A user experiences an active but idle session they can't remove, despite trying to kill the processes in the console. Restarting Profile Management and checking AV exclusions have been suggested, as well as adding processes to Reg for Logoffmodules and using a Logoff Trigger. The parent process is Winlogon.exe. https://cuacademy.controlup.com/ can be accessed for further support.
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Citrix Related Training & Support Archives
Citrix training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Does ControlUp Scoutbee’s Support Okta MFA?
A user asked if ControlUp Scoutbee's supports Okta MFA with Netscaler Gateway using the EUC scout. It does not support MFA but can authenticate with Okta. Another user asked if MFA is in use and how it can be bypassed for the user used for testing.
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Investigating Delays for Dedicated Citrix MCS VDI
A user reported that all applications on their dedicated Citrix MCS VDI, which has 6xCPU and 64GB RAM for running Bloomberg and other heavy apps, have experienced delay, including mouse delays. It was suggested to check the latency Last metric in the RT console, or the latency metrics via the Session Details report in Insights. RemoteDX and Scoutbees were also mentioned as useful tools to check the endpoints network conditions and latency to the backend servers. A temporary license had been applied for to test these products.
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Anyone have experience with ControlUp Edge DX & XenApp provisioned TS / VDI?
A user asked about experience with EdgeDX and XenApp provisioned TS/VDI and was recommended to deploy RealTimeDX instead due to its stateless nature and the fact that it will need rebooting to change the device ID and lose historical reports. To overcome this for Teams Monitoring, the user could install the EdgeDX Agent with a known switch, make a hardcoded link from the C and D drives, and set the custom RegisterWithDeviceName setting to be true. The user then asked if this was officially supported and if it would be coming to EdgeDX or Realtime/Solve, and was told that it is very interesting.
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Script for Monitoring Published App and Desktop Session Statistics with ControlUp
A user shared a script for a furniture company that was designed to show the number of sessions for published apps and desktops, and the percentage of the total for each of them. The script must be run on the ControlUp Monitor version 8.6.5 or newer and it was modified to allow for large amounts of sessions. The results use Export-CUQuery instead of Invoke-CUQuery. The discussion also included tips regarding color scheme and location.
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Do you need ControlUp Real Time Agent installed to view the Citrix License Usage report?
This discussion revolves around the Citrix License Usage report, and whether the Real Time agent needs to be installed on the Citrix license server. It was confirmed that it is necessary for on-prem customers, although hard to do for cloud customers. Additionally, triggering the license with the PowerShell module is possible since version 8.6.5, and requires a two step trigger and running the script in the message.
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Is there a ControlUp Logon Duration Script for Citrix Profile Management?
A user asked if the Logon Duration Script measured Citrix Profile Management - it does and the "Enable requirements for Logon Duration Analysis" script should be run for maximum functionality. Sivan mentioned a training course on it exists in the ControlUp Academy and the information is also available in a ControlUp Webinar (https://www.controlup.com/resources/blog/entry/controlup-analyze-logon-duration-after-hours-an-extended-webinar-qa/).
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Troubleshooting Deployment of Remote DX Agent to macOS via MDM and Terminal
The user was trying to deploy Remote DX agent to macOS via MDM and terminal but encountered errors. It was asked if Citrix or Horizon were used and later clarified that Citrix is being used primarily and version 1 from download center was attempted. Windows part works and a bug case has been opened. The user thanked for the feedback.
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Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) with ControlUp and Scoutbees
A user asked about using Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA) for Scoutbees with ControlUp, discussing external and internal scouts, static tokens, and options such as TOTP. Phone call verification and SMS-based MFA are both supported, as well as TOTP and static codes. Documentation was described as "clear as mud".
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Enhancing Historical Session States in the ControlUp Console
This discussion suggested adding a drilldown or popup when clicking on the "live" real-time session in Discovery Sessions in the ControlUp console, allowing for historical session states to be readily seen. Insights were discussed as well as the invoke-cuquery command with the mentioned session fields. Historical Reports can be found in Session Details of a specific session under the "right click" action menu. Following this conversation, a feature request was made with the Customer Success Manager for a historical reports drilldown from a drilled down machine, and a bug was identified in Solve.
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