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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch
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      That was fast 😛

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch
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        Upgraded to Fedora 30 and damnit.. I forgot mongo was pulled..
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        • black3dynamiteB
          black3dynamite @JaredBusch
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          @JaredBusch said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

          Upgraded to Fedora 30 and damnit.. I forgot mongo was pulled..
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          I forgot about that too when I upgraded.

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            Curtis @JaredBusch
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            @JaredBusch said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

            Upgraded to Fedora 30 and damnit.. I forgot mongo was pulled..
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            You took a snapshot first, right? 😉

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Just updated to 0.3.4-t

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              • YlianY
                Ylian
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                What is the "correct" alternative to MongoDB on Fedora? Maybe I can build a different database binding...

                By the way, I just added auto-backup into MeshCentral 0.3.4-t, add this to the "settings" section:

                "AutoBackup": {
                  "backupInvervalHours": 24,
                  "keepLastDaysBackup": 15,
                  "zippassword": "test"
                }
                

                This will zip a new backup every 24 hours and place the result in "meshcentral-backup". You can optionally say how many days before removing old backups and if you want to password protect the backup zip file, you can set a password. If you use MongoDB, it will call "mongodump" to backup the database and include it in the .zip file.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Ylian
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                  @Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                  What is the "correct" alternative to MongoDB on Fedora? Maybe I can build a different database binding...

                  There is none, no document database is included with Fedora now.

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                    smartkid808
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                    @Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                    What is the "correct" alternative to MongoDB on Fedora? Maybe I can build a different database binding...

                    By the way, I just added auto-backup into MeshCentral 0.3.4-t, add this to the "settings" section:

                    "AutoBackup": {
                      "backupInvervalHours": 24,
                      "keepLastDaysBackup": 15,
                      "zippassword": "test"
                    }
                    

                    This will zip a new backup every 24 hours and place the result in "meshcentral-backup". You can optionally say how many days before removing old backups and if you want to password protect the backup zip file, you can set a password. If you use MongoDB, it will call "mongodump" to backup the database and include it in the .zip file.

                    will you be adding this to the gui? or should I just add this to the config.json?

                    Also just updated to 0.3.5-a 🙂 Thanks for keeping the releases coming

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                      Scott Banned
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                      How does the Power State graph work?

                      I have several clients that show "Device is powered from 12:00:00 AM to 3:50:00 PM" for today May, 22; however, the agent is not connected and the machine icon shows "Last seen: 5/22/2019, 12:57:30 PM" or "Last seen: 5/21/2019, 7:59:00 PM"

                      Looking at the graph, the machine has been connected all day, however elsewhere it indicates the machine was last seen last night.

                      Edit: To follow up, another computer has full bars on the 7 Day Power State: "Device is powered from 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00 AM" For 5/16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and for today 5/22, it says, "Device is powered from 12:00:00 AM to 9:26:43 AM." yet the device icon says last seen 5/17/2019, 11:12:22 AM.

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                        smartkid808 @Scott
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                        @Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                        How does the Power State graph work?

                        I have several clients that show "Device is powered from 12:00:00 AM to 3:50:00 PM" for today May, 22; however, the agent is not connected and the machine icon shows "Last seen: 5/22/2019, 12:57:30 PM" or "Last seen: 5/21/2019, 7:59:00 PM"

                        Looking at the graph, the machine has been connected all day, however elsewhere it indicates the machine was last seen last night.

                        Edit: To follow up, another computer has full bars on the 7 Day Power State: "Device is powered from 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00 AM" For 5/16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and for today 5/22, it says, "Device is powered from 12:00:00 AM to 9:26:43 AM." yet the device icon says last seen 5/17/2019, 11:12:22 AM.

                        I have the same issue. Been meaning to ask but kept forgetting.

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                        • YlianY
                          Ylian
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                          On the power timeline... yes yes... I need to fix this. One thing that would help is to download the power timeline raw data (The "Download Power Events" button on the top right of the power lines display) and make sure the raw data is correct. If it is, it's just me drawing it wrong. If it's not, I need to go fix something deeper in the server. Feedback on this would be appreciated.

