Hi All,
Just started as the SEP administrator with my company and one of the first tasks I need to accomplish is fixing Location Awareness on our virtual machines. Our current Location Awareness has 2 locations, OFF network and ON network. ON network has no rules assigned to it and OFF network (default location) looks to verify the DNS server is not one in a set list of DNS servers. So with the current setting the VMs (in NAT mode) will always stay in the OFF Network location because the DNS is always the host system.
The problem:
We have been test several different detection / condition methods but we have encountered the same issue with each and every method. The location will not change on the VM until the next heartbeat or if we force a check in to the SEPM (ie hit the Policy update button). So as an example, a laptop with a VM running it, if we disconnect the network cable, SEP on the host will drop to OFF network, but SEP on the VM will stay ON network. If I then connect the laptop to a hotspot (off network), the host laptop will stay on the OFF Network location, but the VM is still on the ON Network location. If I let it sit until the next heartbeat or force a check in attempt it will then update it's location to OFF network. As mentioned above, this behavior is consistent no matter what we set the Location Awareness conditions too. It's seems there is some type of trigger that is not getting activated that forces the Location Awareness test on a VM in NAT mode.
Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
SEPM: 12.1.5 RU5
Client: 12.1.4013.4013