{"id":4226,"date":"2026-06-08T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&p=4226"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:00:07","slug":"how-to-configure-the-business-suite-client-security-or-server-security-host-id-in-a-machine-creation-service-environment-citrix-golden-image-master-image","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/how-to-configure-the-business-suite-client-security-or-server-security-host-id-in-a-machine-creation-service-environment-citrix-golden-image-master-image\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure the Business Suite Client Security or Server Security host ID in a machine creation service environment (Citrix Golden Image \/ Master Image)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

How to configure the Business Suite Client Security or Server Security host ID in a machine creation service (MCS) environment.\u00a0
For instance, a Citrix Golden Image \/ Master Image<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

First you need to know which behavior you are aiming for.<\/p>\n

Here are the most common one:<\/p>\n

Clients are created recurring every day from the Golden Image \/ Master Image and should retain their WithSecure Unique ID known to the Policy Manager<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Boot into your golden\u00a0image<\/li>\n
  2. Open a command prompt\u00a0as administrator<\/li>\n
  3. Change the working directory to C:\\Program Files (x86)\\F-Secure\\<Client Security or Server Security>\\<\/li>\n
  4. Run the following tool with these options to use either the SMBIOS GUID, WINS name, or MAC address when the product reports to the PM Server.\n

    \tresetuid.exe resetuid <SMBIOSGUID or WINS or MAC><\/strong><\/p>\n

    \tNOTE:<\/strong> DO NOT<\/strong> run resetuid with the APPLYNOW<\/strong> parameter in this case.<\/li>\n

  5. Shut down and save the state of the golden image\n

    \tNOTE:<\/strong> No more reboot at this stage, otherwise the process until step 4 has to be repeated<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When deploying a new virtual machine from the golden image, the deployed virtual machine will render the Unique ID based on either the SMBIOS GUID, WINS name or MAC address.<\/p>\n

    As long as the Unique ID will not change from the deployed virtual machine, it will remain known to the Policy Manager and will only have to be imported once.
    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    Clients are created recurring and should always be considered as a new host to the Policy Manager<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Boot into your golden\u00a0image<\/li>\n
    2. Open a command prompt\u00a0as administrator<\/li>\n
    3. Change the working directory to C:\\Program Files (x86)\\F-Secure\\<Client Security or Server Security>\\<\/li>\n
    4. Run the following tool with these options:\n

      resetuid.exe resetuid randomguid<\/p>\n

      \tNOTE:<\/strong> DO NOT<\/strong> run resetuid with the APPLYNOW<\/strong> parameter in this case.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. Shut down and save the state of the golden image\n

      \tNOTE:<\/strong> No more reboot at this stage, otherwise the process until step 4 has to be repeated<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      When deploying a new machine from this master image, the deployed machine will render the WithSecure Unique ID based on a random GUID string<\/p>\n

      This approach will create a "new" host for the Policy Manager Server with every new machine deployment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

      One functionality that might help here are the import rules, explained in this help guide<\/a>.
      \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How to configure the WithSecure client host ID in a machine creation service environment (Citrix Golden Image \/ Master Image)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-4226","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000012243","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 15:00:07","import_hash":"ac41a04f33f057508d5906ff4cd79d0d1f4ca9e4","vanilla_article_id":29466,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/29466-how-to-configure-the-business-suite-client-security-or-server-security-host-id-in-a-machine-creation-service-environment-citrix-golden-image-master-image","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":103,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}