Issue:
How to configure the WithSecure client host ID in a machine creation service (MCS) environment.
For instance, a Citrix Golden Image / Master Image
Resolution:
First you need to know which behavior you are aiming for.
Here are the most common one:
Clients are created recurring every day from the Golden Image / Master Image and should retain their WithSecure Unique ID known to the Policy Manager
- Boot into your golden image
- Open a command prompt as administrator
- Change the working directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\F-Secure\<Client Security or Server Security>\
- Run the following tool with these options to use either the SMBIOS GUID, WINS name, or MAC address when the product reports to the PM Server.
resetuid.exe resetuid <SMBIOSGUID or WINS or MAC>
NOTE: DO NOT run resetuid with the APPLYNOW parameter in this case. - Shut down and save the state of the golden image
NOTE: No more reboot at this stage, otherwise the process until step 4 has to be repeated
When deploying a new virtual machine from the golden image, the deployed virtual machine will render the Unique ID based on either the SMBIOS GUID, WINS name or MAC address.
As long as the Unique ID will not change from the deployed virtual 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 golden image
- Open a command prompt as administrator
- Change the working directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\F-Secure\<Client Security or Server Security>\
- Run the following tool with these options:
resetuid.exe resetuid randomguid
NOTE: DO NOT run resetuid with the APPLYNOW parameter in this case.
- Shut down and save the state of the golden image
NOTE: 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 WithSecure Unique 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.
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