A user encountered a difference in result between running the 'Analyze Logon Duration' Script manually and as an automated action in ControlUp. Possible causes discussed include the monitor triggering it vs. the console, interpreation of the decimal seperator, and events triggered by Ivanti. Support suggested the customer open a ticket to investigate further and to mention this Slack thread. The ControlUp Agent version on the affected desktop was 8.6.5.427.
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Microsoft Windows Related Training & Support Archives
Microsoft Windows training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Implementation Questions for ControlUp in Corporate and Isolated Environments
A user asked questions about implementing ControlUp in a corporate and isolated environment. The answers explained that Monitors and Data Collectors don't need to be in the same domain, credentials can be used even without trust relationship, and port 40705 needs to be added. Professional Services from ControlUp can be sought for resolving automation issues in an environment with extensive security policies.
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When users logon to a server that is provisioned by PVS dose the User profile go to the RAM cache or the DIFf disk?
A discussion was had around the use of Provisioning Services (PVS) and how it deals with user profiles. If profiles exceed 30GB, then it should be configured to overflow on disk, but FSLogix Containers are simply mounted and the writes directly into the VHDX file, not into RAM. For testing, users can change the altitude of the procmon or FSLogix Drivers.
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Creating a ControlUp Trigger to Check if Log File is Changed
A user asked about creating a trigger file that notifies an email if a log file is not changed for two days. Solutions proposed include making a custom event log entry and using the System.IO.FileSystemWatcher class. The user found a potential solution and will update the discussion with their results.
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Error “no more connections can be made to this remote computer” while distributing FSLogix AppMasking Rule from VDA
A user reported an error message they had received while attempting to distribute a single FSlogix AppMasking Rule from one VDA to 30+ others. The potential cause of the issue was suggested to be the number of concurrent file sharing connections being limited in Windows desktop OS as a license limit. The ControlUp support team requested some additional information to investigate the issue. The user mentioned they used an SMB share to host their FSlogix rules and GPOs, and copy them locally during gpupdate.
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Investigating Network Latency Issues in ControlUp
A user noticed that some of their devices experience a network latency with white spaces at different intervals and asked for clarification. It was determined that the ping was failing consistently every 40 minutes and that there could be a network issue (not VPN) related to communicating with a target Citrix public IP address. The user was instructed to open a support ticket and view raw data to determine if the numbers match. The graphs looked normal when checked.
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Running a ControlUp Automated Action fails with EventID 5005
A user experienced an error when running an automated action with EventID 5005 due to UAC being enabled. The user then ran the action as a specific user that had rights to start VMs in vCentral, and it was suggested that the action could be run from a Monitor server instead. Any logs can be shared by opening a ticket or in private with support. ControlUp has a log4net script action available to investigate this issue further. The registry key EnableLUA will be read if the script is set to "controlup console/monitor".
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How Does ControlUp Edge DX Determine Missing Patches?
A user asked about how ControlUp Edge DX determines missing patches and it was replied that Edge DX gets this information from what Windows Update is reporting. The user then ran winget which didn't show anything missing.
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Can $(username) be Used as a Variable for Windows Event Alert Templates?
A user asked if $(username) could be used as a variable in an alert template for Windows events. This is not possible, but the value can be seen in the Incident pane if the variable is included in the trigger criteria. This was confirmed with testing. The Template variables can be found in Google Sheets.
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Retention of Logged Events in ControlUp Management Console
In the ControlUp Management Console, events are logged for a default period of 60 minutes; this data is stored in-memory and reset when the console is reopened. For searching and analysing Windows Event from the past 14 days, the Incidents pane can be used. To access older events, community incident triggers should be disabled.
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