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00:00 Cisco Anyconnect Profile Keeps Getting Overwritten
00:33 Accepted Answer Score 14
01:49 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

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The fields within the locally stored AnyConnect profile .xml do not reflect local changes made to user controllable preferences.

Cisco AnyConnect profile:

When an endpoint connects to an ASA using the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, the profile that is stored locally is either merged with updates made to the ASA, or a new file is added if the .xml file is missing/removed. The settings within this .xml are not designed to be locally editable and will be overwritten, with the profile that is configured on the ASA, upon successfully connecting. The location of the AnyConnect profile varies by OS, but the location for Windows 7 is:

%ProgramData%\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\name.xml

Cisco AnyConnect preferences:

However, there are user editable preferences that can be modified within the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client's UI. The changes made in the UI are stored in a separate .xml file. The location of the user editable preference file varies by OS, but the location for Windows 7 is:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\preferences.xml

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Reference: AnyConnect 3.0 Administration Guide