To manually add a new device

  1. In the Data Protection view, go to Manage Devices.
  2. Click the Add Manually icon , and select Storage Device or Peripheral Device.
  3. Edit device details.

    • Device Name - Enter a unique device display name, which cannot contain spaces or special characters (except for the underscore and hyphen characters).

    • Connection type - Select the connection type Internal, External or Unknown (required).

    • Category - Select a device category from the list.

    • Serial Number - Enter the device serial number. You can use wild card characters in the serial number to apply this device definition to more than one physical device. See Using Wild Card Characters.

    • Extra Information - Configure whether the device shows as fixed disk device (Hard Drive with Master Boot Record), a removable device (Media without Master Boot Record) or None.

    • Icon - Select an icon to show in the GUI.

    • Device ID Filter - Enter a filter string that identifies the device category (class). Devices are included in the category when the first characters in a Device ID match the filter string. For example, if the filter string is My_USB_Stick, these devices are members of the device category:

      • My_USB_Stick_40GB

      • My_USB_Stick_80GB

    • Supported Capabilities

      • Log device events - Select this option to create a log entry when this device connects to an endpoint computer (Event ID 11 or 20 only).

      • Allow encryption - Select this option if the device can be encrypted (storage devices only).

  4. Assign Groups (relevant for storage devices only) - you can assign the device to an existing group, create a new group or do not add to group.
  5. Click Finish.