Discovered Services tab (asset)
The Discovered Services tab displays information specific to the selected asset and is applicable only to Windows assets.
Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets | Discovered Services.
Use these buttons to manage the discovered services.
Table 42: Discovered Services: Toolbar
Discover Services |
Run the selected service discovery job. |
Search |
To locate one or more assets, enter the character string to be used to search for a match. For more information, see Search box. |
The following displays for each discovered service.
Table 43: Assets: Discovered Services tab properties
Account |
The account in Safeguard that maps to the discovered account associated with the discovered service or task on 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. |
System Name |
The asset to which the account is associated. |
Account Status |
The status of the Safeguard account. If Safeguard manages the account, the value is Managed. If the account is disabled, the value is blank. |
Dependent Account |
A check displays if the account is associated as an account dependency on the asset. The value is blank if the account is not associated as an account dependency of the asset.
This automatic dependency mapping only happens if you select the following options. Select the Automatically Manage Found Accounts option on the account discovery job associated with the partition profile that is associated to the asset. For more information, see Adding an Account Discovery rule. |
Service Type |
Type of service discovered. Values may be Service or Task. |
Service Name |
The name of the discovered service or task. |
Service Enabled |
A check displays if the service or task on the asset is enabled. If there is no check mark, the service or task is disabled. |
Discovered Account |
The discovered service account name configured. |
Date/Time Discovered |
The date and time when the service or task was discovered. |
History tab (asset)
The History tab allows you to view or export the details of each operation that has affected the selected asset.
The top of the History tab contains the following information:
Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets | History.
Table 44: Assets History tab properties
Date/Time |
The date and time of the event |
User |
The display name of the user that triggered the event |
Source IP |
The network DNS name or IP address of the managed system that triggered the event |
Object Name |
The name of the selected asset |
Event |
The type of operation made to the selected asset:
- Create
- Delete
- Update
- Add Membership
- Remove Membership
NOTE: A membership operation indicates a relationship change with a related or parent object such as an account dependency was added or deleted from the selected asset. |
Related Object |
The name of the related object |
Related Object Type |
The type of the related object |
Parent |
The name of the object to which the selected asset is a child |
Parent Object Type |
The parent object type |
Select an event to display this additional information for some types of events (for example, create and update events).
Table 45: Additional History tab properties
Property |
The property that was updated |
Old Value |
The value of the property before it was updated |
New Value |
The new value of the property |
Managing assets
Use the controls and tabbed pages on the Assets page to perform the following tasks to manage Safeguard for Privileged Passwords assets:
Adding an asset
It is the responsibility of the Asset Administrator to add assets and accounts to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords.
Safeguard for Privileged Passwords allows you to set up Asset Discovery jobs that run automatically. For more information, see Asset Discovery job workflow.
Before you add systems to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords, make sure they are properly configured. For more information, see Preparing systems for management.
NOTE: There are special considerations for adding an MS SQL asset to Safeguard. See KB 261806 for details.
To add an asset
- Navigate to Administrative Tools | Assets.
- Click
Add Asset from the toolbar.
- In the Asset dialog, provide information in each of the tabs: