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Episode #20 – Conversation with Ryan Mangan, Founder of EfficientEther

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Tune in to Episode #20 of ControlUp Community Radio, where host Douglas Brown welcomes Ryan Mangan, founder of EfficientEther, a cutting-edge platform dedicated to optimizing cloud costs through AI technology. With nearly 20 years of expertise in user computing, Ryan brings deep insights from his extensive work with RDS, VMware, and Azure Virtual Desktop. Ryan shares his journey and the motivation behind launching EfficientEther, highlighting how organizations face increasing complexities and waste in managing cloud expenditures due to subscription-based models.…

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Setting Up a Trigger for Identifying Unused VMs in ControlUp Focus Discussion.

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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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Troubleshooting DEX Metrics for Horizon Environments on ControlUp

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A user is experiencing an issue with ControlUp's DEX feature, as it is showing 150+ billion total horizon machines. They ask for insights on where this number is being pulled from and mention potential issues with recent upgrades. Another user suggests checking the HZ Machines metric on the root level to troubleshoot. The conversation then shifts to a discussion about scripts to grab the numMachines from VMware.Hv.DesktopSummaryData.

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Understanding CPU Metrics in ControlUp

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The group discussed the discrepancies between the CPU percentage on a single host and the "Host CPU Usage" column for all VMs on that host. The data for the host level comes from the hypervisor platform, while per-VM CPU comes from the ControlUp agent on the Windows OS. It was mentioned that the console is not effective for comparing data due to potential performance issues. The behavior of the host CPU reaching 100% and the VMs not going higher was deemed expected. It was clarified that the host CPU in the "Machine view host CPU" column refers to the CPU utilization by the VM as reported by the hypervisor API. The monitoring intervals for the agent and API may also result in different reported numbers.

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ControlUp Academy: Metrics Dashboard Suggestions for Omnissa Horizon Customers

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A discussion took place about what metrics an Omnissa Horizon customer may want on a dashboard. Some suggestions were for metrics about pods, connection servers, and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) as well as user access gateway (UAG) metrics and creating custom reports with data collected by ControlUp. There was also mention of creating historical reports and making the process of creating custom reports easier within the ControlUp Analytics feature. The team will gather more information and report back.

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Automating Fixes in ControlUp with Triggers and Trigger Packs

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A user asked for help in automating the process of fixing machines with "Agent Unreachable" status in Horizon. Some suggested solutions included recovering the machine or checking the agent service. Another suggested using a trigger from ControlUp's Horizon Trigger Packs, which the user was not aware of before and later downloaded to try out. ControlUp offered assistance with configuring the trigger, and reminded the user of their CSM support option for a more detailed walkthrough. The specific trigger mentioned was the "Agent State" trigger under the VMware tab.

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