[Change] Limiting SMART Status to run only once per day. [Change] No longer reports Disk I/O errors prior to client installation. [Change] Updated installer branding [Change] Updated wording in PreferencePane for clarity of subscriber’s own brand. [Bugfix] Fixed issue where the client would not read the advanced Time Machine settings in some cases.
Watchman Monitoring Software Blogs
Mac Client 3.6
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 / Mac Client, Release NotesWhen only the best will do – do the best
Thursday, May 12th, 2011 / NewsHello everybody, I’m Julian from CoreCode! I was recently contacted by Watchman Monitoring about updating their disk I/O Error and S.M.A.R.T. status Plugins, with code from SMARTReporter. The I/O Error checking is more complicated than it looks at first. The obvious approach of asking the apple system log (ASL) facility about the I/O error messages […]
Mac Client 3.5
Sunday, May 8th, 2011 / Mac Client, Release Notes[Bugfix] Client Updater properly calculates days since last check which was preventing automatic updates from proceeding. [Change] Changed the wording in the PreferencePane from “Must be present” to “Warn if missing”. [Bugfix] Prefpane no longer removes the ClientGroup key if removing the ClientGroup entry. [Feature] Implemented new Disk I/O Error plugin, written by Julian Mayer […]
It’s all about Education
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 / NewsIn a sense, the entire Watchman Monitoring system is merely an educational tool. The Watchman Client finds out about a problem, informs its Watchman Server, and the server sends an message to its subscriber, “educating” the Subscriber that there is a computer with a problem. But what if a Subscriber wants to be educated about […]
Mac Client 3.4.2
Sunday, May 1st, 2011 / Mac Client, Release Notes[Bugfix] Prevented erroneous serial number change warnings on some models of Mac Pro. [Bugfix] Addressed an issue where removing the ClientGroup via the PreferencePane would result in errors in the Watchman Client. [Bugfix] Verified the Time Machine scheduler would always write its keys as a Number vs String.