Can the Administrator account be removed or disabled for the legacy Java console of SPE?

Products

• Protection Engine for Cloud Services
• Protection Engine for NAS
• Protection for SharePoint Servers

Issue/Introduction

Can the Administrator account be deleted or disabled for the legacy Java console of Symantec Protection Engine (SPE)?

Environment

• SPE version 7.9.x or 8.x

 

Resolution

Removing or disabling the Administrator account for the Java legacy UI console of SPE is not a feature of the product.

Additional accounts may be added, but Administrator itself cannot be removed. 

Other options include disabling the legacy console or enrolling the SPE in the centralized web console.

Additional Information

For more information on the centralized web console, see: 

• Title: SPE 8.0 Help: Enrolling the scanners with the centralized console
  URL: https://help.symantec.com/cs/spe_8_0/SPE/v127861589_v126096469/Enrolling-the-scanners-with-the-centralized-console?locale=EN_US