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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VDI Related Training & Support Archives
VDI training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Viewing Survey Results with ControlUp User Sentiments Beta
The discussion discussed a beta version of the User Sentiments feature and how to view survey results. It was suggested that optional questions may be the cause of one survey response not displaying as the other two. The Edge DX agent is available as a workaround. Survey results can be viewed on the Dashboards and Surveys section.
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Experiencing Poor Performance in Remote DX on VMs?
Users have experienced poor performance when using ControlUp Remote DX on virtual machines, and wondered if others have had similar issues. It was suggested that they try RDP on a physical machine to test the issue, and to use LDAP or SAML with Solve instead of VNCing through a jump-box. As a workaround, users can minimize their VM for the app they need, which is a little inconvenient, but can make their lives easier.
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Troubleshooting General VDI Slowness with Multiple Screens
A user asked for help in finding the source of general slowness in a VMware environment with 4-6 screens, no GPUs, and W10 Kiosks. ControlUp is being used to identify the bottleneck but CPU and RAM are not the source. GPU memory was discussed as a possible bottleneck, and it was suggested to check settings like Display memory limit, CPU metrics, network connectivity and RTT times, plus the fact that the EDT protocol can help. The user later reported that their lobbying for GPUs paid off, and they are getting 12 servers with 2xAmpere A16 GPUs.
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Troubleshooting a Script to Disable Maintenance Mode in Cloud-Managed Citrix DaaS
A user had troubles with a script for taking a machine out of maintenance mode in cloud-managed Citrix DaaS. It was suggested to check the parameters and to compare the script for enabling maintenance mode. The issue was solved by installing the Citrix SDK, saving credentials to a secureclient.csv file, and including the Set-XDCredentials command in the Disable script. It was recommended to update the scripts for the Cloud environment.
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Solving DNS Issues for Horizon View/VMware Horizon and Controlup Agents
This discussion focuses on a DNS issue experienced with Controlup agents communicating with the console and monitor. Possible solutions include using a logoff script to release the IP address, solving the DHCP scavenging issue, flushing the DNS, and setting permissions to only allow the DHCP server to update DNS records. VMware Horizon (previously Horizon View) was also mentioned.
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Creating ControlUp Triggers and Scheduled Reboots in ControlUp
The user asked for best practices when creating triggers in ControlUp and shared their own "findme" trigger for testing automated actions. This trigger is based on an active application title and can be used to fire the trigger when needed. They then covered the use of scheduled triggers for reboot schedules, with examples and providing a filter example with regex. Finally, a trigger for Wi-Fi signal strength, with an example of a created toast notification, was mentioned. Trigger Packs from ControlUp were also included in the post. The Trigger Packs link can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/trigger-packs.
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