Reference Guide

Manage Policies
Polling
Interval
The interval that the Encryption client attempts to poll
Policy Proxy for policy updates, and send inventory
information to Policy Proxy.
The E
ncryption client also attempts to poll Policy Proxy each
time a user logs on.
Allow
Activations
Selected
This policy is available at the Enterprise, Domain, User
Group, and User levels. This policy is used only by the
Encryption client. Other applications do not have an
activation policy setting.
When this policy is selected, Encryption client activations
are allowed.
When this policy is not selected, activations are blocked.
Blocking activations is useful for staggering activations,
preventing activations during the initial Dell Server setup,
or preventing activations during a maintenance interruption.
Current Shield
State
Activate
Activate, Suspend
Activate is the normal state for an encrypted user. A user
must be in this state to activate a computer.
Se
lect Suspend to require recovery before the user can access
the computer.
When a user is suspended, encrypted data cannot be accessed.
The user can be recovered by changing this policy to Activate,
and committing the policy.
See basic
settings
Enable
Software Auto
Updates
Not Selected
Selected
Not Selected
Selected enables the client update agent to automatically
check for updates to Encryption client software. If this
policy is not selected,
Encryption client auto updates do not
take place, regardless of other policy values. If this policy
is selected, the On Premise Update Staging Location policy
must have a network location in its value.
On Premise
Update Staging
Location
String
String
This
policy defines the network location (UNC) where the Dell
Server stages Encryption client update packages. If a network
location is not specified in this policy, the Enable Software
Auto Updates policy should not be published.
Update Check
Period
10080
1-43200 minutes (1 minute to 30 days)
The period in minutes between checks for software auto
updates.
Number of
Policy Update
Delays Allowed
3
0-5000
If Force Logoff/Reboot on Policy Updates is Selected, a non-
zero value allows the user to delay the required logoff or
reboot the specified number of times. Set to zero to disable
delays.
Force Logoff /
Reboot on
Policy Updates
Selected
Selected requires either a logoff or a reboot in order for key
policy updates to take effect. Otherwise, these policy updates
take effect whenever the next logoff or reboot occurs.
Policy Viewer
Enabled
Not Selected
When Selected, the user can view their encryption policies
from the Encryption icon in the notification area.
Display Local
Encryption
Processing
Control
Not Selected
When Selected, the user sees a menu option in the notification
area icon that allows them to pause/resume
encryption/decryption (depending on what the client is
currently doing).
Important:
Allowing a user to pause encryption could allow the
user to pr
event the Encryption client from fully encrypting or
decrypting data per policy.
Suppress File
Contention
Notification
Selected
This policy controls whether users see notification pop-ups if
an application attempts to access a file while the client is
processing it.
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