If you need to temporarily bypass pre-boot authentication for application installations or for any other reason, you can configure the device to skip PBA for a designated number of reboots.
To bypass PBA for specified reboots:
Open ZENworks Full Disk Encryption on the encrypted device, either from the Start menu or from the Full Disk Encryption About link on the ZENworks Agent.
Click Commands.
Supply the FDE Admin password, and click OK to display the Commands dialog box.
Select the number of reboots you want to bypass in the drop-down box next to the Bypass PBA for Specified Reboots button.
Click Bypass PBA for Specified Reboots.
When prompted, enter one of the following:
Password key (generated by the administrator)
ZENworks Agent override password
FDE Admin password
NOTE:This action can also be performed from the Command Prompt. For instructions, see Bypassing PBA for Reboots using the Command Line.
To override a PBA bypass command that has already been executed but still has one or more reboots remaining in the count, follow the procedure in Bypassing PBA for Specified Reboots, and use 0 as the number of desired reboots to bypass.
To bypass PBA for a specified number of reboots using the command line:
Open the Command Prompt and change the directory to %ZENWORKS_HOME%/esm/.
For example: cd %ZENWORKS_HOME%/esm/
Enter the following command: bypassPbaWithRebootCount <RebootCount> <PasswordKey>
For example: bypassPbaWithRebootCount 3 01mYPwd053
Enter one of the following for the Password Key:
Password key (generated by the administrator)
ZENworks Agent override password
FDE Admin password
NOTE:To override a PBA bypass command that has already been executed but still has one or more reboots remaining in the count, follow the same procedure as above using 0 as the reboot count.