Use ePO - On-prem to add and manage simple words that can't be used as passwords. The Drive Encryption simple words are added to the Master Repository when you select Regenerate Missing Simple Word package in Manage Simple Words that is available after the EEAdmin.zip extension is installed on ePO - On-prem.
You must have administrator rights to perform this task.
Click → → .
Click Drive Encryption in the Setting Categories pane, then click Manage simple words.
Click → .
Type the name of the group, then click OK to create the simple word group.
Click → , then type the simple words that can't be used as passwords.
Click → , then click Yes when prompted for confirmation. This creates the simple words package (.xml file) for the simple words group in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\ePolicyOrchestrator\DB\Software\Current\EESWORD\DAT\0000 folder.
Download the simple word package on the client using one of these methods:
Update Now option under → → → → in ePO - On-prem
Product Update task
Update Security from the client
Note
All simple word packages (.xml file) have a unique ID. When you run the update task, the package IDs are verified against the existing package IDs on the client, then the new package file is downloaded to the client if it has changed.
The downloaded simple word packages are stored in these folders on the client system:
DE Windows — C:\Program files\McAfee\Drive Encryption Agent\Repository\SimpleWords
Enable the No simple words option under → , select the required word group from the drop-down list, then send an agent wake-up call to apply the policy to the client.