Using the Web UI, you can modify the Agent Default Policy to globally exclude the Removal Protection feature from all host sets in your environment. A global exclusion policy that lists specific host sets that should be excluded from the agent removal protection password policy.
Note
Defining a Removal Protection exclusion policy for host sets in your enterprise is not recommended because it allows the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software to be removed from your host endpoints.
A Removal Protection exception policy is ignored for any Windows hosts using Endpoint Security Agent (HX) version 25 or earlier.
Log in to the Web UI as an administrator.
From the Admin menu, select Policies to access the Policies page.
From the Policies table, select the Agent Default Policy and click the policy link to access the Edit Policy page.
Select the Removal Protection tab.
Toggle the Removal Protection ON/OFF switch to OFF to disable the agent uninstall password.
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If there is a password in the Password field, click the x icon in the Password field to delete it.
Important
To disable the Removal Protection feature, you must delete the password from the Password field before clicking the Save button. If you do not delete the password, you will receive an error message when you click save.
Click Save to save the policy settings.
To exclude selected host sets from the Removal Protection policy:
Note
See "Creating a Custom Policy" in the Endpoint Security Agent Administration Guide for more information about using the Web UI to create a custom policy.
Log in to the Web UI as an administrator.
From the Admin menu, select Policies to access the Policies page.
From the Policies table, select the link for the custom policy you want modify.
Select the Removal Protection tab.
Toggle the Removal Protection ON/OFF switch to OFF to disable the agent uninstall password.
If there is a password in the Password field, click the x icon in the Password field to delete it.
Important
To disable the Removal Protection feature, you must delete the password from the Password field before clicking the Save button. If you do not delete the password, you will receive an error message when you click save.
Click Save to save the policy settings.
Now you can assign host sets to the custom policy and set the policy priority level. See "Assigning Host Sets to Agent Policies" and "Configuring Policy Priority Using the Web UI" in the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) Administration Guide for more information.