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Working on a solution using WMI filters and trying to test on non-persistent VMs with a test policy - but not finding the VMs are showing up under assets (under today versus last 90 days).   Names of the VMs are reused so am seeing stale instances - but not current session.   The VMs are destroyed upon log off and re-created once they are logged into again.  We currently deploy XML files with the images to ensure policies are applied immediately.  Have tried using command line updates to force check in - but perhaps there is a better way?  

Hi @anorwood, I assume this is a BI deployment? If so, for non-persistent environments, ensure that after you install EPM-W in your gold build:

  • stop the BI adapter service,
  • locate the BeyondInsightInstallIdentifier entry in the following registry key:
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Avecto\Privilege Guard Client
  • delete it

When the image is deployed, and the BI adapter starts, it will then register as a new asset within BI.

Further details on managing EPM policy with BI can be found here:
Manage Endpoint Privilege Management policies
https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/beyondinsight-password-safe/bi/epm/policies.htm

More details on managing non-persistent VMs is located in our Support KB here:
How to prevent duplicates when deploying EPM-W adapters - https://beyondtrustcorp.service-now.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0017056


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