# Linux - 3.3.1.171 - CrashPlan 8.2 & Improvements to Beacon Reporting

**URL:** <https://community.watchmanmonitoring.com/t/linux-3-3-1-171-crashplan-8-2-improvements-to-beacon-reporting/2700>\
**Category:** Linux Releases\
**Created:** [October 7, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.watchmanmonitoring.com/t/linux-3-3-1-171-crashplan-8-2-improvements-to-beacon-reporting/2700 "2020-10-07T16:02:04Z")\
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Originally published at: [https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/linux-3-3-1-171-crashplan-8-2-and-improved-beacon-reporting/](https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/linux-3-3-1-171-crashplan-8-2-and-improved-beacon-reporting/)

## Features

- Support for CrashPlan Client 8.2 has been added.
- Asset ID and Group UID are saved to disk on each hourly run.
- Long and Short username are now collected.

## Updates

- Updated network information gathering.
- Improvements in reporting on [last-user details](https://support.watchmanmonitoring.com/hc/en-us/articles/212930843).
- Beacon Reporting will resume more reliably after an outage.
- The [remote removal](https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/uninstall-monitoring-client) process has been simplified.
- Improvements have been made to the Monitoring Client Agent Build process.

## Helpful Links

- We maintain an updated list of [known issues.](https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/known-issues)
- **Community Spotlight** : Alex Narvey shows you how to [automatically add bulk expirations](https://community.watchmanmonitoring.com/t/automatically-add-bulk-expirations-for-domains-certifications-and-more/2697) for domains, certifications, and more

## About the update process.

- Please note that early releases of the Linux agent did not enable automatic updates by default.
- If your Linux client(s) do not update, please perform a manual update. Consider enabling auto-update for future releases.  
[https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/linux-cli#automatic-updates](https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/linux-cli#automatic-updates)