Application Resilience policies for Forcepoint DLP Endpoint

You can activate an Application Resilience policy for Forcepoint™ DLP Endpoint to collect information about the functional status of Forcepoint DLP Endpoint installed on your Windows devices and to view the results in reports. You can also configure the policy to attempt to repair or reinstall the application.

Application Resilience policies for Forcepoint DLP Endpoint are supported on devices running:

  • a supported version of the Windows operating system

  • PowerShell version 5.1 or higher

    Due to PowerShell restrictions imposed by Microsoft, Application Resilience isn't supported for this application on devices running Windows 11 SE.

  • one of the following versions of Forcepoint DLP Endpoint:

    • 21.x or higher

      Significant software changes in higher versions may cause health checks to become invalid.

In addition to checking the version, the following table describes the health checks performed:

If you select Report higher versions as Compliant, higher versions report Compliant without running health checks.

Component Test performed
Services Installed Running Signed by
  • Fppsvc (fppsvc.exe)
  • Forcepoint Endpoint Diagnostics (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense Client Agent (wepsvc.exe)
 P P

One of the signers entered in the policy configuration

By default, Signers contains "Forcepoint LLC".
  • Forcepoint Endpoint Context Agent (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense SaaS Service (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense Desktop Client (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense DCEP Service (wepsvc.exe)
 P n/a
Application name

The application uses the following name:

  • FORCEPOINT ONE ENDPOINT

You can configure an Application Resilience policy for Forcepoint DLP Endpoint to enable the Application Resilience (RAR) component A lightweight software component of the Secure Endpoint Agent that detects the status of third party applications installed on a device. The component may also attempt to repair the third party application if it is non-compliant. The RAR component is deployed on a device only when the device is associated with a customized policy group and that policy group's Application Resilience policy is activated. to repair Forcepoint DLP Endpoint if it's not functioning or to reinstall it if it's missing or can't be repaired.

Depending on the Absolute product licenses associated with your account, the Report and repair and Report, repair, and reinstall options may not be available.

The RAR component of the Secure Endpoint Agent can respond to the following issues:

Issue Resolution
Repair
The Fppsvc (fppsvc.exe) service isn't running

The RAR component restarts the service.
The Fppsvc (fppsvc.exe) service isn't installed and the service's executable can be detected on the device

The RAR component reinstalls the missing service.
Reinstall

Downgrades are not supported. If the version installed on a device is higher than the expected version, no action is taken.
The Fppsvc service (fppsvc.exe) isn't installed and the service's executable cannot be detected on the device

The RAR component downloads and installs the configured version of the application.

A device restart is required after the application is installed. The Secure Endpoint Agent doesn't force the device to restart, so a status of Not Compliant continues to show in the Application Resilience reports until the device user performs a restart. You can review the report's Status details to determine if a restart is required.

One or more of the following services aren't installed:

  • Forcepoint Endpoint Context Agent (wepsvc.exe)
  • Forcepoint Endpoint Diagnostics (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense Client Agent (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense SaaS Service (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense Desktop Client (wepsvc.exe)
  • Websense DCEP Service (wepsvc.exe)
Forcepoint DLP Endpoint failed to be repaired, or the expected version isn't installed

The installer:

  • must be an EXE file

  • can have any file name

The RAR component looks for the following files names when checking pre-cached installers:

Component File name
Installers ForcePoint_One_DLP_Setup.exe

Before you activate an Application Resilience policy, you need to configure the policy. You need to configure the application version in addition to the settings in Configuring Application Resilience policies.

To configure the application version:

Under Forcepoint™ DLP Endpoint version, enter the version of Forcepoint DLP Endpoint you expect to be running on your devices.

  • The target version must be a sequence of digits separated by a period.

  • You can use wildcard "*" characters after the major version number, for example, 21.* or 21.03.*.

Make sure the version you are entering is consistent with version 21.x or higher.

If you selected the Report, repair, and reinstall option, you also need to configure this setting in addition to the settings in Configuring Application Resilience policies.

To configure the Forcepoint DLP Endpoint specific setting:

  1. Under Installation parameters, enter the applicable command-line parameters for Forcepoint DLP Endpoint installation. For more information about the installation parameters, see the Forcepoint DLP Endpoint documentation.

  2. [Optional] To only reinstall the application if it's missing, select the checkbox next to Do not reinstall or upgrade if the app is already installed. When this option is selected, the application is not reinstalled when either of the following conditions apply:

    • The application version is lower than the expected version.
    • The application can't be repaired.