IBM Endpoint Manager, Version 9.2

Registering computers through the Self Service Portal Registration Management dashboard

Endpoint users must register their own computers through the Self Service Portal. If necessary, console operators can register computers for endpoint users by using the Self Service Portal Registration Management dashboard.

About this task

Use this task if you are a console operator and need to register computers for the Self Service Portal.

You can add computers or users to the registration list by using the Self Service Portal Registration Management dashboard. For more information about the dashboard, see Self Service Portal Registration Management dashboard.

Procedure

From the Systems Lifecycle domain, click Software Distribution > Self Service Portal Registration Management.
You can register computers either by adding users to the listed computers or by adding computers to the listed users.
To register a computer to a user:
1. Click the List by Users tab.
2. Click the corresponding computers link from the Registered column.
3. Select the computer name from the down-down list.
4. Click Register Computer.
To register a user to a computer:
1. Click the List by Computers tab.
2. Click the corresponding users link from the Registered column.
3. Enter the user name of the endpoint user that you want to add to the computer.
4. Click Register User.
Click OK to confirm.

Results

The action might take a few minutes to complete. The dashboard shows the updates only when the action is complete. When the action completes, the computer or user that you added is shown in the dashboard.

Note: You can remove computers or users from the registration list by clicking a corresponding link from the Registered column, and then clicking Remove Computer or Remove User.

Registration information is stored in the following locations:

Windows computers: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\SSP_Green

Mac and Linux computers: /var/opt/BESClient/__BESData/SSP_Green

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