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Object

 

Directory

 

Physical

 

Location

 

Consideration

 

should

 

be

 

made

 

to

 

the

 

location

 

of

 

the

 

Object

 

Directory.

  

 

The

 

default

 

final

 

folder

 

for

 

the

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

Object

 

Directory

 

is

 

in

 

a

 

folder

 

called

 

SBDATA.

  

If

 

possible,

 

use

 

a

 

separate

 

fixed

 

drive

 

or

 

partition

 

to

 

the

 

OS

 

for

 

example,

 

OS

 

and

 

application

 

on

 

C:

  

database

 

on

 

D:.

 

This

 

is

 

usually

 

decided

 

at

 

the

 

time

 

of

 

initial

 

installation

 

and

 

can

 

be

 

modified

 

at

 

another

 

time.

 

 

Object

 

Directory

 

Access

 

Check

 

that

 

every

 

administrator

 

that

 

needs

 

to

 

log

 

on

 

to

 

the

 

Object

 

Directory

 

goes

 

through

 

the

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

Database

 

server,

 

not

 

direct

 

through

 

local

 

connection.

 

Where

 

possible,

 

do

 

not

 

allow

 

the

 

database

 

to

 

be

 

shared.

 

 

Searching

 

for

 

Objects

 

Limit

 

the

 

use

 

of

 

the

 

Find

 

function

 

in

 

20K+

 

databases

 

during

 

normal

 

working

 

hours

 

as

 

it

 

can

 

slow

 

access

 

for

 

other

 

systems

 

and

 

user

 

objects.

  

Another

 

alternative

 

is

 

to

 

work

 

on

 

a

 

recent

 

copy

 

of

 

the

 

Object

 

Directory

 

to

 

perform

 

searches,

 

and

 

once

 

the

 

location

 

is

 

found,

 

they

 

can

 

be

 

navigated

 

to

 

directly

 

in

 

the

 

live

 

Object

 

Directory.

 

 

Clearing

 

Deleted

 

Objects

 

 

Clear

 

objects

 

from

 

Deleted

 

Items

 

regularly

 

when

 

not

 

needed.

 

Deleted

 

items

 

are

 

folders

 

containing

 

old

 

deleted

 

users,

 

systems,

 

and

 

other

 

objects

 

and

 

are

 

found

 

through

 

the

 

System

 

tab

 

in

 

the

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

Manager.

  

These

 

objects

 

can

 

slow

 

searches

 

down.

  

If

 

these

 

objects

 

are

 

needed

 

for

 

auditing,

 

they

 

will

 

need

 

to

 

be

 

retained

 

by

 

first

 

backing

 

up

 

the

 

whole

 

database

 

(SBDATA

 

folder)

 

and

 

then

 

storing,

 

dated,

 

carefully

 

for

 

that

 

purpose.

 

Then

 

empty

 

the

 

deleted

 

items

 

from

 

the

 

current

 

live

 

database

 

to

 

help

 

speed

 

of

 

access.

 

See

 

the

 

more

 

detailed

 

Object

 

Directory

 

Maintenance

 

section

 

below.

   

 

SBSERVER.INI

 

This

 

file

 

is

 

found

 

in

 

the

 

main

 

installation

 

folder

 

for

 

your

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

Manager.

 

It

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

to

 

adjust

 

the

 

maximum

 

number

 

of

 

connections

 

the

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

server

 

will

 

accept

 

and

 

the

 

behavior

 

when

 

the

 

maximum

 

is

 

reached.

   

 

SBServer

 

ini

 

contents:

 

[Connections]

 

Max=200

 

AcceptAtMax=No

 

 

The

 

default

 

settings

 

are

 

usually

 

fine

 

for

 

most

 

implementations

 

but

 

Max=200

 

can

 

be

 

set

 

to

 

a

 

higher

 

value

 

depending

 

on

 

the

 

number

 

of

 

incoming

 

connections.

 

This

 

should

 

only

 

be

 

changed

 

if

 

the

 

server

 

has

 

a

 

high

 

specification

 

and

 

is

 

recommended

 

by

 

a

 

McAfee

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

consultant.

  

In

 

addition,

 

this

 

would

 

need

 

to

 

be

 

tested

 

to

 

determine

 

if

 

this

 

improves

 

sync

 

events

 

and

 

server

 

load.

 

(Please

 

see

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

Manager

 

Administration

 

Guide

 

supplied

 

with

 

Endpoint

 

Encryption

 

Manager

 

for

 

further

 

details

 

on

 

SBServer.ini).

 

 

Summary of Contents for ENDPOINT ENCRYPTION ENTERPRISE - BEST PRACTICES GUIDE

Page 1: ...1 McAfee Endpoint Encryption Enterprise Best Practices Guide November 2009...

