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    Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect

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    • black3dynamiteB
      black3dynamite
      last edited by

      Using the filter has some cool usage like showing a collection of certain devices by adding a + at the end of each device.
      lib-dt-01+ cafe-dt-01+ cafe-dt-02+

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        MordyT
        last edited by MordyT

        Hello All,
        6 months ago my Mesh install threw an error (see earlier in this thread) and I forgot to check back in.
        Needed to do some support for the folks and remembered the project, etc.
        Checked the thread and found that I could copy the data and files folder to a fresh install to prevent data loss.

        So....

        Brand new VM (went windows this time, I'm more comfortable in it then ubuntu, old install was on ubuntu)
        Installed a fresh copy
        Stopped the service
        Restored the files and data folder
        Started the service....

        and able to login, old computers showing, my config appears to still be there, etc. Yay 🙂 Not sure if the old PCs are connecting though...

        Except then the page disconnected a few minutes later and does so every few minutes...
        Error logs shows this:

        C:\Program Files\Open Source\MeshCentral\node_modules\nedb\lib\datastore.js:77
            if (err) { throw err; }
                       ^
        
        Error: Cannot create a string longer than 0x3fffffe7 characters
            at stringSlice (buffer.js:589:43)
            at Buffer.toString (buffer.js:659:10)
            at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:49:23)
        

        Also of note it appears that Mesh is the latest version.

        Ideas?

        EDIT: I grabbed a backup before it crashed, complete uninstall/reinstall, restored the backup, and it appears stable now. More testing to follow....

        EDIT2: 24 hours and it's stable. I think my issues are resolved.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          Up to 0.4.1-u

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            And now 0.4.1-x

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              0.4.2-a. That's three updates so far today.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                And 0.4.2-b before I could even look at it 🙂

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                • black3dynamiteB
                  black3dynamite
                  last edited by

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
                    last edited by

                    @black3dynamite whoa

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      Updated

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                        MordyT
                        last edited by

                        2 questions...

                        1. How does mesh agents handle being behind an authenticated proxy? Where can I give credentials, etc?
                        2. Where can I find agent logs on Windows? I suspect my issue is due to the authenticated proxy, but want to confirm.
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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch
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                          Does MeshCentral have a way to uninstall the remote agent from within the console like ScreenConnect does?

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                            last edited by

                            @JaredBusch it has "delete device". I don't know if it removes the remote agent. But it makes the remote agent useless at least. I've never tested to see what the remote agent does when that option is selected. But it definitely removes it from MC itself.

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                            • NashBrydgesN
                              NashBrydges @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                              @JaredBusch it has "delete device". I don't know if it removes the remote agent. But it makes the remote agent useless at least. I've never tested to see what the remote agent does when that option is selected. But it definitely removes it from MC itself.

                              Interesting behaviour I just observed when I tested this. I can click on the "Delete device" option and it does momentarily remove it from my MC installation however the remote device immediately returns to the MC My Devices dashboard. It looks like there may be a bug that prevents it from being removed if the remote agent is still running on the remote device.

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                              • NashBrydgesN
                                NashBrydges
                                last edited by

                                If I first remove the remote device agent, then I can successfully delete the server from the MC dashboard.

                                The test was on a remote server running Windows Server 2012R2.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @NashBrydges
                                  last edited by

                                  @NashBrydges said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                  @JaredBusch it has "delete device". I don't know if it removes the remote agent. But it makes the remote agent useless at least. I've never tested to see what the remote agent does when that option is selected. But it definitely removes it from MC itself.

                                  Interesting behaviour I just observed when I tested this. I can click on the "Delete device" option and it does momentarily remove it from my MC installation however the remote device immediately returns to the MC My Devices dashboard. It looks like there may be a bug that prevents it from being removed if the remote agent is still running on the remote device.

                                  That's odd. I've done this a bit and not seen that happen. But maybe the agent was no longer running?

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                    @NashBrydges said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                    @JaredBusch it has "delete device". I don't know if it removes the remote agent. But it makes the remote agent useless at least. I've never tested to see what the remote agent does when that option is selected. But it definitely removes it from MC itself.

                                    Interesting behaviour I just observed when I tested this. I can click on the "Delete device" option and it does momentarily remove it from my MC installation however the remote device immediately returns to the MC My Devices dashboard. It looks like there may be a bug that prevents it from being removed if the remote agent is still running on the remote device.

                                    That's odd. I've done this a bit and not seen that happen. But maybe the agent was no longer running?

                                    Most likely. I can remove an agent and it pops back immediately, as @NashBrydges noted.

                                    I want to remote uninstall the agent.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      No obvious command to remove it in the agent command list...

                                      help
                                      Available commands:
                                      amt, amtacm, amtccm, amtdeactivate, amtpolicy, amtreset, apf, args, av, cpuinfo, dbcompact, dbget, dbkeys,
                                      dbset, eval, getclip, getscript, help, httpget, info, kill, location, lock, log, ls, netinfo, notify,
                                      nwslist, openurl, osinfo, parseuri, plugin, power, print, ps, rawsmbios, scanamt, scanwifi, sendcaps,
                                      setclip, setdebug, smbios, sysinfo, toast, type, users, wakeonlan, wsclose, wsconnect, wssend.

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                                      • coliverC
                                        coliver
                                        last edited by

                                        Is there a way to make Powershell the default shell for Windows instead of Command Prompt?

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @coliver
                                          last edited by

                                          @coliver said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                          Is there a way to make Powershell the default shell for Windows instead of Command Prompt?

                                          For Windows, yes...

                                          https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-april-2018-update-how-to-change-the-command-prompt-default-to-powershell/

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            For MeshCentral, no I don't think so. That would be nice, though.

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