Application Resilience policies for VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor

Application Resilience policies for VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor 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 VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor:

  • 7.3.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
VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor (cb.exe)	P	P	One of the signers entered in the policy configuration By default, Signers contains "Carbon Black, Inc.".
Application name
The application uses the following name: VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor

You can configure an Application Resilience policy for VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor 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 VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor if it's not functioning, or 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 VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor (cb.exe) service isn't running	The RAR component restarts the service. Tamper Protection must be disabled in your VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor configuration for the RAR component to successfully repair VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor.
The VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor (cb.exe) service isn't installed and the service's executable can be detected on the device	The RAR component reinstalls the missing service. Tamper Protection must be disabled in your VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor configuration for the RAR component to successfully repair VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor.
Reinstall
Downgrades are not supported. If the version installed on a device is higher than the expected version, no action is taken.
The VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor (cb.exe) service 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. Tamper Protection must be disabled in your VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor configuration for the RAR component to successfully reinstall VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor.
VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor failed to be repaired, or the expected version isn't installed

If you want the Secure Endpoint Agent to reinstall VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor if it is non-functional or missing, you need to make the following files available:

• CarbonBlackClientSetup.exe
• sensorsettings.ini

To prepare the files:

1. Download the installation ZIP file from the Carbon Black EDR console.
2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file.

3. Select the CarbonBlackClientSetup.exe and sensorsettings.ini files and add them to a new ZIP file. The new ZIP file can have any name.

   Do not include the parent folder in your ZIP file. Do not change the names of the EXE and INI files.

The ZIP file can now be uploaded to the Secure Endpoint Console or hosted on your own server.

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 VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor version, enter the version of VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor 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, 7.*, 7.3.*, or 7.3.2.*.

Make sure the version you are entering is consistent with version 7.3.x or higher.

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

To configure the VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor specific settings:

1. [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.

2. [Optional] Under Installation Parameters, enter the applicable installation parameters to configure any settings not covered by the policy configuration. For more information about the available installation parameters, see the VMware Carbon Black EDR Sensor documentation.