Page 2: ...d No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of McAfe...

Page 3: ...OF 5000 USER MACHINE OBJECT DIRECTORY 10 VIRTUAL SERVERS 10 GLOBAL DEPLOYMENTS 11 OPTIMISATION ACTIONS 11 OPTIMISATION ACTIONS OVERVIEW 12 NAME INDEXING DBCFG INI 13 WARNINGS 13 DBCFG INI 13 GROUP SI...

Page 4: ...19 CLEARING THE AUDIT 19 DELETED ITEMS CLEANUP 20 CHECKING FOR DATABASE CORRUPTION 20 WHY DOES THE DATABASE GET CORRUPTED 20 ORPHANED OBJECTS 21 RESTORE COMMANDS 21 CLEANUP COMMANDS 21 DUMP MACHINE D...

Page 5: ...e product and the environment in which it is being used before arriving at any decision on implementation strategy Calculations and figures in this guide are based on field evidence and not theoretica...

Page 6: ...a distributed way For example the Web Helpdesk component can be installed on a dedicated web server while the rest of the components are on a separate Endpoint Encryption Server However the majority o...

Page 7: ...hared Server can be used for low numbers Please see Virtual Server section in this guide Virtual hardware has to be of higher specification if resources are shared See Page 11 2000 5000 users systems...

Page 8: ...nvironment has not been fully tested at this time in engineering Load Balancing Given the best configuration is usually a single high performance server with DAS then the least optimal way to perform...

Page 9: ...s The default settings of the Communication Server limit the queue to 200 entries a balance between taking connections and processing connections After that point the connections are refused This is a...

Page 10: ...use of Virtual Servers is a result of Lack of resources dedicated to the virtual server Dynamically assigned resources to the virtual server which starves it of the necessary performance during peak p...

Page 11: ...y is necessary it is better to include endpoints from all regions in the pilot phase Optimisation Actions NOTE These are generic recommendations based on experience but not always be suitable for your...

Page 12: ...me to five minutes Disable NTFS Last Access Update with a registry change Increase the size of the NTFS Master File Table MFT with a registry change Optimize backups Exclude the Object Directory and t...

Page 13: ...smaller than 5000 systems otherwise you find the number by multiplying the number of users or systems in the database by 0 6 Example If the number of users in the database is 10 000 the Locktimeout s...

Page 14: ...lable from your McAfee representative Attribs SingleFile No If this is set to Yes the attributes for objects will be placed into a single file instead of each one having their own file Not generally u...

Page 15: ...ours NOTE A similar setting KeepAliveInterval has a default 1000 1 second this setting is correct so do not change this Last Access Time Stamp NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate With large databases it is po...

Page 16: ...3 or 4 instead of the default value of 1 Object Directory Backup Tool Setup If you set up your Object Directory backup tool make sure it is not running too many times a day because the in between tim...

Page 17: ...ed you schedule EEPC command line tool SBADMCL to cleanup machine audit and the user audit See Endpoint Encryption Object Directory Maintenance section below File Cache on Raid Hard Drive Controller L...

Page 18: ...containing old deleted users systems and other objects and are found through the System tab in the Endpoint Encryption Manager These objects can slow searches down If these objects are needed for aud...

Page 19: ...ds please see the Endpoint Encryption Scripting Tool User Guide which is found in most normal installations of the Endpoint Encryption Manager Extracting and Clearing Audit from the Database The audit...

Page 20: ...within the Object Directory is renamed The extension of the folder is renamed from RMV to WPE With a very large database these empty removed folders can sometimes slow down searches In a test lab try...

Page 21: ...have a full backup of SBDATA before doing this Restore Commands To restore orphaned user objects back into a group use this command SBADMCL Command RestoreUsers Adminuser Admin Adminpwd mypassword Gr...

Page 22: ...ects in the DumpMaDesc log can be deleted from the database If the normal deletion doesn t work use Windows Explorer to browse to the actual location in the database and delete the physical folder In...

Page 23: ...utes servicing each client EEPC has excellent password synchronization across all the endpoint clients a user is assigned to It is therefore logical that adding thousands of users to each machine will...

Page 24: ...nate Requests This option stops the machine from entering hibernation mode Note this option is not supported in Vista With later versions of EEPC v5 x this should normally be left disabled to allow no...

Page 25: ...ppear as a fixed drive and therefore swaps with the fixed disk after booting from it It can cause recovery problems with Remove or Emergency Boot for example Alternatively use with a floppy disk drive...

Page 26: ...tion to encrypted data Using one autoboot user for too many machines Instead use more autoboot users to reduce the multiple connections and load on the autoboot user object in the database Autoboot us...

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