1. Managed Antivirus Agent

The McAfee Agent is the distributed component of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO). It downloads and enforces policies, and executes client-side tasks such as deployment and updating. The Agent also uploads events and provides additional data regarding each system’s status.

It must be installed on each system in your network that you wish to manage. The agent collects and sends event information at intervals to the McAfee ePO server. It also installs and updates the endpoint products, and applies your endpoint policies. Systems cannot be managed by McAfee ePO unless the McAfee Agent is installed. Install Requirements prior to moving forward with this instruction. Assigning a McAfee Agent Policy Globally The following policy allows for remote viewing of the McAfee Agent log via browser and increases the Agent to Server Connection Interval (ASCI) from the default of 60 minutes to 120 minutes.

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One reason to modify the Agent to Server Connection Interval on a group of systems might be to lessen the impact on already taxed WAN connections to remote sites, or simply because you are managing many thousands of systems. See more information on the McAfee Agent in the Quick Tips video Controlling Agent Communication. • Click the System Tree button on the favorites bar. • Highlight My Organization. • Click the Assigned Policies tab. • From the Product drop-down menu, select McAfee Agent.

• On the line that lists General, click Edit Assignment. • For Inherit from, select Break inheritance and assign the policy and settings below.

• From the Assigned Policy drop-down menu, select POC – General. • Click Save.

Managed Antivirus Agent

The policy is now assigned to that group and all its subgroups. NOTE: To view the McAfee Agent Log on a remote system, type the following your web-browser: where 8081 is the default port for the Agent Wake Up call. If you changed this port number during McAfee ePO installation, then use the port you specified. This can be very useful when you need to view the log for a system on the other side of the country. You can test this function after deploying the Agent. Deploy the McAfee Agent Before deploying the McAfee Agent, you should verify both communication between the server and systems, and access to the default Admin$ share directory on the client.