Product guide

Before you begin
To use this method, these requirements must be met:
• Systems must already be added to the System Tree.
NOTE: If you have not yet created the System Tree, you can deploy the agent installation
package to systems at the same time that you add groups and systems to the System Tree.
However, McAfee does not recommend this procedure if you are importing large domains
or Active Directory containers. Those activities generate significant network traffic.
• The account specified must have local administrator privileges on all target systems. Domain
administrator rights are required on a system to access the default Admin$ shared folder.
The ePO server service requires access to this shared folder in order to install agents.
• The ePO server must be able to communicate with the desired systems.
Before beginning a large agent deployment, ping some targets by machine name to verify
that the server can communicate with a few systems in each segment of your network. If
the targeted systems respond to the ping, ePolicy Orchestrator can reach the segments.
NOTE: The ability to successfully use ping commands from the ePO server to managed
systems is not required for the agent to communicate with the server. It is, however, a
useful test to determine if you can deploy agents from the server.
• The Admin$ share folder on target systems must be accessible from the ePO server. Verify
that this is true on a sample of target systems. This test also validates your administrator
credentials, because you cannot access remote Admin$ shares without administrator rights.
From the ePO server, click Start | Run, then type the path to the target system's Admin$
share, specifying either system name or IP address. For example, type \\<System
Name>Admin$.
If the systems are properly connected over the network, and your credentials have sufficient
rights, and the Admin$ share folder is present, a Windows Explorer dialog box appears.
• Network access must be enabled on Windows XP Home systems. Deploy the agent from
ePolicy Orchestrator or install a custom agent installation package on systems running
Windows XP Home.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Download the agent extension, ePOAgentMeta.zip, and the agent package,
MA450Win.zip, to the system containing the ePO server.
2 Install the agent extension:
a Click Menu | Software | Extensions. The Extensions page opens.
b Click Install Extensions.
c Browse to the location containing ePOAgentMeta.zip, select it, then click OK. The
Install Extensions summary page appears.
d Click OK to complete the installation of the extension.
3 Check in the agent package to the ePolicy Orchestrator repository.
NOTE: If installing on a computer running Common Management Agent 3.6, the package
must be checked in to the Current repository branch.
a Click Menu | Software | Master Repository. A list of packages in the repository
appears.
Installing the McAfee Agent
Methods of agent deployment and installation
21McAfee Agent software version 4.5 Product Guide