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Troubleshoot missing audit results
Configure McAfee Vulnerability Manager to ensure that the latest audit results appear in queries
and reports.
The Data Collection Scan, PA: Maintain Foundstone audits server task, and MVM Data Import
server task can all be run manually from the interface.
If systems are not being audited because they are disconnected from the network, you can run
the scan and server tasks more frequently or convert them to managed systems by installing
the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in. A managed system audits itself and returns the results
once it is reconnected to the network.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Schedule the Data Collection Scan to audit systems and gather data. The scan must be
given enough time to do its work and the schedule should match the smallest audit
frequency. For example, if you schedule quarterly, monthly, and weekly audits, you should
schedule the Data Collection Scan to run at the beginning of every week.
2 Schedule the PA: Maintain Foundstone audits server task to run after the Data Collection
Scan has had enough time to complete. Click Menu | Risk & Compliance | Audits | View
Foundstone Scans to determine how long the Data Collection Scan takes to run and
schedule the Maintain McAfee Vulnerability Manager server task appropriately.
3 Schedule the MVM Data Import server task to run after the PA: Maintain Foundstone audits
server task has had enough time to complete.
How to handle mismatched McAfee Vulnerability
Manager certificates
Certificates are sets of electronic files created by a trusted Certificate Authority. They contain
encrypted information that allows others to verify their origin. On a network, certificates allow
systems to create a trust relationship that allows them to exchange information using encrypted
communication.
The McAfee Vulnerability Manager Configuration Manager is designed to enable SSL (X.509)
server certificate creation, as well as the secure distribution and installation of those certificates.
Server certificates contain both public and private keys used by a McAfee Vulnerability Manager
system component. The private key is the crucial element in the authentication process and
must be kept secure.
Mismatched certificates
There are two situations when your McAfee Policy Auditor does not match the McAfee
Vulnerability Manager server certificates.
• Repairing Policy Auditor — Clicking Repair for McAfee Policy Auditor in Add or Remove
Programs does not reinstall new McAfee Vulnerability Manager Configuration Manager
certificates.The repair option reconnects with McAfee Vulnerability Manager Configuration
Manager, but the certificates are old and SSL communication fails.
• Connecting to a new or different McAfee Vulnerability Manager server — Connecting
to a new or different McAfee Vulnerability Manager server does not automatically install new
certificates.
Configuring agentless audits
How to handle mismatched McAfee Vulnerability Manager certificates
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