User Guide

Terminology
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Policy Task
Definition
Enforced configuration settings for routine
software operations that are triggered by users’
actions, such as on-access scanning. This term
can refer to a particular rule,suchassetting a
policy toscan filesonly when reading fromdisk,orto
a strategy,suchassetting policy for on-access
scanning, which includes policies for detection of
viruses;scanner action when it detects a virus;
reporting scanner activities; and excluding
selected files from scanning activity.
A software operation that is triggered by clock
or calendar settings, such as the periodic
updating of virus definition files used by the
anti-virus scanner. Tasks are scheduled to occur
at a particular time, or at specified intervals.
Duration
Policies remain in effect until they are modified
or reversed.
Tasks scheduled tooccur ataparticular time are
obsolete after they take place. Tasks scheduled
to occur at specified intervals remain in effect
until they are modified or discontinued.
Action
The ePolicy Orchestraor agent enforces the
policy every time it receives new policies and
tasks from the server.
Oncethe ePolicy Orchestrator agentreceives the
task from the server, it makes the task happen
based on the schedule that you set.
Number
One policy per computer for each installed
software product. Here, policy refers to a
strategy, rather than to the particular rules that
comprise thestrategy.
Unlimited number of tasks that the installed
software products are capable of performing on
the basis of a schedule.
Applicability
Applies to Installer and On-Access Scanner. The major tasks in VirusScan TC is the
AutoUpdate feature, with its associated Site
Mirroring action.
Security
If the on-access scanner is deleted from a
workstation, or its configuration modified, the
scanner will be reinstalled and the policy
enforced again the next time the agent requests
new policies.
The task is not visibleat the workstation, so it
cannot be deleted.
Disabling
Can be disabled by deselecting Enforce Policies
for..., visible when a software package is
selected on the Policies page of ePolicy
Orchestrator details pane (see Figure 2-3 on
page 17.)
Can be disabled by deselecting Enable,visible
when the ePolicy Orchestrator Scheduler isopen
tothe Task page(see Figure 4-1 on page 52.)