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AdiNugraha
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DEM taking 20 minute to log off

Hello,

I have 1 RDS Farm with 3 RDS host, there is one server that is taking consistently 20 minutes to log off because of DEM agent, while the other 2 rds server are logged off normally ( a minute or so), I've looked through the flexengin logs on debug mode and found nothing special, just that the export is taking around a minute each when logging off from the effected server, Windows application logs just shows a warning that VMware UEM is taking a long time to llog off, any suggestions on where to check for issues ?

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ijdemes
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The following articles/docs are still applicable for DEM AV exclusions. Apply those on the RDS host(s).

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Dynamic-Environment-Manager/9.11/com.vmware.dynamic.environment.ma...

and

https://techzone.vmware.com/sites/default/files/horizon-7-antivirus-view-app-volumes-thinapp-user-en...


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Hi AdiNugraha,

Would you mind moving your question to the Dynamic Environment Manager forum, to get some more DEM-specific eyes on it?

In the meantime, what exactly do you mean by "the export is taking around a minute each when logging off from the effected server"? Can you share a "slow" and a "fast" FlexEngine log in DEBUG mode, covering the logoffs?

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AdiNugraha
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Moved the post to DEM forum,

Will try to get the logs and post it here later on, in general the logs when logging off from the effected server was running as usual, just like the logs from the other rds hosts, just that it takes longer (the export duration)

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Hi AdiNugraha,

Thank you for moving your post. Are there any obvious "gaps" in the log of those slow exports, indicating that specific actions are particularly slow?

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AdiNugraha
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Hi,

not that I can tell, the only thing I notices was that exporting the WIndows settings was taking around 1 minute each starting from Internet explorer settings and IE Passwords, and this is only happened on that 1 rds host, the other two would log off normally within 1 minute

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AdiNugraha
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the logs as mentioned before

this server logs off in around 1 minute

FlexEngine.121.log

While this server takes 20 minutes to log off

FlexEngine.124.log

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Hi AdiNugraha,

Thank you for the logs. The following is an excerpt from the "slow" log, where I've calculated how much time is spent "between" two subsequent log lines, and prefixed the "slow" lines with time-since-previous-line-in-milliseconds:

        2020-06-09 19:56:39.331 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Calculator.INI' (<General>\Applications\Calculator.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 19:56:39.340 [INFO ] Exported Registry information successfully

  44120 2020-06-09 19:57:23.460 [DEBUG] No profile information exported -- not creating profile archive

        2020-06-09 19:57:23.634 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Default Applications.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Default Applications.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 19:57:23.671 [INFO ] Exported default applications configuration

  82268 2020-06-09 19:58:45.939 [DEBUG] Stored 2 entries in profile archive (size: 437280; compressed: 25727)

        2020-06-09 19:58:45.958 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'IE Passwords.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\IE Passwords.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 19:58:45.978 [INFO ] Exported file information successfully

103456 2020-06-09 20:00:29.434 [DEBUG] Stored 13 entries in profile archive (size: 4935; compressed: 4350)

        2020-06-09 20:00:29.466 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Internet Explorer.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Internet Explorer.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:00:29.528 [INFO ] Exported file information successfully

615309 2020-06-09 20:10:44.837 [DEBUG] Stored 156 entries in profile archive (size: 162816; compressed: 48252)

        2020-06-09 20:10:44.862 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Personal Certificates.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Personal Certificates.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:10:44.889 [INFO ] Exported file information successfully

103483 2020-06-09 20:12:28.372 [DEBUG] Stored 29 entries in profile archive (size: 47645; compressed: 22258)

        2020-06-09 20:12:28.392 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Regedit.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Regedit.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:12:28.401 [INFO ] Exported Registry information successfully

  44842 2020-06-09 20:13:13.243 [DEBUG] No profile information exported -- not creating profile archive

        2020-06-09 20:13:13.273 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Screensaver.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Screensaver.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:13:13.282 [INFO ] Exported Registry information successfully

  67001 2020-06-09 20:14:20.283 [DEBUG] Stored 1 entry in profile archive (size: 3222; compressed: 401)

        2020-06-09 20:14:20.301 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Taskbar.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Taskbar.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:14:20.333 [INFO ] Exported file information successfully

  69519 2020-06-09 20:15:29.852 [DEBUG] Stored 44 entries in profile archive (size: 140394; compressed: 24087)

        2020-06-09 20:15:29.871 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Typed History.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Typed History.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:15:29.878 [INFO ] Exported Registry information successfully

  66836 2020-06-09 20:16:36.714 [DEBUG] Stored 1 entry in profile archive (size: 1484; compressed: 526)

        2020-06-09 20:16:36.732 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Wallpaper.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Wallpaper.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:16:36.760 [INFO ] Exported file information successfully

  72079 2020-06-09 20:17:48.839 [DEBUG] Stored 2 entries in profile archive (size: 66855; compressed: 54892)

        2020-06-09 20:17:48.859 [INFO ] Exporting profile using config file 'Windows Explorer.INI' (<General>\Windows Settings\Windows Explorer.INI)

        [...]

        2020-06-09 20:17:48.884 [INFO ] Exported Registry information successfully

  67355 2020-06-09 20:18:56.239 [DEBUG] Stored 1 entry in profile archive (size: 246436; compressed: 25084)

These 44-second to 10-minute delays occur consistently whenever the DEM agent has completed collecting all registry and file system information into a temporary zip file in the user's profile archive folder.

This strongly points to anti-virus interfering with our I/O. Could that be the case here?

AdiNugraha
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I'll check again, but the servers are installed with the same antivirus and configuration, any specific configuration recommended (exclusions etc) for the antivirus ? and the configuration is for the RDS host right ?

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DEMdev
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Hi AdiNugraha,

For this particular delay, you might want to look into excluding FlexService.exe and/or the configured profile archive path.

Given that this is on RDSH, it would be relatively straightforward to see what's going on using Microsoft Process Monitor. Start two sessions on the same host, one as a test user and one as admin. In the admin session, launch ProcMon, and then log off your test user. The ProcMon trace will hopefully provide some insight into what's taking so long during logoff.

ijdemes
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The following articles/docs are still applicable for DEM AV exclusions. Apply those on the RDS host(s).

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Dynamic-Environment-Manager/9.11/com.vmware.dynamic.environment.ma...

and

https://techzone.vmware.com/sites/default/files/horizon-7-antivirus-view-app-volumes-thinapp-user-en...


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AdiNugraha
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Hi ijdemes and DEM Dev,

thank you for the info and insights, running process explorer shows a process (edpa.exe) that looks like it might be symantec dlp agent installed on the server with issue and consuming 100 MBps on read I/O, currently asking the team in charge of the DLP config to allow the antivirus exceptions ot see if it helps

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Hi AdiNugraha,

Just wanted to check in to see whether DLP was indeed the culprit here.

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AdiNugraha
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Hi DEMDev,

yes, after uninstalling the dlp agent logout was normal, thank you for the insights and help

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Good to hear.

Credits go to DEMdev​ in this case. He led you to the AV/DLP interference.


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feliciaadams
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Any other dlp agents or anti-virus we don't know about that could cause the delay.

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