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Using PsExec to Remotely Restart the FileWaveWinClient Service

FileWave Client Troubleshooting

What Using PsExec to remotely restart the "FileWaveWinClient" Windows service allows you to remotely manage the FileWave client on Windows devices. This can be useful in situations where the client is not functioning properly and needs to be restarted in orde...

Resolving Network Issues with FileWave Server or Boosters on macOS when using Carbon Black EDR Extension

FileWave General Info Troubleshooting

What FileWave has observed network issues when the Carbon Black EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) system extension and network filter are installed on a FileWave Server or Booster running on macOS. The most common symptom is that the Booster stops respondi...

FileWave
Server
FileWave
Boosters
macOS
Security

Apple MDM

Apple General Info

With the exception of macOS, all Apple devices are managed purely through MDM.  macOS devices on the other hand, relies upon the FileWave Client, however, when MDM enrolled, benefit from the additional features 

FileWave End-User Notifications

Kiosk

FileWave Client Configuration

FileWave Client

Essential so devices can contact the FileWave Server, with optional entries, but may require altering.

APNs

Certificates

MDM/DDM communication relies upon Apple's APNs cloud service.

Troubleshooting

Android

Troubleshooting of Android management issues.

OS Patching

Top Tips

FileWave Early Access Program

Downloads

Start with the Early Access overview, then use the related articles to build custom clients or enable Beta package URLs for self-managed Early Access servers.

Early Access
Beta

Creating and Deploying Images

Network Imaging / IVS

The following articles will walk you through both capturing and deploying images to Windows computers.

FileWave
IVS
Imaging
Windows

Using LDAP to enroll macOS/iOS/Android devices

Evaluation Guide 3. Client Enrollment

Use this document if you are trying to point your enrollment of device to directory services (Active Directory, Open Directory, eDirectory or OpenLDAP). This is used for Android Device and well as iOS devices or macOS devices enrolling OTA (over the air) as we...

ldap

Understanding Free Space on APFS Volumes

macOS

What This article explains why free space on APFS volumes can look different from free space on older file systems such as HFS+. When/Why APFS free-space values can move around because macOS accounts for snapshots, clones, sparse files, and shared container sp...

macOS

Custom Grafana Dashboard - YML Files not being processed

Dashboard (Grafana) Troubleshooting

What A custom Grafana dashboard may stop processing data from YML files after the FileWave API key is regenerated. When that happens, Grafana keeps using the old bearer_token_file, so the YML-backed targets cannot authenticate. When/Why When you use 3.1.2 Test...

FileWave
Dashboard

Creating Windows Driver Filesets

Network Imaging / IVS Creating and Deploying Images

Description This recipe walks through finding Windows driver packs and uploading them into FileWave for Network Imaging. You can assign a driver Fileset only after an image association has been made. To learn more about FileWave network imaging with Windows, i...

Windows
filesets

IVS Control Commands

Network Imaging / IVS Getting started with the Imaging Virtua...

These commands allow modification of the settings on the FileWave IVS (Imaging Virtual Server). These imaging-control commands require root authorization. List of Imaging-Control commands imaging-control networksetup static imaging-control networksetup dh...

Imaging MAC Addresses (Pass-Through MAC Addresses)

Network Imaging / IVS Creating and Deploying Images

What For Windows imaging, FileWave can store a manually entered Imaging MAC Address separately from the MAC addresses the client reports through inventory. This matters when the imaging address belongs to a USB Ethernet adapter, or is a pass-through MAC addres...

Windows

Image creation or deployment hangs on "calling subprocess.Popen"

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

Problem During Windows image capture or deployment, the IVS can hang at the message "Calling subprocess.Popen with: parted -m /dev/sda print". Solution This usually points to a bad or unreadable partition table on the target device. To clear it, enable the IVS...

FileWave
IVS
Windows
Troubleshooting

Sysprep not able to validate Windows installation

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

If Sysprep fails with an Appx validation error, check %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther\setuperr.log, identify the package named in the error, remove that app for each affected user, and then run Sysprep again. Sysprep remains mandatory for FileWave Windows d...

Windows