM status goes from error to ready and run a script to check for that event.
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How does ControlUp Agent Certificate Communication Work?
It was asked if a single certificate needs to be used across Real-Time Consoles, Monitors, and ControlUp Agents, with the Consoles and Monitors holding the private key while the public key is deployed to the Agents. Remediation can be automated for the agents with a GPO, and for the Console/Monitors with a supported PowerShell scripted provided by ControlUp. More information on agent certificate communication can be found at https://support.controlup.com/v1/docs/certificate-based-agent-authentication.
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Reporting Poor Connections in ControlUp
A user asked for suggestions on how to report on user connections with poor latency, signal strength, and RTT. They could utilize the Network Dashboard to report on top bad latency, longest traceroutes, plus pull data from Configuration > Data > device_status and set alarms to alert on select fields. They can also export the data from ControlUp into MS Excel for more complex reporting. Futhermore, more features are in the roadmap to expand reporting in the future. Links to two articles were provided for more information.
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How to create an alert that will only fire on machines in a certain group and tag using ControlUp Solve \ Edge DX
A user was trying to set an alert in ControlUp Solve \ Edge DX based on a device group or tag, and needed to use the 'devices' index for this, but didn't think it would work as the platform is not part of this index. @member was asked to offer input until the user could take a deeper look, but it ended up working, with all alerts only being for Linux endpoints. The user is looking forward to the next version of ControlUp Solve \ Edge DX.
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Ideas for Reports Showing ControlUp Success in the Environment
The user was looking for a report which would show what ControlUp had been doing in their environment and to spot trends week-over-week. It was suggested that the Incidents Pane in the Realtime Console and the Environment Assessment report in Insights be used to look at performance-related data. Reports in Solve, documenting and highlighting successes for ControlUp, and automations enabled in the Automation Module were all suggested as well. Additionally, there is a new in-product report which will present data out of the box.
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Feature Request for Shorter Intervals in Maintenance Windows Feature
A user suggested having shorter intervals available for the Maintenance Windows feature - specifically, 5 minutes - in order to more quickly resume monitoring after routine server reboots. Ivan indicated he could submit this as a feature request.
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How to Configure a ControlUp Alert Trigger for 90% of Maximum Index
A user asked how to set up an alert concerning the “Smart-X ControlUp Term License stack” with a trigger of 90% of the maximum available index. Dennis provided guidance to configure an alert if the licensed volume goes above the licensed volume using Splunk. The ControlUp version used is 8.6.0.192.
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Investigating Unexpected Alert Triggers in ControlUp
A problem occurred when seemingly unrelated events caused the trigger monitoring the lab's pools to be reset and send off alerts. It seems to have been caused by a logged-out and then logged-back-in monitor service account. It is being investigated if something else forced the logout or if it is expected behaviour. To stop alerts from firing when the account signs back in, it is suggested to uncheck the "Include folders that were just discovered" checkbox. As the monitors use an in-ram database, if restarted the previous states are not remembered.
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Fixing an Issue with Outputting Scheduled Tasks Trigger Info
A user encountered an issue when running a script for pulling in a scheduled tasks trigger info. The output created an index that was empty and when clicked it showed a blank page. With the help of @member, they were able to create a script that would output details from the Trigger including StartBoundary, DaysOfWeek, WeeksInterval, DaysInterval, and NextRunTime. It was suggested that specific values may have been an issue with the output, but it was not concluded.
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