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b Click Actions, then select Check In Package from the drop-down menu.
c Browse to MA450Win.zip, select it, then click Next.
d Ensure that Current is selected in the Branch field, then click Save.
4 Push the agent to target systems:
a Click Menu | Systems | System Tree, then select the groups or systems where you
want to deploy the agent.
b Click Actions.
c Select Agent from the first pop-up menu, then select Deploy Agents from the second
drop-down menu.
d From the Agent version drop-down list, select an agent version.
e Select one of these options:
• Install only on systems that do not already have an agent managed by this
ePO server
• Force installation over existing version
NOTE: If you use the force installation option, the agent is removed in its entirety,
including policies, tasks, events, and logs before the new agent is installed.
f Type valid credentials in the Domain, User name, and Password fields.
g Click OK.
Enabling and disabling the agent on unmanaged McAfee products
Before acquiring ePolicy Orchestrator, you might have already been using McAfee products in
your network. Some of the more recent McAfee products that use AutoUpdate, such as VirusScan
Enterprise, are installed with the agent in updater mode. To start managing these products
with ePolicy Orchestrator, you can enable the agent that is already on the system.
Enabling the agent on each system saves significant network bandwidth over deploying the
agent installation package. However, existing McAfee products were probably installed with an
older version of the agent, and these agents are not automatically upgraded to the latest
version on the ePO server.
In some situations, you may want to convert a system that has been managed by ePolicy
Orchestrator to updater (unmanaged) mode. Information is provided for converting from
managed mode to unmanaged mode.
Use these tasks to enable agents on existing McAfee products in your environment so that they
work with ePolicy Orchestrator or to disable management of systems by ePolicy Orchestrator.
Tasks
Converting the agent mode from unmanaged to managed mode in Windows
Converting the agent mode from unmanaged to managed on UNIX-based platforms
Converting the agent mode from managed to unmanaged mode in Windows
Converting the agent mode from managed to unmanaged on UNIX-based platforms
Installing the McAfee Agent
Methods of agent deployment and installation
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