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Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows 4.7 - User Guide

Viewing rules

When the Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows Client software is installed on your computer, the settings that your system administrator selects are applied to your account and/or computer. These settings are called "rules".

You may be able to view the list of rules that apply to you, if your system administrator sets up this feature.

In addition, a notification from Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows may pop up on your desktop to inform you when a new rule is added to, or removed from, your computer or user account.

To view the rules on your computer or user account:

  1. Right-click the Client icon in the notification area of the taskbar at the bottom of your computer screen.

  2. Select View current rules on the pop-up menu.

    The Current Rules window will display the titles of the rules that are deployed on your computer and user account.

    For more information, contact your system administrator.

Viewing the status of advanced features

You may be able to view the status of the advanced features that are deployed on your computer or user account, if your system administrator has set up this feature. Advanced features include client data collection, privileged application discovery, Self-Service Elevation requests (with and without ActiveX installations and/or the Elevate! button), and Instant Elevation.

To view the status of advanced features:

  1. Right-click the Client icon in the notification area of the taskbar at the bottom of your computer screen.

  2. Select View status of advanced features on the pop-up menu.

    The View status of advanced features window will display the status of the advanced features that are deployed on your computer and user account.

  3. Click More Details to display a notepad with more information about the status of a feature.

Troubleshooting

This section provides workaround information for issues you may encounter during installation.

Server configuration gets stuck

On rare occasions, server configuration gets stuck when installing prerequisites (CRL Types and Shared Management Objects).

Figure 1: Stuck prerequisite installation during server configuration

Workaround

  1. In Windows, open Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features.

  2. Check if the CRL Types and Shared Management Objects dependencies are installed.

    • If both dependencies are installed, restart the computer, and run server configuration again.

    • If any of these dependencies are not installed, check if their installers are available in the following location:

      %ProgramData%\One Identity\Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows\Downloads

      If the installers are available in the specified location, install them manually from there, then restart the computer, and run server configuration again.

    • If any of the dependency installers are missing from the above location, install them manually as described in the Offline installation section of the Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows Administration Guide.

Error code 2356

If you encounter error code 2356 during installation, or the server configuration gets stuck while installing the prerequisites (CLR Types and Shared Management Objects), the Windows Installer service can end up in an incorrect state.

Workaround

  1. Close any in-progress installation.

  2. Open the Windows Task Manager.

  3. Search for the Windows Installer service under the Services tab (msiserver).

  4. Stop the service.

  5. Run the installer/process again.

Potential startup delay on Windows 10

If Data Collection is enabled, Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows may start up with a delay on Windows 10 workstations, stuck on a please wait... screen for an extended period of time. This can occur if the workstation cannot resolve the DNS name of the configured Data Collection server.

Workaround

To solve the issue, replace the configured Data Collection server name with the IP address of the Data Collection server.

SQL Server 2014 Express installation fails

Occasionally, Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows may fail to install SQL Server 2014 Express.

Workaround

  1. If possible, use a remote database instead of a local SQL Server installation.

  2. If using a remote database is not feasible, try to install SQL Server 2014 manually.

  3. If the issue still persists, contact our Support Team. Make sure you provide the SQL Server 2014 installation logs for One Identity Support from the following location:

    %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\120\SetupBootstrap\Log

Match rule failure for certain processes

If a process is running from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) or mapped drive, rules that specify the file version, file hash, product code, or publisher might fail to match the process. This can happen if the security permissions set on the network resource prevent the computer account on which the Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows Client is running to access it.

Workaround

In the Edit Rule Wizard, set User’s context will be used to resolve system and resource access for the rule. This setting allows the Safeguard Privilege Manager for Windows Client to access the network resource under the security context of the user running the process.

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