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Linux Client 3.0 – Volume Monitoring

Features
  • Monitor of any connected volume for presence and capacity.
  • Reports Primary IP Address
  • Reports Primary MAC Address
  • Support for Remote Removal
  • Improved Kerio Connect support, including expiration tracking
  • New boot and uptime reporting
  • Easy Auto-Update features (disabled by default)
Changes
  • Moved to Watchman Monitoring’s internal v3 reporting.
  • .deb and .rpm packaging now handled via fpm
  • Improved logging during installation, removal Log cleaned logs
  • Improved RAM reporting
  • Main settings file is now /etc/monitoringclient/client_settings.conf
  • Print version on installation
Notes

The Linux client is ideal for the average Mac admin who may be using a linux distribution to host Kerio Connect, CrashPlan PROe, or even JSS servers.

Upgrading
  • Unlike the Mac and Windows agents, the linux agent’s auto-update is disabled by default.
  • Enable auto-update with run-client --auto-update true
  • Manually upgrade using: sudo run-client --update -F
  • Additional details are in this Linux agent support article.

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Apple Business Manager Integration Improvements

Ten days ago we connected Watchman Monitoring to Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. Today’s dashboard update is the follow-up pass: the lists now show you every Mac instead of a sample, and the tables sort. Both Mac lists are paginated instead of truncating The enriched list and the “no agent installed” list each showed…

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