A script to quickly configure a host for redundancy

May 22, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by CygNet Blog Admin

In preparation for WESC, I had to configure four identical CygNet hosts for redundancy.  Doing the same thing four times didn’t sound like a lot of fun so I decided to write a powershell script!  This is in no way supported or official, but it might help some of you out whenever you find yourself needing to spin up a new CygNet server or configure an existing one for redundancy.  If starting from scratch, you will need to install CygNet via the setup program to get the baseline, and then this script will configure the server to be redundant.  Specifically it will create multiple ARS/RSM service pairs that are properly configured.  For those of you not doing redundancy, you can tweak it to mass modify your config files with specific values or add nonstandard services to your site.

How to write a custom GNS plugin

May 19, 2017 / 2 comments / in General  / by CygNet Blog Admin

At users group last week I wanted to impress everybody with how I could make their phone ring before and after a failover.  Since my machines were hosted in Azure, I wasn’t able to use a Dialogic card so I decided to quickly throw together a notification plugin using Twilio.  Many of you asked about how I did that so I decided to write this blog detailing the steps.  Although this example uses Twilio, it should give you everything you need to deliver your GNS notifications to many other platforms. If you have any questions, or write your own interesting plugin, please share in the comments section so that we can all learn together

WESC 2017 Slides

May 18, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by CygNet Blog Admin

Thanks to everyone who came to WESC 2017! You can download copies of the slides from the CygNet breakout sessions here.

CygNet Webinar – Using the Generic Grid Control in CygNet Studio

May 3, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by Luke Williams

In CygNet 8.5.0 we released the Generic Grid Control, an ActiveX control that can be used in CygNet Studio and Vision to display whatever data you choose.

Join Us at WESC 2017!

May 3, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by CygNet Blog Admin

Just a reminder that the Weatherford Enterprise Software Conference is happening next week, May 8-10, at the Omni Houston Hotel Westside.

Config file management has changed in a big way

April 21, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by CygNet Blog Admin

With the 8.5 release came the birth of a brand-new tool: Config File Manager. Designed to improve upon Config File Updater, this utility makes everything relating to configuration files simpler and more manageable. It allows you to edit any configuration file, validate values in the files and update the file version all from one interface. Let me show you what I mean.

Managing the VHS Webinar Summary

April 20, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by Luke Williams

Do you understand the difference between the size of your VHS database, and how much of the database is in use?

Which VHS configuration file keywords you should be paying extra attention to?

Do you have the correct alarms setup to alert you when your VHS needs some extra attention?

CygNet Webinar – Managing the VHS

April 6, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by Luke Williams

Do you want to get a better handle on how you can work with the VHS (Value History Service)?

The VHS is one of the most commonly asked about services in CygNet Support, and this month we are going to spend some time discussing utilities, keywords, configurations, concepts, and considerations all having to do with the VHS.

Be aware of how Microsoft manages their Visual C ++ Redistributable Packages, especially if you are a Citrix/XenApp user!

February 10, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  Support  / by Jacob Allred

Citrix is a great way to serve up clients to your ever-growing sea of CygNet users. We know of many CygNet installations that utilize Citrix, but more recently we’ve run into some interesting issues revolving around the Citrix, Microsoft, and CygNet relationship. Some recent reports have come in with the mistaken impression that CygNet and Citrix aren’t compatible, and that installing CygNet clients will destroy your Citrix instance.

CygNet Redundancy Webinar Summary

February 6, 2017 / 0 comments / in General  / by Luke Williams

NOTE: The following webinar contains content that is specific to CygNet versions 8.5.0 and 8.5.1.  While much of the underlying functionality remains the same, changes were made in CygNet version 9.0 that simplify the steps needed to configure CygNet Redundancy.  For more information on setting up Redundancy in CygNet version 9.0 or later, see the CygNet Redundancy training videos or contact CygNet Support.

CygNet Redundancy was a major feature added in the release of CygNet 8.5, myself and Software Development Manager Mike Borland took some time to walk through what CygNet Redundnacy is all about in our free webinar