McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 3.6 - WALKTHROUGH GUIDE Manual page 30

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ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6 Walkthrough Guide
SuperAgents and global updating use a proprietary protocol, SPIPE.
FTP repositories
If you are unable to use SuperAgent repositories, you can use an existing FTP server to
host a distributed repository. Use your existing FTP server software such as Microsoft
Internet Information Services (IIS) to create a new folder and site location for the
distributed repository. See your web server documentation for details to create a site.
HTTP repositories
If you are unable to use SuperAgent repositories, you can use an existing HTTP server
to host a distributed repository. Use your existing HTTP server software such as
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to create a new folder and site location for
the distributed repository. See your web server documentation for details to create a
site.
UNC share repositories
If you are unable to utilize SuperAgent repositories, create a UNC shared folder to host
a distributed repository on an existing server. Be sure to enable sharing across the
network for the folder so that the ePolicy Orchestrator server can copy files to it.
Unmanaged repositories
If you are unable to use managed distributed repositories, ePolicy Orchestrator
administrators can create and maintain distributed repositories that are not managed
by ePolicy Orchestrator.
If a distributed repository is not managed, a local administrator must keep the
repository up-to-date manually.
Once the distributed repository is created, you can use ePolicy Orchestrator to
configure managed systems of a specific Directory site or group to update from it.
McAfee recommends that you manage all distributed repositories through ePolicy
Orchestrator. Managing distributed repositories with ePolicy Orchestrator and using
Tip
global updating, or scheduled replication tasks frequently ensures your managed
environment is up-to-date. Only use non-managed distributed repositories if your
network or organizational policy do not allow managed repositories.
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Organizing the Directory and Repositories
Repositories
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