Failing drive detection is one of the core services Watchman Monitoring should provide. Our Disk I/O plugin has saved untold volumes of data from being lost permanently. SMART Reporting can be just as valuable, so long as its done right. The workhorse in almost all SMART products is smartctl of Smartmontools. The differentiator between products is in the interpretation and reporting of […]
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The Mac Client version 6.3.5 is a maintenance release which solves problems with locating TeamViewer IDs in cases where TeamViewer is infrequently used. Additionally, we’ve added logging to report which files prevent certain cloud backup systems from completing a backup. The files are often, but not always, trivial, so we can’t count a backup complete until
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Improved Backblaze expiration detection Improved Crashplan error reporting Support for new Gruntwork and Bluesky URLs Better support for changing subdomains This maintenance release ads additional checks to our Backblaze, CrashPlan and Gruntwork/Mac-MSP integrations. Releases are influenced by comments to Support and in our Community Forum. Happy with the service? Our referral program pays a commission on
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The Mac Client version 6.3.3 reports when a computer’s OS might be upgrading, allowing Mac Admins a chance to take proactive action.
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The Mac Client has been updated to 6.3.2 This version is mainly a bug-fix release, but we found some nice add-ons for you as well. We’ve improved Filevault detection. We were confusing some externally encrypted drives, but that’s resolved. We’ll be telling you if a Filevault-encrypted volume starts decrypting, or if the encryption process takes
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While it’s not much to look on the outside, the 6.3 release represents the culmination of marked internal change in reporting. Version 6.3 breaks down the data it reports to our servers with granularity that allows us to fill subscriber feature requests. Additionally, we are introducing FileVault status tracking, supporting Mac OS 10.7 and above. Need to
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Watchman Monitoring’s Expirations feature automatically tracks key expiration dates for licenses and hardware warranties.
Mac Client 6.2 – Expiration tracking begins Read More »
Today’s update to the Mac Client represents just a few changes. We’ve added a few more Malware definitions, catching some new nasties which were reported by our Subscribers in our Notes page. The fine folks at Mac-MSP have provided some updates, making Watchman Monitoring and Gruntwork an better than ever. With the rise in popularity
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The Watchman Monitoring agent’s issue detection is suitable for all computers, from laptops to desktops, and we offer specialized checks for servers as well. One of the advanced options got tripped up yesterday during June 2015’s Leap Second, causing a rash of reboot notifications, despite otherwise healthy uptimes. In our research, we realized that leap seconds are
Hold on a second; reboot alerts on selected computers. Read More »
Features Adds additional malware IDs. Automatically send Bluesky usernames if defined Additional warnings when LightSpeed Pro suffers internal errors Changes Always reports time machine days between errors Less aggressive reporting when CrashPlan crash reports are found Reworked uptime reporting Always sends an informational status when last completed Time Machine backup must be assumed. Bugfixes
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