This discussion focused on how to use Edge DX to get drive type (SSD, HDD) information into Edge DX in multiple ways. The user initially wanted to see if the laptops they were using had SSDs or HDDs to troubleshoot a performance issue, and instructions were provided for manually and semi-automatically collecting the data. Edge DX also enables the user to create custom reports and set up persistent data collection, and includes a script to collect CPU temperature. The ControlUp Scripting Guide can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/scripting-guide.
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Troubleshooting Linux Device Username Display Issue
A user was having difficulty with a Linux device that was not displaying a user, even though the user was logged in. After various troubleshooting requests from @member, it appears that the issue may have been caused by Wayland. The solution was to switch back to X11 by editing the custom.conf file in nano and uncommenting the WaylandEnable=false line. After reboot, the device should be displaying the username.
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Check License Use in Horizon Environment with a ControlUp Script
A user asked how to use a script to check the license use for a Horizon environment and if it was possible to process the output further, for example to create a report. The reply suggested the user could go to the historical reports and look at the session count for the folder with Horizon machines.
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Requesting Historical Disk Usage in ControlUp
A user asked about the ability to view historical disk usage in ControlUp. To illustrate the need, the current monitoring solution and what would work in ControlUp was provided with screenshots. Sam suggested getting early access to the "sizing recommendations" feature if it isn't enabled yet. @member was mentioned as the contact for the early access and the user expressed thanks for the learning experience.
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Creating Reports on Device Network Connections with ControlUp Edge DX
A user asked if it is possible to create a report based on the last time a device connected to the company's network using EdgeDX. EdgeDX provides the 'netcfg_info' and 'location_history' indexes with information on the public IP and network adapter IP associated at that time. Alternatively, a script can be used to send data to a custom index when an internal IP address is reachable.
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Does Director Trigger Pack Capture Unregistered Instances?
A user asked if the Director Trigger pack can capture an unregistered instance of the server. It can, but the trigger must use "Minimum duration in this state" instead of Uptime. The user set Minimum duration to 10 minutes and removed Uptime.
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How to View Historical Alerts for a Server in ControlUp Solve
A user asked about how to view server alerts in a historical view, such as disk space. It was recommended to view the last 14 days on the incidents tab in the real time console, and use historical reports in Solve (machine statistics) to get a better picture.
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Investigating 404 Error using ControlUp Edge DX API for Device List
A user encountered a 404 error when using the API to call a script against a device list. A Network check script was supplied which could address the 414 devices before it broke, with 1 per device ID specified. The issue was discovered to be due to a machine having an altered Device ID within 3 minutes. The EdgeDX API URLs mentioned in the message were 'Global-EdgeDX Download Manager' = 'downloads.sip.controlup.com', 'Global-EdgeDX tenant' = "$edgetenant.sip.controlup.com" and 'Global-Google Maps' = 'maps.google.com'.
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Creating a Custom Report or Data Index with ControlUp
A user asked if there was a way to import external data from CSV files into ControlUp to create a custom report or data index - the only way is to run a script on endpoints. An example of this is used by a customer to create an asset management index. The data is available in the registry, and can be accessed and used to create the data index with ControlUp using a login script run from a GPO.
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How to Determine Which Version of MS Teams Users Are Using?
The user was trying to determine how many users in the company were using New MS Teams vs classic MS Teams and wanted to use Edge DX to get the information. The Installed Applications by Version report and custom report filters were suggested as possible ways to determine which version of Teams users are actively using.
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