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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.0.8 LTS - Administration Guide

Introduction System requirements and versions Using API and PowerShell tools Using the virtual appliance and web management console Cloud deployment considerations Setting up Safeguard for Privileged Passwords for the first time Using the web client Getting started with the desktop client Using the desktop client Search box Privileged access requests Toolbox Accounts Account Groups Assets Asset Groups Discovery Entitlements Partitions Settings
Access Request settings Appliance settings Asset Management settings Backup and Retention settings Certificate settings Cluster settings External Integration settings Messaging settings Profile settings Safeguard Access settings
Users User Groups Disaster recovery and clusters Administrator permissions Preparing systems for management Troubleshooting Frequently asked questions Appendix A: Safeguard ports Appendix B: SPP 2.7 or later migration guidance Appendix C: SPP and SPS join guidance Appendix D: Regular Expressions SPP glossary

Editing an Account Discovery job

Changing the assets associated with an Account Discovery job

To change the assets associated with an Account Discovery job, perform on of the following:

  • From Account Discovery:
    1. Go to Administrative Tools | Discovery | Account Discovery.
    2. Select the Account Discovery job.
    3. Click Occurrences.
    4. Add the asset to the job.
  • From Assets:
    1. Go to Administrative Tools | Assets.
    2. Click the the asset.
    3. On the General tab, go to Account Discovery and click Edit.
    4. In the Description drop-down, select the Account Discovery job. For more information, see Account Discovery tab (add asset).
  • From Partitions:
    1. Go to Administrative Tools | Partitions.
    2. Select the partition.
    3. Click the Assets tab.
    4. From the list of assets in the partition, double-click the asset.
    5. Scroll to Account Discovery and click Edit.
    6. In the Description drop-down, select the Account Discovery job. For more information, see Account Discovery tab (add asset).

Changing the settings for an Account Discovery job

You can change the settings for an Account Discovery job

  1. Navigate to Administrative Tools |Discovery.
  2. Click the Account Discovery tile.
  3. Select an Account Discovery job.
  4. Click Edit to update the selected Account Discovery job. For more information, see Adding an Account Discovery job.
  5. Make the updates.
  6. Click OK.

Deleting an Account Discovery job

You can delete an Asset Discovery job.

  1. Navigate to Administrative Tools |Discovery.
  2. Click the Asset Discovery tile.
  3. Click Delete to delete the selected Asset Discovery job.
  4. Click OK.

Account Discovery Results

You can view the results of running one or more Account Discovery jobs. To see the results of discoveries, see Discovered Accounts

  1. Navigate to Administrative Tools | Discovery and click the Account Discovery Results tile.
  2. On the Account Discovery Results grid:
    • Click Refresh to refresh the results.
    • Select the time frame of the completed jobs you want to display which ranges from the last 24 hours to the last 7, 30, 60, or 90 days. Or, click Custom to create a custom time frame.
  3. Click Search and enter the character string to be used to search for a match. For more information, see Search box.
  4. View the following information displays for each job:

    • User: The user who ran the job or Automated System, if the job is run on an automated schedule.

    • Date: The most recent date the Account Discovery job successfully ran.
    • Asset: The asset which is associated with the Account Discovery job.
    • Event: The outcome of running the Account Discovery job event, which may be Account Discovery Succeeded, Account Discovery Failed, or Account Discovery Started.
    • Partition: The partition in which the discovered accounts will be managed.
    • Profile: The partition profile which will govern the discovered accounts.
    • Account Discovery Job: Name of the discovery schedule.
    • Appliance: The name of the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Appliance.
    • # Accounts Found: The number of accounts found during the discovery job.
  5. For additional detail on an Account Discovery job result, double-click the result row to view the Account Discovery Results pop-up window. On this window, click # of Accounts Found to see a list of the accounts.

Discovered Accounts

You can view the results of all Account Discovery jobs that have ever run in a partition (in other words, all accounts ever discovered) and choose to enable or disable the accounts.

Accounts created display as managed accounts in the Discovered Accounts properties grid (see below). For more information, see Management tab (add asset).

Navigate to Administrative Tools | Discovery | Discovered Accounts tile.

Use these toolbar buttons to manage the discovered accounts.

Table 76: Discovery: Discovered Accounts toolbar
Option Description

Partition

Select the partition associated with the discovered accounts you want to view.

Manage

Select Manage to have Safeguard for Privileged Passwords manage an account with no (blank) status or accounts with a status of Disabled. The Disabled status is displayed when a discovered account was set to Managed then Ignored.

Ignore

Select Ignore to set the Status to Ignore to prevent Safeguard for Privileged Passwords from managing the selected account.

An ignored account is not unconfigured as a dependent account. If you choose to Manage the asset later, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords reenables recognition of all the associated accounts.

Show Ignored

Display the accounts with a Status of Ignored (disabled).

Hide Ignored

Hide the accounts with a Status of Ignored (disabled).

Refresh

Retrieve and display an updated list of discovered accounts. Ignored accounts are not displayed if Hide Ignored is selected.

Search

Enter the character string to be used to search for a match. For more information, see Search box.

The following information displays.

Table 77: Discovery: Discovered Accounts properties grid
Property Description

Status

The discovered account may be:

  • Managed: A discovered account that is managed
  • Blank (no value): A discovered account that was not auto managed when discovered
  • Ignored: A discovered account that was not auto managed and was ignored from discovery
  • Disabled: A discovered account that previously had the status of Managed and then was marked Ignored

Name

The name of the account in Safeguard that maps to the discovered account associated with the asset. This can be a local account or an Active Directory account

Domain Name

The domain name of the account if the account is an Active Directory account.

Account Name

The account to which the account is associated.

Account Discovery Job

Name of the discovery schedule.

 

Asset Discovery Rule

The name of the Asset Discovery rule applied to discover the account.

Date/Time Discovered

The date and time when the service or task was discovered.

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