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Introducing uberAgent for Splunk
uberAgent for Splunk takes Windows monitoring a step further. uberAgent does not just collect data – it gives you the information that matters. Other monitoring products rely on the performance...
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uberAgent for Splunk: Dynamic Application Identification
uberAgent for Splunk monitors Windows machines. It does not try to display as much data as possible but focuses on visualizing what is actually going on instead. In the last post we gave you a glimpse...
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uberAgent for Splunk: User Experience
Who said that end users get all the pretty UIs? Administrators are as happy as anyone to replace ugly consoles with good-looking HTML5 that runs on a smartphone just as well as on a PC. There is more...
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uberAgent for Splunk is Here
The beta version of uberAgent for Splunk is available. Official news release uberAgent’s website Download The post uberAgent for Splunk is Here is original content of Helge Klein - Power Tools for IT...
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The Impossibility of Measuring IOPS (Correctly)
If you have ever used Sysinternals’ Process Monitor, chances are high you were a little intimidated when you looked at your first capture: it probably contained hundreds of thousands registry and file...
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Application Usage Metering with uberAgent for Splunk
uberAgent has been pretty good at monitoring applications for some time. It is capable of auto-grouping processes to applications and showing IOPS and other stats per application in addition to per...
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What are Slow Logons and Where Do They Come From?
Considering the importance of fast logons for a good user experience there is surprisingly little information on the subject. Windows does not even record the total logon time, let alone where it is...
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Monitoring Browser Performance per Site with uberAgent for Splunk
The days are long gone when a browser was just another application. Modern websites are applications of their own, and the browser is their operating system. That has consequences for monitoring. It is...
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Monitor Boot Performance and Find the Cause for Delays with uberAgent for Splunk
Today it is still as common as it was in the 90s to go for a coffee after switching on the PC in the morning, only to find it still booting when coming back several minutes later. SSDs have not arrived...
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How-to: XenApp/RDS Sizing and Capacity Planning with uberAgent for Splunk
ContentsThe ProcedureInstalling SplunkInstalling uberAgentCheck the InstallationWaitTransferring the Collected Data to an Analysis MachineAnalyzing the Collected...
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Boot IO Analysis with uberAgent for Splunk 1.5
Analysing slow boots is a difficult task. You need to install software like XPerf and master its far-from-intuitive command line options to generate a trace file that you can then analyse. Once you...
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uberAgent Now Monitors RES Workspace Manager Logon Times, Too
Whether user profiles are loading slowly or group policy processing is taking too long – uberAgent for Splunk tells you exactly what is causing slow logons. uberAgent always supported a broad range of...
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In five minutes from now you will know how uberAgent for Splunk helps you better understand your terminal server farm. It gives you all the information you need for optimizing logons, sizing your...
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Monitoring any Application’s Startup Duration with uberAgent 1.6
Application startup duration is an essential component of user experience. If you want to make sure that UX on your Windows machines is acceptable you need to monitor the time it takes for applications...
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GPU Acceleration and Battery Life During Video Playback on Windows 8.1
This is what I have been doing for the past few days: draining the battery of my new Dell Venue Pro 11, a Windows 8.1 tablet (the real deal, not RT). I wanted to find out how good Windows has become at...
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Race Condition – a Troubleshooting Tale
The most obscure effects often have the simplest explanations – once you know where to go looking for them. Luckily uberAgent tells you exactly what is going on. People often ask about the resource...
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Now you can PROVE that it’s not Citrix but the backend!
You have been there: end users are complaining and your boss demands an explanation why “Citrix is slow” – again. You, the XenApp/XenDesktop admin, desperately look at Task Manager and Perfmon, but you...
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What DNS Pointer Records and Tweetups Have in Common
Tools that monitor network traffic typically work with IP adresses, not server names. Humans, on the other hand, seem to prefer names over cryptic numbers. Most tools deal with that by doing reverse...
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What is Splunk and How Does it Work?
You have probably heard of Splunk, but can you describe what it does to a colleague in a few sentences? That is not easy. Splunk does not belong in any traditional category but stands apart from the...
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What’s New in uberAgent 2.0
The most important change in version 2.0 of uberAgent is the new architecture. In addition to that we have made many other improvements, significantly reducing the agent’s footprint while increasing...
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