FileWave Client
Enrolling Devices
Articles about the process to enroll devices in to FileWave.
Desktop / Laptop Client Install and Configure
The FileWave Client runs on both OS X/macOS and Windows computers with the following requirements...
Enrolling Computer Clients in to FileWave
Click on the New Client toolbar icon will bring up the Create New Client window. Clicking on Desk...
Mass Deploy Windows FileWave Client
Summary One of the most irritating bumps in the road towards the administrative freedom of FileW...
Apple Notarisation and Custom PKG Installers
Description Apple has introduced notarisation as a requirement for installation of PKGs on macOS...
Apple MDM Enrolment Methods
Description Enrolling Apple devices involves the installation of an MDM Enrolment Profil...
User Approved MDM Enrollment (macOS)
Description Apple has introduced a new concept with macOS High Sierra, User Approved MDM Enrolme...
macOS MDM Enrolment State
DESCRIPTION macOS devices are unique, in as much as they may be managed by both the FileWave Cli...
Enrolling Mobile Devices into FileWave
Before FileWave 11.1, iOS devices needed to enroll in MDM before they could be imported into File...
Enrolling AppleTV into FileWave
You can use Apple Configurator 2 to enroll Apple TVs in FileWave. The below screenshots show this...
Importing Computer Clients from a File
You can import a "tab-delimited" text file (not a CSV file). See Placeholders for more workflow ...
FileWave Client Configuration
Essential so devices can contact the FileWave Server, with optional entries, but may require alte...
FileWave Custom Installer
Why When installing the FileWave client on computers, it is necessary for the client to know cer...
Superprefs Fileset
Description When creating a Custom Client installer, client preferences are packaged inside the ...
FileWave Client Configuration Settings
Configuration Settings are found in the Windows registry or macOS plist: macOS: /usr/local/etc...
Filewave Firewall Scripts for Windows
Summary FileWave Installers by default leave Windows Firewall settings untouched. This article p...
Placeholders
Placeholders Placeholders for computers and mobile devices are useful in many situations where y...
Locking Devices
What is it? What are device locks? What is the difference between "Lock" and "Lock Devices" The...
Location Tracking
How the FileWave Client Communicates
Enrollment At this point you have either installed the FileWave client onto a computer, or the c...
Executing a Client-Side Script-Based Verification
What The "verify" option of the fwGUI client application allows you to run a "verify" from the c...
Inventory-only Clients
Management Mode A new flag has been added to computer Clients. It has two values: Managed (norma...
Troubleshooting
Apple MDM Missing Enrolment Profile
What At times, MDM may appear slow or even worse, the MDM Enrolment Profile no longer seems to b...
Clearing FileWave Client Certs
In some situations, you may want to explicitly make the server clear and revoke a client certif...
FileWave Client notification for zsh running in the background
What When I upgraded my FileWave Client to 15.3.0 or newer I saw a popup saying "zsh is now runn...
FileWave Client Rename Behavior
Renaming a desktop client in the admin console will now change the Client Name inventory field to...
FileWave Client Status Check: How to ask the client what it is doing on macOS and Windows
What The FileWave client, available for both macOS and Windows, allows administrators to verify ...
FileWave Windows Network Sweeper
What Occasionally FileWave clients (Windows devices) can have an issue that prevents them from c...
PSExec as a Helper in Troubleshooting
What The PS Tools from Microsoft (from SysInternals) are a terrifically powerful tool to help y...
Using PsExec to Remotely Restart the FileWaveWinClient Service
What Using PsExec to remotely restart the "FileWaveWinClient" Windows service allows you to remo...
Understanding and Resolving Proxy Communication Issues in FileWave
What This article addresses the common communication issues encountered with FileWave, especiall...
Using PowerShell to Remotely Check the Windows FileWave Client Status
What The FileWave Client on Windows is like any other software service...the service can be impa...
When does the inventory client run scans?
Inventory The FileWave Client runs an inventory scan at startup, every time you execute a verify...
Troubleshooting Deployment Issues with the FileWave Upgrade Fileset
If you’re experiencing issues deploying the Upgrade Fileset to devices, the resolution steps depe...
Offboarding Clients
Archiving Clients
One of the State options of FileWave is archiving clients. Archived clients do not consume a Fil...
Retiring a device from FileWave
Whether selling or removing devices that no longer function or are beyond use, it may be necessar...
Uninstall the FileWave Client on Windows
Description The below Fileset can be used to uninstall the FileWave client on Windows machines. ...
Uninstall the FileWave Client on macOS
Description The below methods can be used to uninstall the FileWave client on macOS machines. ...
Removing Android Devices
Wipe Device Sending a wipe command to a device should cause the device to erase. After doing so...