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What Starting from FileWave version 15.5.0, there have been important changes to the default login process and security features of the FileWave Appliance:  Disabled Root Login: The root user is now disabled from logging in directly to enhance security. N...

Overview This guide explains how to use the FileWave Smart Disk Expansion script to automatically expand disk space on FileWave appliances. The script handles all the complexity of expanding LVM physical volumes, partitions, and filesystems with comprehensive...

FileWave's Hyper-V VMs are usually built using the latest version of Hyper-V, typically the same one that comes with the newest version of Windows Server. When importing the FileWave Server, IVS, or on older Windows OS'es, the Hyper-V Manager console may not b...

Planning Scalability is largely determined by how many devices can be maintained simultaneously in a managed environment. A standalone FileWave Server can support a limited number of devices. Linux and macOS-based FileWave Servers can support between 1000-1500...

What We are monitoring OS-level age-attestation legislation (including California AB1043) to determine whether it creates any required changes for FileWave appliances. Current FileWave appliance scope: FileWave Server (Debian) FileWave Booster (Debian) FileWa...

Introduction A Booster in the context of FileWave is a critical component designed to scale the management of devices within a network. It is a server component that can be installed on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems and is used to distribute data from the ...

Guide for Networking Imaging with FileWave The following steps will assist you in the setup and implementation of your Imaging Virtual Server (IVS)If you already have your Imaging sever up and running please look at these guides for how to image Windows device...

Stay Patched with FileWave Keeping your Windows, macOS, iOS, and tvOS device's operating systems updated is one of the most important steps to ensuring device security. FileWave sync with the default Microsoft and Apple Software Update catalogs allowing you t...

Please note that this is here for educational purposes. We are transitioning to Debian 13 with FileWave 16.3.0. This guide is published to get feedback from others and develop this process to be as safe as possible. The learnings from this article have gone in...

For the Linux based FileWave Server, Booster, or IVS if you cannot use the port https://server:10000 to change network setting please follow the instructions below: Debian Linux Changing the IP address in Debian involves different steps compared to CentOS. The...

What The Import Image option in Filesets > New Fileset > Microsoft imports an existing FileWave Windows imaging folder into the current FileWave environment as a Windows imaging fileset. Use it when you already have a FileWave-formatted Windows image folder an...

What FileWave Windows Network Sweeper is a troubleshooting bundle for finding Windows clients that are online but not communicating correctly with the FileWave Server, then attempting a targeted repair. Typical causes include misconfiguration, user interventio...

What FileWave can send a Verify command to managed devices even when the admin workstation does not have direct network line-of-sight to the client. This is useful for remote devices behind NAT, at home, or on networks where the admin console cannot directly r...

FileWave download pages include OVA images for FileWave Server, Booster, and Imaging Virtual Server (IVS) appliances. An OVA is a packaged virtual appliance. It normally contains an OVF descriptor file, one or more virtual disks, and sometimes a manifest file ...

What When you create a Custom Client installer, the FileWave Client preferences are packaged into that installer: server name, ports, Boosters, and related client settings. That is useful for the base configuration, but one preference set is not always right f...

What server type is best for me? The first step to begin your FileWave Evaluation is to determine your FileWave Server hosting preference. FileWave offers both a Cloud-Hosted server and an on-premise virtualized server appliance for either Hyper-V or VMWare. ...

What FileWave can expose an association to the Dashboard so deployment progress is visible as a Dashboard widget. When/Why Use this when a rollout is important enough that administrators or other stakeholders need a quick progress view. It is most useful for l...

Hosted server upgrades are coordinated through FileWave communication with hosted customers. If your server is hosted by FileWave, start with Your Hosted FileWave Server Has Been Upgraded - What Are Your Next Steps?. For on-premise servers, use Upgrading your ...