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Use the ePolicy Orchestrator server to add the Drive Encryption users to the client system. The Drive Encryption software can be activated on a client system only after adding a user and enforcing the required encryption policies correctly.

Before you begin
  • You must have administrator rights to perform this task.

  • Make sure that encryption user is created before adding user to a system.



Task
  1. Click Menu → Data Protection → Encryption Users to open the My Organization page.

  2. From the System Tree pane, select a group or system.

    Note

    To add users to a particular system, select the required system from the System tab on the My Organization pane.

  3. Click Actions → Drive Encryption → Add Users to open the Add Drive Encryption Users page.

  4. To add users, click + in the Users field, browse to the users' list, select the users, then click OK.

  5. To add groups, click + in the From the groups field, browse to the user group's list, select the groups, then click OK.

  6. To add an organizational unit, click + in the From the organizational units field, browse to the organizational unit list, select the unit, then click OK.

  7. On the Add Drive Encryption Users page, click OK.

    Note

    You can now accommodate large number of users in pre-boot. The maximum number of users that you can now accommodate is 5000 to the previous 250. However, Trellix recommends minimizing the number of users assigned for better performance.