Checking an asset's connectivity
After you add an asset you can verify that Safeguard for Privileged Passwords can log in to it using the Check Connection option.
Note: When you run Test Connection from the asset's Connection tab (such as when you add the asset initially), you must enter the service account credentials. Once you add the asset to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords it saves these credentials.
The Check Connection option does not require that you enter the service account credentials because it uses the saved credentials to verify that it can log in to that asset.
To check an asset's connectivity
- Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets.
- From Assets, right-click an asset in the object list to open the asset's context menu.
- Choose the Check Connection option.
Safeguard for Privileged Passwords displays a Toolbox task pane that shows the results.
Related Topics
About Test Connection
About service accounts
Assigning an asset to a partition
Use the Assets view to assign an asset to a partition. An asset can only be in one partition at a time. When you add an asset to a partition, all accounts associated with that asset are automatically added to that partition, as well.
You cannot remove an asset from a partition. However, you can add the asset to another partition either from the scope of the other partition or from an asset's General properties.
To assign an asset to a partition
- Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets.
- In Assets, double-click an asset to open the general properties, or click the
Edit icon next to the General title on the General tab.
- On the Asset dialog, Browse to select a partition.
- ClickOK.
Related Topics
Adding assets to a partition
Assigning a profile to an asset
Use the Assets view to assign a profile to an asset.
To assign a profile to an asset
- Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets.
- In Assets, double-click an asset to open the general properties, or click the Edit icon next to the General title on the General tab.
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Browse to select a profile, and click OK. You can only choose profiles that are in the selected asset's partition.
- Click Reset to set the profile to the current default.
Related Topics
Assigning assets or accounts to a profile
Manually adding a tag to an asset
Asset Administrators can manually add and remove static tags to an asset using the Tags pane, which is located at the bottom of the General tab when an asset is selected on the Assets view.
You cannot manually remove dynamically assigned tags which are defined by rules and indicated by a lightening bolt icon. You must modify the rule associated with the dynamic tag if you want to remove it. For more information, see Modifying an asset or asset account tag.
To manually add a tag to an asset
- Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets.
- Select an asset from the object list (left-pane).
- Open the General tab and scroll down to view the Tags pane.
- Click next to the Tags title.
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Place your cursor in the edit box and enter the tag to be assigned to the selected asset.
As you type, existing tags that start with the letters entered will appear, allowing you to select a tag from the list.
To add additional tags, press Enter before entering the next tag.
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Click OK.
If you do not see the new tag, click 
Refresh.
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To remove a manually assigned tag, click the X inside the tag box.
