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

• For a multiple nodes, the URL is in this format: https://loadBalancerName/ where nodename reflects the load balancer
hostname entered in the Configure Hostname screen.
• To access the Server in the future for updates to this VM or to check the logs, you must enable SSH for this VM. Select Basic
Configuration > SSH Settings to enable SSH for a ddgsupport user.
• In the Management Console, if you modify any node-based web portal policies, you must reboot the applicance. See Reboot the
Appliance. After restart, you must log in with your ddguser credentials.
Open the Management Console
Open the Management Console at https://server.domain.com:8443/webui/
The default credentials are superadmin/changeit.
The following web browsers are supported to access the Management Console:
• Internet Explorer 11.x or later
• Mozilla Firefox 41.x or later
• Google Chrome 46.x or later
• Safari
Data Guardian Basic Terminal Configuration Tasks
Basic configuration tasks are accessed from the Main Menu.
Change Host Name
This task can be completed at any time. It is not required to begin using Data Guardian.
1. From the Basic Configuration menu, select Host Name.
2. Use the backspace key to remove the existing Data-Guardian-Web hostname then replace it with a new host name and select OK.
Change Network Settings
This task can be completed at any time. It is not required to begin using Data Guardian.
1. From the Basic Configuration menu, select Network.
2. In the Configure Network Settings screen, choose either option below then select OK.
• (Default) Use DHCP (IPv4).
• (Recommended) In Use DHCP, press the space bar to remove the X and manually enter these addresses, as applicable:
Static IP
Network Mask
Default Gateway
DNS Server 1
DNS Server 2
DNS Server 3
Either IPv6 or IPv4 can be selected for a static configuration.
NOTE:
When using a static IP, you must create a host entry in the DNS server.
Change User Passwords
This task can be completed at any time. It is not required to begin using Data Guardian.
You can change passwords for these users:
• ddguser (Terminal administrator) - This user has access to the Data Guardian terminal and its menus.
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Configure and Install Data Guardian for the Web Client