Replication Tasks; Repository Selection - McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 3.6 - WALKTHROUGH GUIDE Manual

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Replication tasks

Repository selection

Replication and update tasks. Schedule replication tasks and client update tasks to
ensure the update files are distributed throughout your environment.
Use replication tasks to copy the contents of the master repository to distributed
repositories. Unless you have replicated master repository updates to all your
distributed repositories, some systems do not receive them. Ensure all your distributed
repositories are up-to-date.
If you are using global updating, replication occurs automatically — replication tasks
are not necessary.
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Scheduling regular replication tasks is the best way to ensure that your FTP , HTTP , and
UNC distributed repositories are up-to-date. Scheduling daily replication tasks ensures
that managed systems stay up-to-date.
Creating scheduled replication tasks automates replication to your distributed
repositories. Occasionally, you may add files to your master repository that you want to
replicate to distributed repositories immediately, rather than wait for the next
scheduled replication. Run a Replicate now task to update your distributed repositories
manually.
With version 3.6, you can now specify which content gets replicated from the master
repository to the distributed repositories (defined by the distributed repository), and
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specify to which distributed repositories are replicated (defined in the task).
Full vs. incremental replication
When creating a replication task, select incremental or full replication. Incremental
replication uses less bandwidth and copies only the new updates in the master
repository that are not yet in the distributed repository. Full replication copies the entire
contents of the master repository.
McAfee recommends scheduling a daily incremental replication task and a weekly full
replication task. This maximizes network bandwidth efficiency by updating only
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essential, incremental changes during the week and guarantees completeness.
New distributed repositories are added to the repository list (
containing all available distributed repositories. The agent of a managed system
updates its repository list each time it communicates with the ePolicy Orchestrator
server. The agent performs repository selection each time the agent (McAfee
Framework Service) service starts and when the repository list changes.
Selective replication provides more control over the updating of individual repositories.
When scheduling replication tasks, you can choose:
Specific distributed repositories to which the task applies. Replicating to different
distributed repositories at different times lessens the impact on bandwidth
resources. These repositories can be specified when you create or edit the
replication task.
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