A user asked for help in finding the source of general slowness in a VMware environment with 4-6 screens, no GPUs, and W10 Kiosks. ControlUp is being used to identify the bottleneck but CPU and RAM are not the source. GPU memory was discussed as a possible bottleneck, and it was suggested to check settings like Display memory limit, CPU metrics, network connectivity and RTT times, plus the fact that the EDT protocol can help. The user later reported that their lobbying for GPUs paid off, and they are getting 12 servers with 2xAmpere A16 GPUs.
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Citrix Related Training & Support Archives
Citrix training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
How to Show the External Source IP Address in ControlUp Solve
The user asked if there was any way to display the external source IP address of a session in ControlUp Solve like in Citrix ADM. It was suggested to add the Client Public IP address to the view, and it may require Remote DX to populate the value. Another suggested option was a script to obtain the information; however, the user opted to use Citrix ADM since it includes historical data.
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Help getting started with ControlUp – Real Time DX, Solve, & Scoutbees
A user asked for help with designing an environment created for a ControlUp project. Yair suggested a documentation link and ControlUp Academy to better understand the process. ControlUp stencils from two years ago were shared and a new set of brand new icons was suggested to be created for the community as part of the onboarding process. The link to ControlUp Academy is: https://cuacademy.controlup.com/course-catalog/.
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Troubleshooting a Script to Disable Maintenance Mode in Cloud-Managed Citrix DaaS
A user had troubles with a script for taking a machine out of maintenance mode in cloud-managed Citrix DaaS. It was suggested to check the parameters and to compare the script for enabling maintenance mode. The issue was solved by installing the Citrix SDK, saving credentials to a secureclient.csv file, and including the Set-XDCredentials command in the Disable script. It was recommended to update the scripts for the Cloud environment.
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Get the Best Triggers for Alerting from the Community and Trigger Pack
A user asked for triggers to be shared with the community for alerting in their environment - focusing on VMware Horizon triggers but other types are welcomed. A second user showed interest in WiFi triggers. In addition, the Trigger Pack provides additional triggers related to VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, FSLogix and more and can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/trigger-packs.
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Creating ControlUp Triggers and Scheduled Reboots in ControlUp
The user asked for best practices when creating triggers in ControlUp and shared their own "findme" trigger for testing automated actions. This trigger is based on an active application title and can be used to fire the trigger when needed. They then covered the use of scheduled triggers for reboot schedules, with examples and providing a filter example with regex. Finally, a trigger for Wi-Fi signal strength, with an example of a created toast notification, was mentioned. Trigger Packs from ControlUp were also included in the post. The Trigger Packs link can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/trigger-packs.
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