Users Guide

• Change the group security policy, User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for
administrators in Admin Approval Mode, to No Prompt to disable the pop-up window or elevate
privileges without prompting for the Administrators group.
• Disable UAC.
• Use scripts to run the DUP and impersonate yourself as a local administrator at runtime.
• Dell DUP HDD firmware update utility related to system memory utilization requires minimum of 8 GB
to 16 GB RAM in the server.
UAC Restrictions When Running DUPs Remotely
By default, after UAC starts, all Administrator Account users login as Standard Users. Thus, rights to access
critical system resources are not available until the user confirms the privilege elevation request. This
restriction disables the option to remotely deploy DUPs. UAC returns an Access Denied error if the
management node agent runs on these login credentials.
You can bypass the UAC restrictions by:
• Enabling remote agent use of the Local System Account to perform a DUP update. The Local System
Account is not protected by UAC (recommended option).
• Using the Local Administrator Account on each remote machine where the DUP is running.
• Disabling UAC for all users on remote machines (not a recommended option).
• Not upgrading to Administrator account on remote machines.
NOTE: Only two accounts (the Local Administrator Account and the Local System Account) are not
protected by UAC. All other users including accounts with local administrator rights or domain
administrator rights have UAC enabled by default. Even though UAC can be disabled by updating
the local or domain security policy, it is not recommended. Remote users have to login as a built-in
Local Administrator Account or obtain the Local System Account privilege to launch a
DUP remotely.
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