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• On Windows systems you can select Use Internet Explorer proxy settings and if
appropriate, select Allow user to configure proxy settings.
• If you need a proxy other than Internet Explorer, select Configure the proxy settings
manually.
5 Select a form for the address of the source HTTP or FTP location where the agent is to pull
updates. The DNS Name drop-down menu includes the address options DNS Name (the
fully-qualified domain name), IPv4 and IPv6 notation.
6 Type the DNS name or IP address and Port numbers of the HTTP and/or FTP source. If
appropriate, select Use these settings for all proxy types.
7 Select Specify exceptions to designate systems that do not require access to the proxy.
8 Select Use HTTP proxy authentication and/or Use FTP proxy authentication, then
provide a user name and credentials.
9 Click Save.
Retrieving system properties
Use this task to retrieve system properties from managed systems.
At each agent-server communication, the agent sends information to the ePO server about the
managed computer, including information about the software products that are installed. The
scope of the information depends on how you have configured:
• The agent policy that specifies whether to retrieve a full set of information about installed
programs, or only a minimal set.
• The task setting that specifies whether to retrieve all properties defined by the agent policy,
or only properties that have changed since the last agent-server communication. This setting
is available when configuring an immediate or scheduled wake-up call.
For detailed information on how to access the configuration settings for retrieving properties
of the managed system and of the products installed, see Accessing settings to retrieve
properties . For a list of properties, see Windows system and product properties reported by the
agent . To create a wake-up task, see Creating a new scheduled client task .
Task
NOTE: Use the agent General policy page to set minimal or full product properties. Select or
deselect Send full product properties in addition to system properties. If deselected,
only minimal product properties are sent in addition to system properties.
Do this. . .To retrieve system properties plus …
Minimal product properties that have changed since the
last agent-server communication
1
Set the agent policy to send minimal
product properties.
2
Set the wake-up task to send only
properties that have changed since the
last communication.
Full product properties that have changed since the last
agent-server communication
1
Set the agent policy to send full product
properties.
2
Set the wake-up task to send only
properties that have changed since the
last communication.
Configuring Agent Policies
Retrieving system properties
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