Habitat for ConnectWise Automate is going BETA!
Plugins4Automate.com is gearing up to release a BETA version of their new Habitat plugin.
For more information on how to get involved visit [Here]
Tag: plugins
Monitoring Your Clients VMWare Infrastructures.
Who manages your VMWare ESX Hardware Health?
If you are using ConnectWise Automate or LabTech RMM tool then this is a must have plugin for your environment. Plugins4Automate has a great plugin for managing ESXi Health monitoring in ConnectWise Automate and LabTech.
Visit them at www.plugins4automate.com
ConnectWise Automate New CCleaner Business Edition Plugin Analyzes Unlimited Agents
CCleaner Business Edition Gives MSPs a Boost.
Plugins4Automate released a new CCleaner for Labtech plugin that has some really great features available at no cost to any MSP that uses ConnectWise Automate / Labtech for managing mass endpoints. The plugin leverages the power of the CCleaner engine to analyze unlimited agents and bring that information back into ConnectWise Automate. Once the data is collected you can use that data to determine the amount of reclaimable storage available to each client.
Want to give CCleaner for Labtech a try?
So Many New Features To Point Out
Here, here, here and here… There are so many new improvements for the CCleaner for Labtech plugin that you will need to go visit the official announcement.
A New License Manager
The plugin does not require a license but when you are ready to get serious about storage reclamation and security then you will want to invest in getting a CCBE Key from your LabTech / CW Sales team.
See how CCleaner For Labtech can reclaim storage for your clients and restore security and privacy for browsing applications.
Patch Remedy To The Rescue For MSPs Using ConnectWise Automate
Another Ransomware
For the second time in just as many months, computer malware has been infecting consumers, businesses and government institutions around the world at a insane pace, locking files with encryption and extorting ransom payments to release the data again. This new global ransomware attack has targeted businesses around the world, demonstrating how easy it is for hackers to extort money by taking advantage of outdated technology. This new ransomware, security researchers says, the malware attack that spread from Ukraine appeared to be focused on damaging IT systems. The NotPetya malware is so-called because while it shares code with an earlier ransomware strain called Petya, it is “a new ransomware that has not been seen before”, according to security researchers at Kaspersky Lab. It requires infected businesses to send $300 in the cryptocurrency bitcoin to a payment address that appears hardcoded into the software.
Patch Remedy keeps you up to date and show you your areas of vulnerability. Manage the WUA updates for all your Windows systems in a single console. Visit Patch Remedy
Se our latest Blog on How to use Patch Remedy to aggressively update Windows 7
Automation Nation 2017 was Awesome!
Automation Nation was June 21-23rd this year and it was another great event. Got to meet up with some really great people and had some good discussions about the future of ConnectWise Automate.
David Miller from Piriform, the makers of CCLeaner was there supporting the CCleaner product and promoting the CCleaner for LabTech plugin.
It was nice get a chance to meet personally to discuss collaborative ideas and methods of problem solving. It was not easy getting the 3 most influential people in the LabTech / Connectwise Automate community together for a photo op, but we were able to get a quick shot between break sessions.
Read more about the trip to Orlando and Automation Nation here…
Plugins4Automate Announces – PowerShell Command Manager Goes Premium
Plugins4Automate announced yesterday that they are now releasing the Powershell Manager for LabTech / ConnectWise Automate as a premium plugin to the RMM platform formerly known as LabTech. Over 600+ users enjoy the efficiency of the PowerShell Command Manager for LabTech and the control they have over each of the MSPs client’s environment. This is a must have plugin for MSPs that have clients using Microsoft products and services.
To read more about Plugins4Automate’s new premium release and to get a special deal for acting quickly please visit the P4A’s announcement blog post. In this post you will find a discount code that you can use to permanently discount the subscription but you need to act fast, it’s for a limited time only.
P4L wants the Good, Bad or Indifferent opinions you have about their LabTech Plugins
Plugins4LabTech is having a contest and they are giving away a subscription to Surflog to 1 lucky participant. All they want is your honest opinions on the plugins you use. If you think your MSP will benefit from a free year of Surflog then go visit www.plugins4labtech.com and post your reviews.
Linux Patch Management for Automate, formerly LabTech
In most MSPs, Linux is a small if any footprint in their overall service offerings and this is reflected in the support given to these systems within the RMM tools they use. MSPs often pass on managing Linux agents as the RMM tool they have available to them does not lend itself to managing Linux patching and updates.
Demand drives the development of the tools we use and we all know that Windows OS reigns supreme in the managed businesses realm. With MSPs looking to save every dollar where they can, they are not hiring techs to man the helpdesk that are Linux hardened vets. If they are lucky to have 1 guy that knows his way around BASH, he tends to be closer to management. They also most often overlook these systems in any maintenance plans the RMM tool is providing. This tends to leave Linux systems that are widely considered the workhorses of the Internet grossly under patched and vulnerable to exploits.
