A user reported they were unable to add a Citrix cloud connection to ControlUp 8.7 - the shared credentials needed were only present in the console where the connection was initially added. Suggestions of renaming AppData, clearing cache, and checking for a network/proxy/AV issue were made. The user was ultimately advised to submit a ticket to ControlUp's support at support@controlup.com.
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Reporting Related Training & Support Archives
Reporting training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
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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Clarifying ControlUp Edge DX and Remote DX Use Cases
Paul asked for clarification between ControlUp Edge DX and Remote DX and their use cases. EdgeDX is a standalone agent and RemoteDX is a plugin to Citrix Workspace/Horizon Client. Paul wants to get data from sessions, and tested with Mac, where EdgeDX data was visible but not data was visible in session views. RemoteDX was installed but did not show data in the session view. Further testing and a ticket may be necessary. More information on the Virtual Channel configuration can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/remote-dx-known-issues.
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Investigating Delays for Dedicated Citrix MCS VDI
A user reported that all applications on their dedicated Citrix MCS VDI, which has 6xCPU and 64GB RAM for running Bloomberg and other heavy apps, have experienced delay, including mouse delays. It was suggested to check the latency Last metric in the RT console, or the latency metrics via the Session Details report in Insights. RemoteDX and Scoutbees were also mentioned as useful tools to check the endpoints network conditions and latency to the backend servers. A temporary license had been applied for to test these products.
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Understanding Hard & Soft Page Faults with ControlUp
A user asked about hard and soft page faults and ControlUp's reporting capabilities regarding these faults. Hard page faults generally have a larger negative impact on performance, however with more people using solid state drives this impact is not as drastic. ControlUp is working to include this measurement of hard page faults in its reporting. In terms of acceptable page fault expectations, it varies depending on underlying hardware and disk speeds, and looking at the combination of hard page faults and excessive queue lengths can help to determine if there is an issue.
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Anyone have experience with ControlUp Edge DX & XenApp provisioned TS / VDI?
A user asked about experience with EdgeDX and XenApp provisioned TS/VDI and was recommended to deploy RealTimeDX instead due to its stateless nature and the fact that it will need rebooting to change the device ID and lose historical reports. To overcome this for Teams Monitoring, the user could install the EdgeDX Agent with a known switch, make a hardcoded link from the C and D drives, and set the custom RegisterWithDeviceName setting to be true. The user then asked if this was officially supported and if it would be coming to EdgeDX or Realtime/Solve, and was told that it is very interesting.
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Don’t see local network drive mappings as we are used to see when connecting trough traditional RDP or other RDP managers in ControlUp
A user reported that UNC mapped drives do not appear in the Remote Desktop feature from the Realtime Console, even when the "Drives" option is enabled in the configuration. It was confirmed by @member and understood that waiting on the implementation in Solve in necessary. The user suggested an additional master setting that would allow admins to control pasting in and out of RDP sessions if they wish.
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Running ControlUp Edge DX on Dell ThinOS
ControlUp users discussed a potential Edge DX plugin for Dell ThinOS. Dell mentioned the same feature six months ago, however, there has been no official announcement since. ControlUp users receive reports of both Edge DX and Remote DX. Remote DX is available in the ThinOS 9.1 release but Edge DX will not be accessible until the ThinOS moves to Ubuntu next year. A package is available if users wish to push it themselves.
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Script for Monitoring Published App and Desktop Session Statistics with ControlUp
A user shared a script for a furniture company that was designed to show the number of sessions for published apps and desktops, and the percentage of the total for each of them. The script must be run on the ControlUp Monitor version 8.6.5 or newer and it was modified to allow for large amounts of sessions. The results use Export-CUQuery instead of Invoke-CUQuery. The discussion also included tips regarding color scheme and location.
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Do you need ControlUp Real Time Agent installed to view the Citrix License Usage report?
This discussion revolves around the Citrix License Usage report, and whether the Real Time agent needs to be installed on the Citrix license server. It was confirmed that it is necessary for on-prem customers, although hard to do for cloud customers. Additionally, triggering the license with the PowerShell module is possible since version 8.6.5, and requires a two step trigger and running the script in the message.
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