Sync Users at PBA Activation

Affected Products:

• Dell Data Protection | Encryption

Affected Versions:

• v8.12

A new self-encrypting drive policy was introduced in Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition server v9.6: Sync users at PBA activation.

• This allows for all user accounts (including local) to be synced to the PBA during provisioning, allowing for local accounts to log in to a remotely managed PBA.

Figure 1: (English Only) Dell Data Protection | Encryption dashboard

Not Applicable

For client v8.12.0 to use this feature, the following registry key must be in place before the PBA is provisioned:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dell\Dell Data Protection\SyncUsers
DWORD(32BIT): "SyncAllUsers"
Value: 1

Client v8.13 can use this feature once the sync users at PBA activation policy is enabled, and the registry key is no longer effective.

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