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Reconnect disconnected XDR Clients remotely an easy way

Hello,

We had an issue of some computers getting disconnected status in XDR. In Lansweeper the status of  XDR was disabled. After a long discussion with local support we came out with a nice procedure that allows to reconnect those client without reinstallation.

 

Assume we have a laptop lt00666 with a XDR client installed but disconnected from XDR console.

 

Open a command line to swclt00666 using Sysinternaltools tool psexec64

Psexec64.exe \\swclt00666 cmd

 

Move to XDR client dir

cd c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps

 

Get XDR client info

 

c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps>cytool.exe enum

Process ID      Agent Version

1072            7.2.1.2718

 

Go to your XDR console and display Agent Installations

 

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Make sure you have package ID enabled in default view

Miroslaw_Iwanowski_1-1618474819314.png

 

Copy ID for XDR version of the disconnected station - it will be long alphanumeric string (it is good to have it prepared for most common version you use so you do not have to look up at the console)

 

Issue a command to reconnect device to our XDR server (this is one line)

c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps>cytool reconnect force 1d7b234343434343444cc

 

There will be no prompt displayed and you have to enter (paste) uninstallation password. After you enter it and press enter the device will display:

 

Enter supervisor password:

 

c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps>

 

The laptop should already be visible in console. Upgrade to latest version and it is finished.

 

Procedure works very nice for us and I hope that it will save some time for the community also.

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@Miroslaw_Iwanowski wrote:

Hello,

We had an issue of some computers getting disconnected status in XDR. In Lansweeper the status of  XDR was disabled. After a long discussion with local support we came out with a nice procedure that allows to reconnect those client without reinstallation.

 

Assume we have a laptop lt00666 with a XDR client installed but disconnected from XDR console.

 

Open a command line to swclt00666 using Sysinternaltools tool psexec64

Psexec64.exe \\swclt00666 cmd

 

Move to XDR client dir

cd c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps

 

Get XDR client info

 

c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps>cytool.exe enum

Process ID      Agent Version

1072            7.2.1.2718

 

Go to your XDR console and display Agent Installations

 

Miroslaw_Iwanowski_0-1618474809063.png

Make sure you have package ID enabled in default view

Miroslaw_Iwanowski_1-1618474819314.png

 

Copy ID for XDR version of the disconnected station - it will be long alphanumeric string (it is good to have it prepared for most common version you use so you do not have to look up at the console)

 

Issue a command to reconnect device to our XDR server (this is one line)

c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps>cytool reconnect force [omitted]

 

There will be no prompt displayed and you have to enter (paste) uninstallation password. After you enter it and press enter the device will display:

 

Enter supervisor password:

 

c:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps>

 

The laptop should already be visible in console. Upgrade to latest version and it is finished.

 

Procedure works very nice for us and I hope that it will save some time for the community also.


Hi @Miroslaw_Iwanowski ,

 

Thank you for posting your clever reconnection solution using psexec!

 

If I were to make a recommendation, I would omit the trailing tenant ID mentioned after the "cytool reconnect force" command as it is sensitive information unique to your XDR tenant.

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hello. what is the supervisor password? I'm admin and my password doesn't work. thanks
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