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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 create an alert that will only fire on machines in a certain group and tag using ControlUp Solve \ Edge DX

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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

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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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Investigating Unexpected Alert Triggers in ControlUp

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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

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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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How to monitor a running service using ControlUp?

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ControlUp 8.8 will feature a service monitoring capability, as well as increased visibility and monitor health. Currently, services can be monitored using the real-time console, or by running a scheduled script. Previous versions have had issues with alerting, however in 8.7.0.655 stability has been greatly improved and weekly reboots have aided in this.

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How to use ControlUp Edge DX to create a report of installed BIOS versions of your devices?

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A user asked about creating a report to display machine name, model, and BIOS versions, and was advised to use Edge scripting and SIP DATA tags to convert WMI objects to JSON. To make sure the data is current, they were also advised to overwrite the data each time, and to use their own index. Certifications were also recommended. The article at https://support.controlup.com/docs/edge-dx-scripting-guide#example-for-powershell was provided for reference. The user ultimately managed to create the desired report.

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