Use this task to create a SuperAgent repository. The desired system must have an ePO agent installed and running. McAfee recommends using SuperAgent repositories with global updating.
This task assumes that you know where the desired systems are located in the System Tree. McAfee recommends that you create a “SuperAgent” tag so that you can easily locate the systems with the Tag Catalog page, or by running a query.
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For option definitions, click ? on the page displaying the options. 1 From the ePO Menu, select Policy Catalog. The Policy Catalog page appears. 2 From the Product drop-down list, select McAfee Agent and from the Category drop-down
list select General. A list of agents configured for the ePO server appears. 3 Create a new policy, duplicate an existing one, or open one that’s already applied to systems hosting a SuperAgent that you want to host SuperAgent repositories. 4 Select the General tab, then ensure Convert agents to SuperAgents is selected. 5 Select Use systems running SuperAgents as distributed repositories, then type a
folder path location for the repository. This is the location to which the master repository
copies updates during replication. You can use standard Windows variables, such as .
NOTE: Managed systems updating from this SuperAgent repository are able to access this
folder. You do not need to manually enable file sharing. 6 Click Save. 7 Assign this policy to each system you want to host a SuperAgent repository.
The next time the agent calls in to the server, the new configuration is retrieved. When the
distributed repository is created, the folder you specified is created on the system if it did not
already exist. If the folder you specify cannot be created, one of two folders is created:
• \ ALL USERS\APPLICATION DATA\MCAFEE\FRAMEWORK\DB\SOFTWARE
• \DATA\DB\SOFTWARE
In addition, the location is added to the repository list (SITELIST.XML) file. This makes the site
available for updating by systems throughout your managed environment.
If you do not want to wait for the next agent-server communication, you can send an agent
wake-up call to the desired systems.
Global Threat Condition: Elevated
