Setting up Citrix CDFControl (Citrix Diagnostic Facility Control) offers several flexible methods depending on your troubleshooting needs.

1.How to Collect CDF Control Logs for easily reproducible issue 

   Article: https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX695202

   Use Case: Ideal for scenarios where the issue can be easily reproduced.

2. Collect a Citrix Diagnostic Facility (CDF) trace at system startup

    Article: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/manage-deployment/collect-cdf.html

    Use Case: Useful when issues occur during system boot.

3. How To Collect Remote CDF Tracing 

    Article: https://support.citrix.com/external/article/237216/how-to-collect-remote-cdf-tracing.html

    Use Case: If you do not have RDP/Console access to the VDA's to enable the tracing locally or  if you need to trace multiple machines simultaneously, remote tracing with CDFControl allows you to manage and collect traces from all specified  machines effectively.

4. Install Citrix CDFControl as a Service 

    Article:  https://support.citrix.com/external/article/677255/citrix-cdfcontrol-as-service.html

    Use Case: Ideal for intermittent or time-specific issues.

5. Save Logs On A UNC Network Share when using CDFControl as A Service 

    Article: https://support.citrix.com/external/article/678050/citrix-cdfcontrol-service-how-to-save-lo.html

    Use Case: Saving logs on a UNC network share when running CDFControl as a service is recommended in certain scenarios, particularly when dealing with non-persistent Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs) or when local disk space is constrained. 

6. Schedule CDF Tracing through Task Scheduler 

    Article: https://support.citrix.com/external/article/216634/schedule-cdf-tracing-through-task-schedu.html

    Use Case: Set a Scheduled Task to start and Stop CDF Tracing based on a Trigger (Time, Event ID etc). Useful for scheduled or event-based tracing across multiple machines.

7.  How To Capture Specific Trace Modules using CDF Control CTL file

     Article: https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX695229&articleTitle=How_To_Capture_Specific_Trace_Modules_using_CDF_Control_CTL_file

     Use Case:  This customization helps in focusing on specific areas of interest, such as excluding unnecessary data that may not be relevant to the issue being investigated 

8. Scout's "Trace and Reproduce" option

    Article: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/manage-deployment/cis/scout.html

    Use Case: Scout, which comes pre-installed on both VDA and DDC, can be used for centralized data collection. It enables the gathering of CDF logs from VDA and DDC and other supplementary data sets from StoreFront, FAS, and Director servers.

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This article provides steps to configure CDF Control for different use cases.