Deleting a partition
When deleting a partition, you must designate another partition to transfers all assets and accounts. The profiles and associated profile settings, discovery jobs, and history data for the partition you are deleting are deleted along with the profile.
To delete a partition
- Navigate to Asset Management > Partitions.
- Select the partition to be deleted.
- Click Delete.
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In the dialog, select the partition where assets and accounts are to be reassigned.
- Click Select Partition to reassign the assets and accounts and delete the selected partition.
Discovery
Safeguard for Privileged Passwords discovery jobs can find assets, accounts, SSH keys, and services in your network environment. This can simplify initial deployment and ongoing maintenance of the privileged accounts in your network environment.
Details on the jobs follow.
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Asset Discovery: Asset Discovery jobs find assets by searching directory assets, such as Active Directory, or by scanning network IP ranges. Rules control which assets are found. Asset Discovery jobs can be scheduled to run on regular intervals. The discovery job can be configured with templates to set default settings on newly created assets including connection details. The assets created by discovery jobs are considered to be managed by Safeguard, but this has no effect on the network asset. An asset with valid connection information can be used for account discovery.
If you use Directory as the asset discovery Method, directory assets that are shared can be discovered into any partition. To share a directory asset, select Available for discovery across all partitions for the asset; see Management tab (add asset).
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Account Discovery: Account Discovery jobs find accounts by searching directory assets such as Active Directory or by scanning local account databases on Windows and Unix assets (/etc/passwd) that are associated with the account discovery job. Rules control which accounts are found. Account discovery jobs can be scheduled to run on regular intervals. The discovery job can be configured to set default settings on newly created accounts.
Accounts found by account discovery are neither managed nor disabled until you decide to manage them or disable them. If an account is managed by Safeguard, this means the password can be managed according to the profile settings associated with the discovery job. Safeguard can make the account available for password and/or session requests according to configured entitlements and policy.
The accounts in the scope of the discovery job may include accounts that were previously added (manually) to the Safeguard partition. For more information, see Adding an account..
- Service Discovery: Service Discovery jobs find Windows services that run as accounts managed by Safeguard. If Safeguard is managing the service account password, Safeguard can update the Windows service configuration to match the password when the password changes and restart the service automatically.
- SSH Key Discovery: SSH Key Discovery jobs search user directories and discover the authorized SSH keys in managed accounts.
In the web client, information on all discovered items is shown by default. You can also use the Partition drop-down to select a specific partition to view information on.
The following tiles are displayed in the Discovered Items section:
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Accounts: This displays the number of discovered accounts. Click the tile for detail.
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Services: This displays the number of discovered services. Click the tile for detail. You can launch discover service account jobs from Asset Management > Assets > (View Details) > Discovered Services. For more information, see Discovered Services tab (asset)..
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SSH Keys: This displays the number of discovered SSH keys. Click the tile for detail.
The Discovery Jobs section is broken into the follow tabs:
Asset Discovery
You can schedule one or more Asset Discovery jobs to run automatically against the directories or network (IP range) you have added to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. The assets in the scope of the discovery job may include assets that were previously added (manually) to the Safeguard partition. For more information, see Adding an asset.
If you use Directory as the asset discovery Method, directory assets that are shared can be discovered into any partition. To share a directory asset, select Available for discovery across all partitions for the asset; see Management tab (add asset).
When an Asset Discovery job runs, the found asset is added to Assets. If the operating system cannot be detected in the Asset, Network Scan or Directory method of asset discovery, the Linux operating system is applied which you can modify later.
For more information, see Asset Discovery job workflow..
Properties and toolbar
Go to Asset Discovery:
Use these toolbar buttons to manage the discovery job settings.
Table 128: Asset Discovery: Toolbar
New Asset Discovery Job |
Add an Asset Discovery job. For more information, see Adding an Asset Discovery job.. |
Delete |
Delete the selected Asset Discovery job. |
View Details |
Modify the selected Asset Discovery job. You can also double-click a row to open the edit dialog. |
Run Now |
Run the selected Asset Discovery job. A Task pop-up display which shows the progress and completion. |
Export |
Use this button to export the listed data as either a JSON or CSV file. For more information, see Exporting data. |
Refresh |
Update the list of Asset Discovery jobs that have run. |
Search |
Enter the character string to be used to search for a match. For more information, see Search box.. |
Asset Discovery jobs display in the grid.
Table 129: Asset Discovery: Asset Discovery job grid
Name |
Name of the discovery job |
Created by |
The creator of the job. |
Discovery Type |
The type of job, for example, Windows, Unix, or Directory |
Directory |
The directory on which the discovery job runs |
Partition |
The partition in which to manage the discovered assets or assets |
Schedule |
Designates when the Asset Discovery job runs |
Last Run Date |
The date the selected Asset Discovery job ran |
Next Run Date |
The date when the Asset Discovery job is scheduled to run next |
Last Success Run Date |
The most recent date the selected Asset Discovery job successfully ran |
Last Failure Run Date |
The most recent date the selected Asset Discovery job failed |
Asset Discovery job workflow
You can configure, schedule, test, and run Asset Discovery jobs. After the job has run, you can select whether to manage the asset. You can also view information about the Asset Discovery jobs that have run.
Asset Discovery job workflow
- Create an Asset Discovery job. For more information, see Adding an Asset Discovery job..
- After you save the Asset Discovery job, you can test it by selecting Run Now. For more information, see Asset Discovery..
- After the Asset Discovery job runs, select the asset discovery job and click View Details. For more information, see Asset Discovery Results..
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To control management of an asset, navigate to Asset Management > Assets, select the asset, and choose one of these context menu options.
- On Asset Management > Assets, you can show or hide assets marked as disabled, use the following buttons. For more information, see Assets..
Show Disabled |
Display the disabled assets. |
Hide Disabled |
Hide assets marked as disabled. |
- Search the Activity Center for information about discovery jobs that have run. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords lists the Asset Discovery events in the Asset Discovery Activity category.