Issue:
How to configure the WithSecure client host ID in a machine creation service (MCS) environment.
For instance for a Citrix Golden Image / Master Image
Resolution:
First you need to know which behavior you are aiming for.
Here are the most common once:
Clients are created recurring every day from the Golden Image / Master Image and should retain their F-Secure host ID known to the Policy Manager
- Boot into your master image
- Open a command prompt (cmd.exe / ps.exe) as administrator
- Change the working directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\F-Secure\Server Security\Business Suite\
- Run the following tool with these options:
.\resetuid.exe resetuid wins
- Save the state of the master image (no more reboot at this stage, otherwise the process until step 4 has to be repeated)
- When deploying a new machine from this master image, the deployed machine will render the F-Secure host ID based on the DN-hostname (WINS)
As long as the hostname will not change from the deployed machine, it will remain known to the Policy Manager and will only have to be imported once.
Clients are created recurring and should always be considered as a new host to the Policy Manager
- Boot into your master image
- Open a command prompt (cmd.exe / ps.exe) as administrator
- Change the working directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\F-Secure\Server Security\Business Suite\
- Run the following tool with these options:
.\resetuid.exe resetuid randomguid
- Save the state of the master image (no more reboot at this stage, otherwise the process until step 4 has to be repeated)
- When deploying a new machine from this master image, the deployed machine will render the F-Secure host ID based on a random GUID string
This approach will create a "new" host for the Policy Manager Server with every new machine deployment.
One functionality that might help here are the import rules, explained in this help guide.
Article no: 000021528