Filesets / Payloads
Filesets in Central and Payloads in Anywhere are the same thing. As an IT administrator, you use FileWave Filesets to deliver software to devices.
General Fileset workflow
Distributing content with FileWave follows a basic workflow that can expand as needed. Related ar...
FileWave Fileset Types
Filesets in FileWave are content that you want to distribute. They can take several forms, and th...
Fileset Groups
Fileset Groups organize related Filesets and let you assign the group to a client or Client Group...
Advanced Fileset Editing - Contents, Properties, Settings, and Dependencies
While you can create a Fileset and associate it with a Client without doing any additional steps....
Fileset Scripts
Fileset Scripts Overview
FileWave can run scripts at seven stages of Fileset deployment, called activation states: Requir...
Fileset / Payload Script Exit Code Status
Script Exit Codes FileWave uses script exit codes to decide whether a Fileset should continue, re...
Windows Requirement Script Examples
Requirement scripts run on client devices at each tickle interval, 2 minutes by default, to check...
Mitigating Privilege Escalation in Fileset Executables
What This article reflects the behavior in FileWave 16.0.0+ When deploying Filesets in FileWave...
Filesets - A Closer Look
Contents, Properties, Settings, Revisions and Dependencies
Filesets View
The Filesets view in FileWave Central is where you create, organize, and review Filesets before a...
Desktop File Level Filesets
A file level Fileset delivers files and folders to devices while preserving the ownership and per...
Create and Update PKG and MSI Filesets
What FileWave can create installer-aware Filesets for macOS PKG and Windows MSI packages. The Fil...
Verification
There are three primary verification settings. Each of these settings causes the related file(s) ...
Windows Registry
Windows registry files can be included in a Windows Fileset and reviewed in FileWave before deplo...
Apple Apps and Books (VPP) Filesets
Apple Apps and Books Filesets—still labeled VPP in parts of FileWave—represent App Store apps and...
Enterprise Filesets and Documents (iOS only)
Enterprise Filesets can deliver in-house iOS apps that are distributed outside the App Store, as ...
Apple Profile Filesets
What a Profile Fileset is Apple configuration profiles are .mobileconfig files made of payloads ...
Android Apps
What Android Filesets can be created from public or private Google Play apps. Web apps can also b...
Fileset Properties
Properties exist for most Filesets, but options displayed will vary depending upon Fileset type. ...
Use Fileset Dependencies to Control Installation Order
Fileset dependencies make one Fileset a prerequisite of another. When you associate the dependent...
Fileset Revisions: Test, Roll Out, and Roll Back Updates
A Fileset can contain multiple revisions of the same software or content. You can move a Deployme...
Create and Manage Fileset Associations
Use FileWave Central's Associations pane to connect Filesets with Clients, device groups, Smart G...
Fileset Association types and precedence
There are several ways Filesets may be associated with devices, and the method used will affect a...
Associations to Deployments Strategy Guide
Deployments are the replacement for Associations as you move forward with FileWave in future. De...
How Are Deployments Different than Associations?
What Deployments and associations use the same core assignment rules, but deployments let you gro...
What makes Deployments better than Associations?
What Deployments and Associations both assign Filesets or payloads to devices. Deployments are us...
How to decide what is included in a single deployment?
What Deployments let you group multiple payloads and manage their deployment rules together. The ...
Combining payloads into a singular deployment based on metadata
What Every Deployment stores metadata about how content is assigned: targets and exclusions, inst...
Plan One or Multiple Deployments
What A Deployment applies every included Fileset to every included target. Use one Deployment onl...
Convert Associations to Deployments
What the conversion tool does The Associations conversion tool in FileWave Anywhere turns selecte...
Resolving Conflicts in Associations Conversion
What The guidance we have given in other articles is about making sure metadata matches when conv...
Explanation of Clones with Deployments
What In FileWave, a clone is a reference to an existing device or device group. This article expl...
Deployments in FileWave Central
What A FileWave Deployment keeps its target rules, Filesets, exclusions, and deployment options t...
Fileset Tools
Fileset Tools are quick actions for common Fileset management tasks: duplicate a Fileset, generat...
Report on Fileset Deployment Status
What Inventory Reports can use Fileset deployment status fields to show whether a Fileset or payl...
Fileset Reports
Use the Report toolbar button on a selected Fileset, multiple selected Filesets, or a Fileset Gro...
Custom MSI installer parameters
What FileWave can add custom parameters to MSI Filesets. This applies to Filesets created from MS...
Add Silent Install Arguments to Windows EXE Filesets
Windows EXE installers often need command-line switches for silent deployment. Add those switches...
Force a Reboot After Installing a Fileset (macOS/Windows)
What The Force reboot option lets a Fileset reboot macOS or Windows after the Fileset installs. U...
Fileset Magic
Fileset Revisions
Fileset Revisions Overview
What Fileset revisions let you keep two or more versions of the same fileset or payload inside a ...
Associate a Specific Fileset Revision
What When a Fileset has revisions, FileWave Central asks which revision the new association shoul...
Editing Filesets that have Revisions
What You may need to edit an existing Fileset after it has more than one revision. The revision s...
Managing Revisions
What FileWave revisions let you keep multiple versions of a Fileset, profile, or script available...
"Default" Revisions
What Default revisions let you point an association at whichever Fileset revision is marked as th...
Creating a New Revision
What Create a new Fileset revision when you need to update an existing Fileset without losing the...
Editing Fileset Revisions
What A Fileset revision has two editable properties: its name and its description. When/Why Use t...
Removing/Deleting a Revision
What You can delete a Fileset revision when it is no longer needed. When/Why Keep the previous re...
Troubleshooting
Uninstalling Filesets Safely
Plan removal before deployment A reliable Fileset deployment includes a removal plan. Uninstall b...