The Account Discovery tab is only available after an Active Directory or Safeguard for Privileged Sessions asset has been created. On the Account Discovery tab, the default is Do not perform account discovery.

To access Account Discovery:

  • web client: Navigate to Asset Management > Assets > Account Discovery.

The settings outlined in the following table are available by using the Add or Edit option available from the Account Discovery tab.

Table 23: Account Discovery tab properties
Property Description
Description

Select the description of the discovery job desired and the details of the configuration display.

Click Add to add a job or Edit to edit the job. You can click the drop-down and select Do not perform account discovery.

Partition The partition in which to manage the discovered assets or accounts.
Discovery Type The type platform, for example, Windows, Unix, or Directory.

Directory

The directory for account discovery.

Account Discovery Rules

You can click Add, Delete, Edit, or Copy to update the Rules grid.

Details about the selected account discovery setting rules may include the following based on the type of asset.

  • Name: Name of the discovery job.
  • Rule Type: What the search is based on. For example, the rule may be Name based or Property Constraint based if the search is based on account properties. For more information, see Adding an Account Discovery rule..
  • Filter Search Location: If a directory is searched, this is the container within the directory that was searched.
  • Auto Manage: A check mark displays if discovered accounts are automatically added to SPP.
  • Set default password: A check mark displays if the rule causes default passwords to be set automatically.
  • Set default SSH key: A check mark displays if the rule causes default SSH keys to be set automatically.
  • Assign to Password Profile: The password profile assigned.
  • Assign to Sync Group: The name of the assigned password sync group.
  • Assign to SSH Key Profile: The name of the assigned SSH Key profile.
  • Assign to SSH Key Sync Group: The name of the assigned SSH Key Sync group.
  • Enable Password Request: A check mark displays if the passwords is available for release.
  • Enable Session Request: A check mark displays if session access is enabled.
  • Enable SSH Key Request: A check mark displays if SSH key request is enabled.
Schedule

Click Schedule to control the job schedule.

Select Run Every to run the job along per the run details you enter. (If you clear Run Every, the schedule details are lost.)

  • Select a time frame:

    • Never: The job will not run according to a set schedule. You can still manually run the job.
    • Minutes: The job runs per the frequency of minutes you specify. For example, Run Every 30/Minutes runs the job every half hour over a 24-hour period. It is recommended you do not use the frequency of minutes except in unusual situations, such as testing.

    • Hours: The job runs per the minute setting you specify. For example, if it is 9 a.m. and you want to run the job every two hours at 15 minutes past the hour starting at 9:15 a.m., select Run Every 2/Hours/@ minutes after the hour 15.

    • Days: The job runs on the frequency of days and the time you enter.

      For example, Run Every 2/Days/Starting @ 11:59:00 PM runs the job every other evening just before midnight.

    • Weeks The job runs per the frequency of weeks at the time and on the days you specify.

      For example, Run Every 2/Weeks/Starting @ 5:00:00 AM and Repeat on these days with MON, WED, FRI selected runs the job every other week at 5 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

    • Months: The job runs on the frequency of months at the time and on the day you specify.

      For example, If you select Run Every 2/Months/Starting @ 1:00:00 AM along with Day of Week of Month/First/Saturday, the job will run at 1 a.m. on the first Saturday of every other month.

  • Select Use Time Windows if you want to enter the Start and End time. You can click Add or Remove to control multiple time restrictions. Each time window must be at least one minute apart and not overlap.

    For example, for a job to run every ten minutes every day from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., enter these values:

    Enter Run Every 10/Minutes and set Use Time Windows:

    • Start 10:00:00 PM and End 11:59:00 PM

    • Start 12:00:00 AM and End 2:00:00 AM

      An entry of Start 10:00:00 PM and End 2:00:00 AM will result in an error as the end time must be after the start time.

    If you have selected Days, Weeks, or Months, you will be able to select the number of times for the job to Repeat in the time window you enter.

    For a job to run two times every other day at 10:30 am between the hours of 4 a.m. and 8 p.m., enter these values:

    For days, enter Run Every 2/Days and set Use Time Windows as Start 4:00:00 AM and End 8:00:00 PM and Repeat 2.

If the scheduler is unable to complete a task within the scheduled interval, when it finishes execution of the task, it is rescheduled for the next immediate interval.