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      First Steps with VDI & DaaS Hybrid Cloud

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        Article Summary

        Welcome to ControlUp! The following article guides you through the installation and configuration process for the Real-Time Console on Hybrid Cloud. If you don't have a ControlUp organization and have never used ControlUp before, perform the following steps:

        Download the Real-Time Console

        1. Download the ControlUp Real-Time Console here.
        2. Unzip the file.
        3. Run ControlUpConsole.exe to open the configuration wizard.

        Create a User Account

        To create a new ControlUp user account:

        1. After you open the console, click Register with ControlUp.

        2. Enter your account information, agree with the privacy policy, and click Continue.

        3. Confirm that your email is correct, and click OK.

        4. Enter the one-time passcode sent to your email address and click Continue.

        Create a ControlUp Organization

        To create a new ControlUp organization:

        1. After creating your user account and verifying your email address, select Create a new Organization and click Continue.

        Email Validation

        You can only use valid business email addresses. You can't use disposable addresses for registration.

        1. Enter a name for your organization and click Continue.

        ControlUp creates your organization and opens the console.

        Organization Ownership

        The user that creates a ControlUp organization is called the organization owner and is the only user who can initially manage user access. The most senior member of your team who regularly uses ControlUp should create your ControlUp organization. For more information about organization ownership, see Add Users to ControlUp and Manage Login Access.

        Activate Your License

        After you create a ControlUp organization, you can use a free 21-day trial of ControlUp. If you already purchased a ControlUp license, activate your license.

        To activate your license:

        1. In the console, go to Help > About > Licensing.
        2. Click Activate License.

        3. Enter your activation code and click Activate Online.

        Your license activates and updates the license details.

        Configure Your Environment

        You can now connect your resources to ControlUp. To configure your environment, perform the following steps:

        Prerequisites

        Verify that your environment is ready for ControlUp according to the following prerequisites:

        1. Add Machines

        Connect physical and virtual machines to ControlUp by installing the ControlUp Agent on the machines. To learn how to add machines, see Connect to Your Machines.

        Tip

        You can create folders in your ControlUp organization tree to organize the machines that you add. To learn how to create folders, see Create Folders.

        2. Create Shared Credentials

        When any ControlUp component connects to a resource that requires authentication, such as hypervisors, EUC environments, or cloud environments, the same set of credentials must be used by each ControlUp component. We recommend that you add credentials to ControlUp and share them so that all ControlUp users in your organization can use the same credentials.

        To learn how to add shared credentials, see Configuring Shared Credentials.

        Service Account Permissions

        The credentials you use to connect resources to ControlUp require specific permissions depending on the resource. You should create a service account for each resource with the permissions listed in User Permissions in ControlUp.

        3. Add a Monitor

        Setting up a monitor allows you to continously monitor your ControlUp environment. You need at least one monitor to be able to access Solve and the VDI view in ControlUp's new DEX platform.

        To learn how to install and configure your monitor machines, see ControlUp Monitor.
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        Note

        Make sure you install the ControlUp Agent on each monitor machine.

        4. Configure a Dedicated Data Collector

        A Data Collector increases the performance capabilities of both your console and monitor when collecting metrics from external sources such as VMware vCenter, Citrix Delivery Controllers, XenServer Pool Masters, AHV Clusters, and ADC appliances.

        A Data Collector can be any machine that has the ControlUp Agent installed. To learn more about Data Collectors, see ControlUp Data Collector.

        5. Add Hypervisors

        Monitor and manage your virtualization infrastructure by connecting to VMware vSphere, Citrix Hypervisor, Nutanix AHV, or Microsoft Hyper-V.

        To learn how to add add hypervisors, see Connect to Your Hypervisors.

        6. Add EUC Environments

        For details on how to add a connection for each type of EUC environment, and what you can monitor, see the following articles:

        7. Add Cloud Environments

        ControlUp comes with built-in support for Azure and AWS monitoring.

        8. Add an ADC Appliance

        To learn how to add Citrix ADC to your ControlUp environment, see Add an Application Delivery Controller.

        Next Steps

        After you set up your ControlUp environment and connect all your resources, follow the next steps to effectively use ControlUp:

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