Knowledgebase
Faronics Core 3.2 or higher allows you to manage Deep Freeze Enterprise 7.0 or higher on remote workstations.
By using Faronics Core, you will be able to perform key Deep Freeze functionality such as installation, uninstallation, and upgrade of Deep F...
Database Maintenance Best Practices Overview: Best practices include regular backups for security/disaster recovery reasons and maintaining a healthy size for the database files. Regular Database Backups Please see the following useful links: 1...
OVERVIEW
This document will detail the process for rolling up reports from
multiple Faronics Core Servers to a single Faronics Core Console.
OBJECTIVE
This document will detail the process of connecting an existing
Faronics Core Console to mul...
Faronics products are designed to be deployed using their own native
tools. We do provide a set of options that can push an install to
workstations using 3rd party tools. Any tool that can run commands
remotely on a workstation is capable of deploying ...
To find workstations reporting to Faronics Core that do not have a
specific product installed a user defined filter will need to be
created.
* Right click on your user defined group and select _Add/Edit
Dynamic Filter_.
* In the Dynamic Filter di...
If problems are found with getting updates applied to a workstation
the following steps may help resolve the problem.
STEP 1 - CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE WORKSTATION WAS ONLINE.
If workstations are powered down, or in a sleep state, they may not
wake...
The Faronics Core Console can be used to detect workstations which do
not have the Faronics Core Agent installed and are marked as
unmanaged.
If your management system and your clients are connected to a domain,
the 'LDAP Connection' option can be use...
Release 3.31 of the Faronics Core introduced the Change Ownership
action. This action allows the user of Server A to give away a
Workstation it is currently managing to Server B.
When the user of Server A goes to Change Ownership of the
Workstation,...
To properly support Wake on LAN a computer must meet the following requirements:
The network card must be WOL capable.
The power supply for the computer must supply appropriate current to the network card while the computer is in a reduced power state.
T...
To re-export the private key and assign a new certificate password to
the exported certificate follow the steps below to export a
certificate with the private key.
* Open the Certificates snap-in for a user, computer, or service. (
Start> run > cer...
When upgrading Faronics Core agent vai GPO you may encounter an error
where the installation fails with a status of "User Canceled
Installation" shown in the event logs. This occurs when a password is
set on the install of the Faronics Core Agent and t...
Faronics Core is supported on the following operating systems: • 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 • 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 The console also re...
Faronics Core is supported on the following operating systems: • 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 • 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 The console also requires Micro...
Faronics Core is supported on the following operating systems: • 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 • 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 The console also re...
If the workstation is running a firewall package, the appropriate exceptions to allow remote administration of the computer and file and printer sharing has to be enabled. For a Windows firewall, follow the instructions provided here.
On a Win...
Faronics Core is a management platform designed to provide administrators the ability to control their Faronics products from a single interface. It saves administrators effort and time in deploying Faronics products to thousands of workstations regardles...
A Managed workstation is a computer that has the Faronics Core Agent installed and is reporting its status to the Faronics Core database and can be controlled by the Faronics Core Console. A Discovered workstation is a computer that is either detecte...
As the Faronics Core Server's certificate thumbprint is stores as a property of the Core Agent installer the certificate name that the user can type when he/she generates a new certificate during Faronics Core Setup (aka Config Wizard) is limited, as ...
The following ports are used by Faronics Core:
* 7751 (TCP/UDP) -- This port is on the workstation and is used to
receive commands from the Faronics Core Server. The Ping command is
enabled on this port.
* 7752 (TCP/UDP) -- This port is on the Fa...
In most cases Faronics Core can be installed with little effort by systems administrators, however there are some concerns that may need to be addressed in customer environments.
Firewalls
If a firewall exists between the workstations and the Core Server ...
The Faronics Core Server supports installation of SQL Server 2005 or 2008. for both Express and Full Editions. If a SQL Server Full or Standard Edition is not available, Faronics Core will download and install SQL Express, which is available, free of char...
Faronics Core supports the use of Microsoft SQL 2005, 2008, or 2008 R2.
If during installation a supported instance of SQL is not found the option to download and install a copy of Microsoft SQL Express is avalalble during installation. Due to limitations...
The Express Setup mode of the Core Console installer installs both Core Console and a SQL Express instance as part of the install process. In some cases the SQL installation can fail and not provide a specific error as to why the install has failed. ...
The Express Setup mode of the Core Console installer installs both Core Console and a SQL Express instance as part of the install process. In some cases the SQL installation can fail and not provide a specific error as to why the install has failed. ...
The normal sequence of events when a workstation is moved to a new
console is as follows;
* The workstation status on the new console is set to "Joining from
other console"
* The workstation status on the old console is set to "Left for new
conso...