A user asked for help creating a trigger which compares two PVS stores and sends an email if not identical. @member suggested ChatGPT, which can add an error to the event log if the contents are not the same, and a second trigger can be set up for the error. A PowerShell script was provided which writes an error message to the event log if changes are present in the folders, with the needed event log name, source, and EventId customizable.
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Logs Related Training & Support Archives
Logs training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Troubleshooting a Connection Issue in Instant Clone Pool with ControlUp
Having trouble connecting to an instant clone pool, users discussed a variety of potential causes including a DNS resolve issue, a NetBios name not matching the machine name, and a DNS scavenging issue. Troubleshooting advice included running the Agent diagnostic in the RTC, pinging the PC running the console and from the monitor server, flushing DNS, and looking for information in the log.
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Troubleshooting Monthly Trigger Scheduling with ControlUp Monitor Service Time Outs
A user was having trouble scheduling a trigger to run once a month, with the script running correctly when executed manually. After checking backend data and determining a support ticket was required, the team provided a Monitor log4net file and instructions for creating the log file. It was suggested to look into the trigger timings being in different time zones, and instructions were given for setting the Monitor service time outs. In the end it was discovered that the infrastructure servers had incorrect time zones, which caused the problem. ControlUp Monitor service time out was also optimized. The Monitor service should transition from 'started' to 'running' over time. The issue is now resolved.
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Connecting to a SOP Server with Error Message Resolved in ControlUp
A user was trying to connect to a SOP server but was receiving an error message. Permissions were enabled for ControlUp admins, but the user was not able to resolve the problem. Solutions proposed included recreating the JWT and deploying a new appliance, and the latter worked. A detailed explanation on generating a new JWT could be found in the Support documentation.
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Resolving Monitor Deployment Issues with Crowdstrike AV
When setting up a new installation, the monitor deployment hung when the customer was using Crowdstrike AV - however, there are no firewalls in between. It was suggested that Crowdstrike was blocking the monitor from starting and asked if there are any exclusions that need to be taken, to which the ControlUp URL for AV exclusions was provided. The URL for AV exclusions is https://support.controlup.com/docs/av-exclusions-for-ControlUp.
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Tracking Unused Desktop Pools in Solve with ControlUp
A user asked about tracking unused desktop pools in Solve - ControlUp offers a Session Count report which tracks usage over time and allows the user to look back for up to a year. The report provides quick insight into usage of Desktop Pools. An additional option is to setup a trigger to log users off after a set time of inactivity.
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Troubleshooting Analyze Logon Duration “Gap” Time with FSLogix Integration
Members discussed troubleshooting Analyze Logon Duration "Gap" time using product version 8.8 and FSLogix integration. It was suggested to use the 'Disk Mount Time' column in the console to look for any patterns among machines and certain file shares. Isolating the user to one server and running procmon with the ALD script could help narrow down 'the needle in the haystack'. This could reduce lines of code to a few 100k.
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Troubleshooting 0% CPU for Edge DX Endpoints
An issue arose where all CPU was 0% for a group of Edge DX endpoints with no data in the process_stops data index. It was postulated that a collection issue was the root cause, and as a first step the user was encouraged to restart the SIP agent and check the application event log.
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How to View Logs from BlueScreenViewer in ControlUp Edge DX?
A user asked for help running a script from ControlUp Edge DX, which was not producing any output. It was suggested to check the JSON output and the website link was shared for more info. It was also clarified that when running the script manually, the output showed Unhealthy - BSOD found. Finally, the new BSOD dashboard was mentioned and it is expected to go into production this weekend, which the user was excited to hear.
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Issues with Event Triggers Not Detecting Informational Events on ControlUp
A user had an issue with event triggers on ControlUp not detecting informational events. It was confirmed that informational events are not detected, so the user is unable to get notified of both failure and recovery.
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