A user shared that there will be a change in Citrix Licensing in April, with migration to the new License Activation Service. The "Citrix License Usage" report for VDI DaaS no longer displays usage count. ControlUp team is aware and investigating. It seems that both Studio and license server can't see the usage either.
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On-Premise Related Training & Support Archives
On-Premise training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
ControlUp’s Future Plans for the VDI Executable and Real-Time Console
A question was asked about the availability of the ControlUp VDI executable with the shift to cloud-based operations. ControlUp stated that their end goal is to get rid of the executable, but it will still be available for a while. Plans for on-prem are still uncertain but for the real-time console, ControlUp plans to go fully cloud-based with comparable functionality and configuration options. The timeline for this change has not yet been decided.
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Using ControlUp Triggers for Citrix Monitoring
A user who is not an expert in Citrix raised a query about getting the same information from ControlUp as their Citrix support team gets from Citrix Monitor. A column in cu4vdi shows the registered state and there is a community trigger for this. The use of Citrix Cloud should not be an issue for the trigger, as conditions can be added to report only when the machine is powered on, regardless of whether it is DaaS or on-prem.
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Analyzing Citrix Reconnect Times with ControlUp
A user was looking for inspiration on gathering data from ControlUp agents to analyze long connect/reconnect times for a Citrix Shared Desktop session. Members shared that ControlUp recently added a feature to measure Citrix session reconnect times with a breakdown of processes, and offered a script that measures reconnect stages. Another user mentioned working on a solution for measuring endpoint authentication and requested assistance from members with a working Imprivata setup. The conversation concluded with the user planning to reach out to the members for further assistance.
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Suggestions for Tracking Devices at Specific Office Locations on ControlUp
A user is looking for a solution to track devices being used from a specific office location, but there is currently a bug in the location history report regarding Windows devices. Other users suggest using geolocation through Powershell, but there are limitations with Entra joined devices. Further suggestions include using workflows and advanced features.
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How to Put Citrix CVAD Servers into Maintenance Mode with ControlUp
A user asked for help with putting Citrix CVAD servers into Maintenance mode based on a specific event. Another user suggested using a built-in EUC tool, but since they don't have any Delivery Controllers, it's not possible. The ControlUp team is working on allowing the use of shared credentials in script actions for this issue. In the meantime, a workaround using the invoke-cuaction cmdlet was suggested. It was also mentioned that @member may have experience with this.
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How to Detect “Black Hole Machines” with ControlUp in Citrix Environments
A discussion took place about the "Citrix Blackhole machine" scenario and how to detect it using ControlUp. Possible solutions were suggested, including using a combination of user sessions, CVAD Available State, and connection failure data to spot the issue and looking for Launch or LaunchOperation events on the Citrix broker for on-prem environments. It was also mentioned that Citrix Analytics may be necessary for this detection in Citrix Cloud environments. The context of this discussion is related to DaaS and ControlUp.
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Setting Up a Trigger for Identifying Unused VMs in ControlUp Focus Discussion.
Several users discussed how to set up a trigger for identifying unused VMs older than 45 days, specifically in relation to the ControlUp environment. Suggestions were given about using the built-in Session Activity report or APIs to identify machines with no recent logins. Some users mentioned testing and recoding scripts for different hypervisors. One user also brought up the issue that not all VMs have a Horizon agent.
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How to Handle a “Has Recovered” Email from ControlUp
Several users discussed a situation where they received a "...Has recovered" email even without any failures. It was suggested that this may occur if a hive comes back online after being offline. It was also mentioned that there were no missed tests or failures during this time. The possibility of this being a bug from the past was brought up, but no resolution was found.
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Configuring ControlUp to Send Logs to On-Prem QRadar using API
A user asked about configuring ControlUp to send logs to an on-prem QRadar using an API. Another user provided the API endpoint and praised ControlUp's developers. The API endpoint can be found at https://api.controlup.io/reference/orgauditlogpubliccontroller_getall
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