Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Search Terms
Content Type

Exact Matches
Tag Searches
Date Options
Updated after
Updated before
Created after
Created before

Search Results

644 total results found

What is Compatibility Mode?

FileWave General Info Troubleshooting

FileWave 13.1 introduced new security options and a mode to allow older clients to connect. Compatibility Mode was removed in FileWave 15.4.0 in favor of only using secure connections. Problem I don't know what compatibility mode is and what enable and disa...

Enable core dumps for booster crashes

Boosters Troubleshooting

For Debian It is important that you undo this after the issue has been identified. Step-by-step guide edit this file:sudo vi /usr/local/etc/filewave/supervisor/supervisord-booster.conf Uncomment this line:command=/bin/bash -c "ulimit -c unlimited &...

FileWave Error Codes

FileWave General Info Troubleshooting

Server Error Context Explanation Solution -8 During Database Verification There are some orphaned objects in the database The first thing to do is to run a DB compact. You can run it from Xserver
monitor which is in /Applications/FileWave.
Th...

How to Restart FileWave Components

FileWave General Info Troubleshooting

There may be times where you will need to restart all components within the FileWave server, or just a single component (postgres or apache). From your macOS or Linux server you can type "fwcontrol", which should give examples of fwcontrol usage. macOS or Linu...

How to set FileWave Server components to debug mode

FileWave Server Troubleshooting

For troubleshooting, you can temporarily increase FileWave Server logging. Debug logging can help with server, Booster, LDAP collection/syncing, and Software Update catalog issues by adding detail that you or FileWave Support can use during investigation. Step...

FileWave
Server

FileWave Server Pre-Upgrade Backup

FileWave Server

What FileWave 14 and later create an automatic pre-upgrade backup of the database and key configuration files before the FileWave Server upgrade continues. When/Why This backup helps with recovery if an upgrade fails. It includes the database, required configu...

FileWave
Server

FileWave Log File Locations

FileWave General Info Troubleshooting

The following lists the locations of log files, as well as some additional files used by FileWave across the FileWave family of products FileWave Admin FileWave Admin Logs Details File Location FileWave Admin LogLogs all FileWave Admin Connection Activity...

FileWave Version
16.0.x

fwxserver folder relocation in FileWave Server 13.1.4+ on macOS and Linux Platforms

FileWave Server Troubleshooting

Does this affect my installation?  If you are on FileWave Server 13.1.4 or higher this article will not apply to you. To determine whether action is required from you immediately prior to the upgrade to FileWave 13.1.4, please run the following command as ro...

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) extension is installed on a FileWave server or booster running on macOS. The issues can manifest as Boosters stopping to answer or respond, leading to disrup...

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

Fileset / Payload Script Exit Code Status

Filesets / Payloads Fileset Scripts

Script Exit Codes When a script runs, one of the below errors may be the outcome.  Status Value Status Description Severity Status Details 220 Failed! (Will Not Retry) ERROR Script exited with a failure, do not ...

TeamViewer General Pre-Requisites

TeamViewer TeamViewer Pre-Requisites

What Each operating system platform will have its own set of pre-requisites that need to be satisfied before you can use the TeamViewer solution through FileWave. When/Why First, your FileWave Admin Account will need to have a license assigned to your accou...

TeamViewer: Chrome OS Client Setup

TeamViewer TeamViewer Pre-Requisites

What FileWave's TeamViewer integration requires endpoint prerequisites on each supported platform.  In future versions, we may embed some of these prerequisites, but at this time, we erred on the side of letting you control the elements.  So, slightly more wo...

TeamViewer: iOS/iPadOS Client Setup

TeamViewer TeamViewer Pre-Requisites

What FileWave's TeamViewer integration requires endpoint prerequisites on each supported platform.  i(Pad)OS is relatively simplistic though. When/Why Requirements: FileWave Kiosk App (as of Kiosk V2, this is installed automatically). TeamViewer QuickSu...

Webclip
webclip

TeamViewer: macOS Client Setup

TeamViewer TeamViewer Pre-Requisites

What FileWave version 14.7 introduced a TeamViewer integration that requires endpoint prerequisites on each supported platform.  The majority of these have been left untouched, but may be altered, allowing slightly more work (if desired) but much greater cont...