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Anonymization is irreversible, because it replaces the original usernames/hostnames with hash codes. |
Data anonymization is an "on-demand" operation that can be done at any time to anonymize historical data prior to a specified date for all license servers. New data gathered by License Statistics will not be anonymized unless you issue a new anonymization request. You must restart License Statistics for anonymization to take effect.
You can also implement "permanent" anonymization when initially configuring a license server. Unlike "on-demand" anonymization, license server anonymization is specific to the license server, applies to all the license server's data (not just historical data), and cannot be enabled/disabled after the license server has been created.
To enable data anonymization for historical data:
- Select the Database Management tab from the Administration page. (This page is visible only for License Statistics administrator users.)
Under the Data Anonymization section of the Database Management page, select the date from which to anonymize data.
- Toggle on/off anonymization of Usernames and/or Hostnames. Toggling these options on will replace the usernames/hostnames with unique hash codes as a result of the anonymization.
- Toggle on/off the option to populate groups with the anonymized users/hosts. If toggled on, the anonymized users will be re-added to the same groups the original users belonged to. Leaving this option off provides a higher level of anonymity, since group membership can potentially identify anonymized users.
- Click Anonymize. You will be asked to confirm the anonymization request.
- You may cancel the anonymization at any time prior to restarting License Statistics by clicking Cancel in the message shown under Data Removal in the Database Management tab.
- Restart License Statistics.
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