Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Data Guardian Windows, Mac, Mobile, and Web Administrator Guide v2.9
- Introduction
- Requirements
- Configure and Install Data Guardian on Windows
- Data Guardian Client Registry Settings
- Configure an On-prem Server for Data Guardian
- Install Data Guardian
- Set GPO on Domain Controller to Enable Entitlements
- Uninstall Data Guardian
- View Reports
- Data Guardian Troubleshooting
- Configure and Install Data Guardian on Mac
- Configure and Install Data Guardian for the Web Client

Set Up the Security Server to Allow Cloud Client
Downloads (On-prem only)
Before performing these tasks, confirm the following:
• Install the Dell Server and its components. See one of these:
• Security Management Server Installation and Migration Guide
• Security Management Server Virtual Quick Start Guide and Installation Guide
• Assign an appropriate Dell administrator role from the Administrators page in the Management Console.
Security Management Server
1. On the Security Management Server, go to <Security Server install dir>\webapps\cloudweb\brand\dell\resources\
2. Open the messages.properties file with a text editor.
3. Ensure that the entries are as follows.
For local installation:
download.deviceWin.mode=local
download.deviceMac.local.filename=Dell-Data-Guardian-0.x.x.xxxx.dmg
For remote installation:
download.deviceWin.mode=remote
download.deviceMac.remote.link=https://[MachineName:IPaddress]:[port]/yourpath/filename.dmg
4. Save and close the files.
5. Go to <Security Server install dir> and create a folder named Download (Security Server\Download).
6. Within the Download folder, create a CloudWeb folder (Security Server\Download\CloudWeb).
7. Add the Dell Data Guardian installers to that folder.
Security Management Server Virtual: Manually Install a Different Cloud Client Version
No action is needed to allow users to download the latest Dell Data Guardian installer. The latest installer is preinstalled on the Security
Server of Security Management Server Virtual.
To manually install a different Data Guardian installer version on theSecurity Server of Security Management Server Virtual, update the
message.properties file.
1. Go to:
/opt/dell/server/security-server/webapps/root/cloudweb/brand/dell/resources/
2. Open the messages.properties file with a text editor.
For local installation:
download.deviceWin.mode=local
download.deviceMac.local.filename=Dell-Data-Guardian-0.x.x.xxxx.dmg
For remote installation:
download.deviceWin.mode=remote
download.deviceMac.remote.link=https://[MachineName:IPaddress]:[port]/yourpath/filename.dmg
3. Save and close the files.
4. Copy the files to /opt/dell/server/security-server/download/cloudweb.
5. Add the Data Guardian installers to that folder.
Allow/Deny Users on Full Access List /Blacklist
The full access list and blacklist entries determine which users can register with the Dell Server to use Data Guardian.
Full Access List
The full access list allows specific users or groups of users to register with the Dell Server and to use Data Guardian.
External users must be placed on the full access list to allow registration. See the following examples to allow users to register:
Configure and Install Data Guardian on Mac
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