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To set up the Drive Eraser image into two-way communication mode, you need to go to Security and choose "Job Specification" for the "Erasure control".

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The Auto Connect value defines if the Drive Eraser would start by connecting to BMC and requesting the job description (when Auto Connect is checked) or if it would start by showing the Input & edit screen where user can edit the custom fields and then send a request to BMC to receive a job description (when Auto Connect is not checked).

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Both can be configured in BMC's graphical user interface (GUI). The relevant configuration items can be found logging in as root admin and going to Administration -> Integration. There the relevant section is Asset Management Integration Settings. Once the configuration fields have been properly filled and saved, BMC will start using them. There is no need to restart BMC. With regards to Reference AMS, the configuration in BMC appears as follows:

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There are no restrictions on which relational database management system (RDBMS) is used nor which authentication is used. By and large BMC works just like it used to.

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  • Auto-connect: Blancco Drive Eraser connects to BMC sending the default custom fields values along with other information such as MAC address, starts a session and requests a job specification

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  • Input & edit: User can first input values for the custom fields and then can press "Update & connect" to start a session with BMC and request a job specification by sending updated values along with other information such as MAC address:

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In case of error, Blancco Drive Eraser would show the error message in a dialog box and fall back to the "Input & edit: mode. In this case, BMC would unregister Drive Eraser and a new session can be created by pressing "Update and connect"

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If the job description is valid, Blancco Drive Eraser would update the configuration based on the specification sent by the AMS via BMC and start a local erasure session based on the updated configuration.

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