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Mac Client

Mac Client 7.0.5 – Malware Addtitions, Munki Improvements, and Preference Pane fixes

Watchman Monitoring is proud to announce its agent 7.0.5 for macOS. This release includes a Preference Pane with improved dark mode compatibility, allows setup of FileMaker Server monitoring, and fixes an error viewed in the Dashboard related to invalid data being reported to the server. Feature Additional Malware Reporting Change Daylite sync status warnings changed to informational Improved reporting of Munki data based on active installs Improved FileMaker Server Reporting based on active installation Bug Fixes Fixes dark mode display of the Watchman Monitoring Preference Pane Fixes an error in the Munki plugin which could result in a 500 error when viewing the Computer Record.   ABOUT THE UPDATE PROCESS This release will automatically deploy Wednesday August 31st, 2022.  The auto-update process will apply to computers as they perform their hourly check-in. Not receiving updates across your install base? How to handle out-of-date agents. A list of known issues is located at: http://34.212.152.214/known-issues. Please note: Installers created before March 8, 2022, contain python scripts, and need to be replaced. Read more here: old installer versions.
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Mac Client

Mac Client 7.0.4 – Munki Plugin, Purgeable Space, and Backblaze fixes

Watchman Monitoring is proud to announce the latest version of its agent for macOS, 7.0.4. This release introduces a rewritten Munki plugin.  This new version now correctly retrieves the Munki configuration when using a configuration profile. Also, the root capacity plugin now takes purgeable space into account when calculating the alert threshold.  This update aligns more closely with the “Apple Way” of reporting free space on the root drive. We also fixed a bug that would cause the Backblaze plugin to stop reporting on Apple silicon-based computers. Feature Munki plugin rebuilt to use built-in configuration reporting (Munki version 5+) Change Take purgeable space into account with root capacity alerting Better tracking for failed batteries Bug Fixes Corrects reporting of Backblaze on Apple silicon computers   ABOUT THE UPDATE PROCESS This release will automatically deploy Wednesday July 6th, 2022.  The auto-update process will apply to computers as they perform their hourly check-in. Not receiving updates across your install base? How to handle out-of-date agents. A list of known issues is located at: http://34.212.152.214/known-issues. Please note: Installers created before March 8, 2022, contain python scripts, and will need to be replaced. Read more about old installer versions. Carbon Copy Cloner Beta Plugin We are pleased to ...
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Mac Client

Mac Client 7.0.2 – Root Capacity Plugin, Python Framework, and Time Machine fixes

Watchman Monitoring is proud to announce the latest version of its agent for macOS, 7.0.2  This version includes all the highlights from version 7.0.1 and delivers a root capacity plugin rewrite in preparation for better handling of purgeable space alerting. Updates to the Python framework, and fixes to Time Machine reporting. Feature Better handling for Mac Roman encoded files Root capacity plugin rewrite Change Stop alerting on Crashplan demographics changes Improved gathering of last logged-in user. Updates to the Watchman Monitoring provided Python Framework Bug Fixes Fixed an issue with Time Machine on OS 10.13 reporting Fixes to Time Machine reporting going stale during uptime check Fixes an issue when reading Backblaze xml files with special characters in drive name Fix Carbon Copy Cloner version 5 stale results   Highlights from 7.0.1 CrashPlan Client Add additional error handling in CrashPlan Client Prevent alerts when destinations are removed P5 Plugins Convert P5 Plugins to python3 P5 Treat lack of valid license as informational P5 Info IndexError: list index out of range FileVault Status Fix FileVault Status on Mac OS X 10.11 thru 10.13 FileMaker Server Let the FileMaker Server plugin run standalone Server plugin conversion to Python3 Prevent failures when there ...
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Mac Client

Mac Client – 7.0.0 – Support for macOS 12.3, and Universal2, too

Watchman Monitoring is proud to announce the latest version of its agent for macOS, 7.0.  This version delivers support for the upcoming macOS 12.3 and supports OS X 10.11 and newer. This new version is also the first to natively-support Apple Silicon. Features Full support for OS X 10.11 through macOS 12.3. The Monitoring Client runs natively on Apple silicon. Package Installer no longer requests Rosetta2 before installation. Changes Manages its own dedicated, Python3 framework. Bug Fixes Problems reporting Root Capacity have been addressed. Problems running the FileMaker Server plugin have been addressed. Problems with missing SMART errors have been addressed. Corrects “battery was removed” reporting on desktop computers. With MacOS 12.3, Apple has removed the built-in version of Python.  To continue to support you, Watchman Monitoring has released Mac Monitoring Client version 7, which includes its own python framework. Please bear in mind that there are likely to be a number of point releases in the near future. If you currently use custom plugins you will need to make changes to continue working with version 7 and beyond. See this article for more details. If you experience any issues or have any questions, please contact technical support. ABOUT THE ...
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Mac Client

Mac Client – 6.8.2 – Product Description on Apple silicon, improved SMART reporting

Features Automatic determination of Apple’s Product Description Additional support for new malware Changes No longer reporting POST information on Apple silicon, as the information is not available. Bug Fixes Improvements to the SMART plugin to find additional cases of failing boot volumes. Fix stale network information Fixes issues related to volumes not showing in the Preference Pane Fixes issues related to reporting on volumes’ presence ABOUT THE UPDATE PROCESS This release will automatically deploy Wednesday, 12 January 2022.  The auto-update process will apply to computers as they perform their hourly check in. Not receiving updates across your install base? How to handle out-of-date agents. A list of known issues is located at: http://34.212.152.214/known-issues Please note: Installers before 6.8 need replacement, always use the latest installer. Read more about old installer versions.  
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Windows Client

Windows Client 1.6.1.1 – Support for TLS 1.2

Features Added support for communicating using TLS 1.2. Changes Added additional blacklist items “Fax” and “OneNote” to the Printer plugin Removed installer support for Windows XP and Vista as these OS are no longer supported This also removes support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 This will be released December 15, 2021 The auto-update process will apply to computers as they perform their hourly check in. Not receiving updates across your install base? How to handle out-of-date agents. A list of known issues is located at: http://34.212.152.214/known-issues  
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