Like any MSP we had similar issues with maintenance plans as techs came and left taking skill sets with them. It was hard to keep up with managing maintenance when the previous engineer was very Linux savvy and the incoming engineer is not. Where do they pick up and go with patch management of these systems?
In comes a patch manager for Linux that plugs into LabTech, Linux Update Manager.
Plugins4LabTech decided to jump in and help give MSPs the ability to have a standard method and interface inside LabTech that they could use to determine what systems they have. MSPs can know what updates are available for each system and the ability to automate the installs of patches and updates. MSPs can determine if they have systems that have pending updates or pending reboots due to updates. See what update versions of packages are available and the ability to manually run updates or update a single package. The first release has basic automation controls for unassisted updating but the P4L team assures us there is several big expansions they want to add to the plugin to include detailed scheduling of updates, ticketing and alerting.
What to try the new Linux Update Manager plugin for free, or visit http://www.plugins4labtech.com
New premium Office 365 for LabTech plugin
Plugins4Labtech (P4L) has reached a milestone with our Office 365 for LabTech plugin. After years of development, accolades from LabTech and managed service providers (MSPs) across the globe, we are finally ready to promote our Office 365 for LabTech plugin on www.plugins4labtech.com.
P4L is moving the Office 365 for LabTech plugin out of the development/beta phase (free) and into main production (premium plugins). This comes after several new improvements to the plugin and the successful trials of the plugin over the last six months. P4L would like to thank all the people involved with the testing and trials of this very inventive plugin. P4L also wants to thank everyone who helped with the strenuous testing allowing us to put together a very powerful tool. Trial (free) versions of the product’s license will expire on January 31.
We recommend users download the latest version of Office 365 for LabTech now.
Office 365 for LabTech is now a premium plugin that allows the collection of data and maintenance of Office 365, Azure and SharePoint services. From simple password unlocks for end users to setting ”out of office” messages for users’ email boxes, the Office 365 for LabTech plugin has what the help desk at your MSP needs—quick and easy access to common tools to manage Office 365.
P4L hopes you will come and join in the revolution of technology. Use P4L as your partner to automate.
VMWare ESX Hardware Health monitor for Labtech
Plugins4LabTech has created a new plugin that will monitor the CIM data announced by the hardware running VMWare ESX software. We can report on any hardware that follows CIM standards and makes it’s hardware statuses known to VMWare. This simple to use plugin deploys in just minutes and can be setup by anyone with little or no knowledge of LabTech functions and processes. If you want to see in action the easiest ESX Hardware Health Monitor available for LabTech then have a peek at our video on our YouTube Channel.
Never be in the dark again over hardware health!
Get alerts and tickets when hardware failures are detected. Using the monitor agent supplied with the plugin get quick responses to failures and warnings directly from VMWare. When alarms happen get emails, tickets and messaging alerting you to the failure that is taking place on the hardware.
Plugins4LabTech’s VMWare Health Monitor plugin for Labtech uses an agent to talk to VMware ESX hosts and retrieves the CIM data for the hardware the ESX host is running on. The plugin processes this data and stores it in LabTech’s database to be used in the views and alarms the plugin issues when failures are seen. You will see data on your RAID arrays and SCSI controllers, Power Supplies failures and system overheats. If the hardware is reporting it to VMWare we can see it.
Main ESX Health Monitor Console
The main view lets you see all the ESX hosts under management sorted by Client. In this view you are able to turn on and off the collection of data, set the interval of how often the data is collected and enable alerting for any seen failures.
ESX Health Monitor Client Console Tab
The Client Console tab is where you would add and delete the ESX Hosts you want to monitor. You are able to force the update of ESX CIM data by selecting to rescan ESX hosts and you can view the full CIM data list of any ESX Host.
ESX Health Monitor CIM Data
The CIM Data view shows all the collected CIM data on a given ESX host. If any data is in a state not considered ok then those lines will be represented with warning and alarming icons. You will also get the hardware manufactures data back and in the case of Dell that is the Hardware type and Service Tag.
ESX Health Monitor Internal Agent
Under the main view you can select to enable alerts. When you do this agent is created in the internal monitors of LabTech. You can use this monitor to email, ticket, alert or message anyone when failures are picked up.
A simple plugin all self contained and easy to deploy. Just a few clicks to configure and you have data. So easy to use anyone can setup and have it working in just a few minutes.
The plugin is currently with the Squid Squad getting a final review before we release the new plugin. Follow our release notes at http://support.plugins4labtech.com