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                            smartkid808 @Ylian
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                            @Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                            On the power timeline... yes yes... I need to fix this. One thing that would help is to download the power timeline raw data (The "Download Power Events" button on the top right of the power lines display) and make sure the raw data is correct. If it is, it's just me drawing it wrong. If it's not, I need to go fix something deeper in the server. Feedback on this would be appreciated.

                            Hi Ylian

                            Not a big issue for me, but please let me know what I can do to help you out!. Here is a screenshot. Its been off since the 17th, but showing on 24/7. I can email you or whatever you need. Any additional files/exports/logs.

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                            Time	 State	 Previous State
                            Fri May 17 2019 17:53:28 GMT+0000 (UTC)	1	
                            Sun May 19 2019 04:53:31 GMT+0000 (UTC)	0	
                            
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                            • YlianY
                              Ylian @smartkid808
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                              @smartkid808 Wow, yes, you got it just right. The saw data and the graph don't match at all. I will work on this...

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                                Scott Banned
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                                Is anyone else running into an issue whereby running the installer on Windows causes two entries to be made in list of machines? One shows agent is connected, other does not.

                                Identically named machines show up in nodes listing: Owner-HP, or User-Laptop, etc.

                                This does not happen with all installs, but has on last several.

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @Scott
                                  last edited by JaredBusch

                                  @Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                  Is anyone else running into an issue whereby running the installer on Windows causes two entries to be made in list of machines? One shows agent is connected, other does not.

                                  Identically named machines show up in nodes listing: Owner-HP, or User-Laptop, etc.

                                  This does not happen with all installs, but has on last several.

                                  Never seen that. But I have seen a second connection show up later a few times.

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                                    smartkid808 @Scott
                                    last edited by smartkid808

                                    @Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                    Is anyone else running into an issue whereby running the installer on Windows causes two entries to be made in list of machines? One shows agent is connected, other does not.
                                    Identically named machines show up in nodes listing: Owner-HP, or User-Laptop, etc.
                                    This does not happen with all installs, but has on last several.

                                    I have never seen it, but I did see that when I installed it (unattended) and also ran it (ad-hoc connection). I was just curious what would happen if I did that. Hopefully Ylian has some insight.

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                                      Scott Banned @smartkid808
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                                      @smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                      @Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                      Is anyone else running into an issue whereby running the installer on Windows causes two entries to be made in list of machines? One shows agent is connected, other does not.
                                      Identically named machines show up in nodes listing: Owner-HP, or User-Laptop, etc.
                                      This does not happen with all installs, but has on last several.

                                      I have never seen it, but I did see that when I installed it (unattended) and also ran it (ad-hoc connection). I was just curious what would happen if I did that. Hopefully Ylian has some insight.

                                      Did one show up as connected and the other not?

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                                        smartkid808 @Scott
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                                        @Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                        @smartkid808 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                        @Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                        Is anyone else running into an issue whereby running the installer on Windows causes two entries to be made in list of machines? One shows agent is connected, other does not.
                                        Identically named machines show up in nodes listing: Owner-HP, or User-Laptop, etc.
                                        This does not happen with all installs, but has on last several.

                                        I have never seen it, but I did see that when I installed it (unattended) and also ran it (ad-hoc connection). I was just curious what would happen if I did that. Hopefully Ylian has some insight.

                                        Did one show up as connected and the other not?

                                        Both showed as online

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                                        • dafyreD
                                          dafyre
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                                          I had my first chance to really use the remote control bits. I was helping someone out, and my system kept dropping the desktop connection, and the client would disappear from the group.

                                          A few seconds later, it would show back up and I could connect again. The disconnection seemed random. One time I'd work 5 minutes, and the next, I'd lose the connection after 30 seconds.

                                          Has anybody else seen anything like that?

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                                            @dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                            I was helping someone out, and my system kept dropping the desktop connection, and the client would disappear from the group.

                                            No, not seen that.

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