{"id":8974,"date":"2026-10-20T18:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/support-articles\/can-we-use-something-similar-to-the-use_smbios_guid-installation-parameter-with-elements-linux-protection-to-force-use-of-smbios-uid-identity\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:28:16","slug":"can-we-use-something-similar-to-the-use_smbios_guid-installation-parameter-with-elements-linux-protection-to-force-use-of-smbios-uid-identity","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/support-articles\/can-we-use-something-similar-to-the-use_smbios_guid-installation-parameter-with-elements-linux-protection-to-force-use-of-smbios-uid-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we use something similar to the &#8222;&#8211;use_smbios_guid&#8220; installation parameter with Elements Linux Protection to force use of SMBIOS UID identity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>Can we use something similar to the &quot;&#8211;use_smbios_guid&quot; installation parameter with Elements Linux Protection to force use of SMBIOS UID identity?<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>The Withsecure Linux products make use of the SMBIOS GUID (or DMI ID, or product_uuid) to construct a stable device identifier. Essentially, it means the &quot;&#8211;use_smbios_guid&quot; parameter by default is active.<\/p>\n<p>However care must be taken when cloning virtual machines. By default, each virtual machine gets a different SMBIOS GUID generated by the hypervisor, but optionally, you can make identical virtual machine clones. If you have Elements Linux Protection installed on cloned virtual machines and several devices have the same Unique ID (UUID), only one of the cloned devices would be visible on the Elements Security Center portal&#39;s\u00a0<strong>Environmen &gt; Devices <\/strong>page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can we use something similar to the &#8222;&#8211;use_smbios_guid&#8220; installation parameter with Elements Linux Protection to force use of SMBIOS UID identity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-8974","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000007328","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-20 14:37:29","import_hash":"006fdb473209a230b589dc0bcf8b9d2c6e9461f0","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/8974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=8974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}