One of the most powerful features of ControlUp is 'Triggers.' They allow you to record incidents and automatically perform follow-up actions when a predefined event occurs in your environment or at a scheduled time. Imagine the possibilities. They are truly endless.
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Automation & Alerting Related Training & Support Archives
Automation & Alerting training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
ControlUP Monitoring: Combining CVAD Logon Times with FSLogix Integration without UPM? Supported Configuration?
A user asked about running FSLogix and UPM together without issues. It was suggested to not use Director for logon times as ControlUp is more accurate and to focus on the Windows logon time. It was also recommended to use the logon duration analysis script provided by ControlUp and establish a baseline. Additionally, FSLogix integration interrogates a remote file share every 5 minutes and does not provide free space info, other than that it can be requested via Solve UserVoice. Links provided: https://www.controlup.com/resources/blog/entry/analyzing-logon-duration-just-got-better/, https://www.controlup.com/script-library-posts/enable-requirements-for-logon-duration-analysis/.
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How Can I Generate a Report for IOPS and/or Read/Write Latency for VMware Datastores?
A user asked how to get a report for iops and/or read/write latency for a VMware datastore. It was suggested to use the Host Trends report in ControlUp Insights/Solve or export schedules. A trigger with thresholds can also be used along with the exports or export-cuquery to indicate when the datastore is slow and report back. Host Stress showed latency of almost 1.3 sec. for read and writes.
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Why is My Advanced Trigger in ControlUp Not Functioning Correctly for Long-Running Processes?
A user was having trouble with a trigger set up to identify a process that has been running too long, resulting in either false positives or no action taken. Suggestions were made to set up a scheduled trigger with invoke-cuquery and possibly use invoke-cuaction with Remote PowerShell for the killing of the process. A suggestion was also made to open a support ticket. Another user also highlighted the filter on Start Time in the GUI as not being useful for the things they needed it for.
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How to Set an Alert for Specific Account Login on a Certain Machine?
A user was looking for an alert to fire when a specific account logs in to a specific machine. The suggestion was to use a User Logged In trigger with a quick filter, and they figured out in the end that the issue was with the domain\username not just username.
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How Can I Create an Alert in Solve ControlUp for Users When OneDrive.exe Isn’t Running?
I am using Solve ControlUp website and wanted to reach out too see if you guys could guide me in the right direction on creating an Alert for my users.
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What Condition Should I Use to Set Up an Alert in Solve for Edge DX When a Ping is Missed?
To set up an alert in Solve for Edge DX when a ping is missed. What condition would I use?
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Alternative Way to Check User Processes with ControlUp Triggers
A user suggested having a floating window with the processes of a user when the "Navigation to sessions/overview" is clicked, as a way to check for CPU, RAM, disk or network spikes when their "User Input Delay" exceeds a certain threshold. Another user suggested using the „dump views to disk” follow-up action in triggers as an alternative. This follow-up action can be used to select the views needed and create CSVs or XLS files for further investigation. Information about this can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/setting-up-triggers.
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Troubleshooting ControlUp Trigger Not Working
A user was having trouble with their trigger not working, and questions were raised about setting values and checking boxes. It was suggested to remove "from this state" as it was optional, and to try setting a filter of from: greater than 30 to: less than or equal to 30. It was also noted that in the upcoming release of 9.0, this feature of seeing free space for mapped drives and being able to alert on them would be available. Finally, it was suggested to remove "from this state" and check if the monitor had to be restarted.
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How to Automate Klling Disconnected Sessions with ControlUp
A new user asked about automating the killing of 100 to 150 disconnected sessions, and was advised to use Script-Based Actions. It was recommended to join the free Administrator course offered by ControlUp to learn more, as well as rechecking out the self-paced recording video piece on the triggers. Additional help in creating a trigger was offered.
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