[osiris] Re: Automatic acceptance of session keys?

[David Vasil]

Nels Lindquist wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> My apologies if this is covered in the documentation; the website is
> still down.
> 
> I've noticed that when a monitored system regenerates a session key (due
> to a reboot, etc.) that subsequent scans fail until an explicit
> connection is made from the management console to that host ("host
> [hostname]" is sufficient).
> 
> Is there no way to automate this process?  I have "lost session key"
> notification turned on, so I always receive a "lost session key" e-mail
> prior to the "scan failed" e-mails.
> 
> In an environment with many monitored hosts it would seem that having to
> manually re-connect every time a session key is lost (which can be
> pretty frequent for Windows hosts) is a stumbling block.
> 
> Am I missing something?  Thanks very much.

Which version of osiris (client and MD) are you running?  Under 4.2.0 in
my environment when a system is rebooted, it sends notification of a
session key regeneration and then scans on the next scheduled scan.

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| Oak Ridge National Laboratory NCCS Division
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