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How to Commit Policies for Dell Data Security Servers

Summary: Policies may be committed for Dell Data Security and Dell Data Protection servers using these instructions.

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Symptoms

This article provides steps for committing policies in the Dell Security Management Server (formerly Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition Server or Dell Data Protection | Virtual Edition.)

Affected Products:

  • Dell Security Management Server
  • Dell Security Management Server Virtual
  • Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition Server
  • Dell Data Protection | Virtual Edition Server

Affected Versions:

  • v8.0 and Later

Cause

Not applicable

Resolution

Policies must be saved and then committed in the Dell Security Management Server for any changes to take effect on a managed endpoint.

The policy settings of Dell Security Management Server vary between product versions. Click the appropriate version for specific steps. For versioning information, reference How to Identify the Dell Data Security / Dell Data Protection Server Version.

  1. Sign in to the Dell Data Security administration console.

Dell Data Security administration console login

Note: For more information, reference How to Access the Dell Data Security / Dell Data Protection Server Administration Console.
  1. From the left menu pane, click Management and then select Commit.

Commit

  1. Populate a comment detailing saved policy changes to be committed.

Example policy comment

  1. Click Commit Policies.

Commit Policies

  1. Submit credentials to sign in to the Dell Data Protection administration console.

Dell Data Protection administration console login

Note: For more information, reference How to Access the Dell Data Security / Dell Data Protection Server Administration Console.
  1. From the left pane, click Commit Policies.

Commit Policies

  1. Populate a comment detailing saved policy changes and then click Apply Changes.

Comment and Apply Changes

Note: A Pending Policy Change number is assigned based on the number of policies, endpoints, and domains affected.

To contact support, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.
Go to TechDirect to generate a technical support request online.
For additional insights and resources, join the Dell Security Community Forum.

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Affected Products

Dell Encryption
Article Properties
Article Number: 000123779
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 28 júl 2023
Version:  13
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