Trentent gave advice seeking to identify why application performance on physical machines had a peak user input delay up to 15 seconds - the default trigger priority boost for processes has a threshold of 300ms. Edge DX was installed and CPU spikes were not observed. It was fixed in the Beta 2 for Windows and can be due to any number of causes such as latency with proxies and disk issues. User input delay can be inspected with the newest agent.
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Physical Desktops Related Training & Support Archives
Physical Desktops training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
How to Kick off Windows Systemreset Command from ControlUp Edge DX?
A user wondered if there was a way to kick off the Windows "systemreset -factoryreset" command with a script from Edge, as an alternative to the user going into recovery mode, but it seems that a prompt is required which will be unanswered if the user is not logged on. The user would not like to automate this process and the solution may not be worth the effort required to make it 100% safe.
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The Benefit of Running RemoteDX and EdgeDX Together
A user asked if there was any benefit to running both RemoteDX and EdgeDX in addition to each other. They are completely different, with RemoteDX adding extra metrics to VDI sessions and EdgeDX focused on corporate physical endpoints. Though each offers different data, there is benefit in drilling down from RemoteDX to the device in EdgeDX. Real-Time DX and Edge DX are two different products, so EdgeDX data is not viewable in Real-Time DX but Solve and DEX provide this data in the same web interface.
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How to Run Scripts Periodically in ControlUp Edge DX
A user asked if it was possible to run a script periodically on a subset of clients in Edge DX. Suggested methods included using device tags and environment variables, or using Get-Random. Filtering by Edge DX device group is possible with the SIPDEVICEGROUP environment variable. More information can be found in the ControlUp documentation at https://support.controlup.com/docs/edge-dx-scripting-guide#example-for-powershell.
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How to generate a report of network latency (session latency) of one specific day in ControlUp Edge DX?
A user asked about obtaining network latency reports for a specific day - it can be done by creating a custom report on the Edge DX platform. For help, they can go to the site mentioned.
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Troubleshooting ControlUp Solve / Edge Access for Help Desk Guys
A user had setup ControlUp Solve / Edge access for help desk guys, however they weren't seeing the same controls on their Edge machines as the user could. Checked permissions as a suggestion, the user found that the permissions were set under Edge DX. They only had the viewer role, which resolved the issue. Access can be found in Edge via Solve Configuration > Access Control, and Solve has manager & non-admin security policies.
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How to Clean Up Solve After Uninstalling Edge DX Agent
A user asked if uninstalling the Edge DX agent from clients would clean up from Solve automatically. The comment included a setting that enabled the user to do this, and they expressed gratitude for the help. The user then requested Intune to be deployed to all their devices, to which the response was that it was done.
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How to Access Historical Graphs and Reports in ControlUp Edge DX?
In ControlUp Edge DX, users can access historical graphs and reports of device data. Users can also set their chart columns to 1 for more space in the chart, which will be particularly useful for longer time periods. The default is 4 columns.
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how to Build Custom Reports for ControlUp Edge DX?
A user asked how to get a custom report built for ControlUp Edge DX, a report that shows the total time a computer has an active session in a week. Tom provided links to relevant reports and discussed EU laws and active time recording. Filters can also be put in place to prevent "cheating the system", such as time-keeping utilities like Caffine.exe.
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Best Practice for Updating the ControlUp Edge DX SIP Agent
The best practice for getting the EdgeDX SIP Agent to a newer version is setting the version in the Console and letting the Agent Manager update automatically. The Agent Manager checks for a new version every X time, and selecting the latest version in the drop-down and clicking "save agent versions" will auto-update machines with the Agent Manager installed. Further information can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/edge-dx-agent-installation.
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