Using Tasks To Manage Products And Systems; Deployment Packages For Products And Updates - McAfee EPOCDE-AA-BA - ePolicy Orchestrator - PC Product Manual

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Using tasks to manage products and
systems
Client and server tasks help automate the process of managing the security software deployed to the
systems on your network.
Managing products from a single location is a central feature of your ePolicy Orchestrator software.
One of the ways this is accomplished is through creation and scheduling of client and server tasks.
Both are scheduled actions that run on your server or managed systems to ensure the most current
security content is deployed to your network.
Are you configuring tasks for the first time?
When configuring tasks for the first time:
1 Plan client tasks for the segments of your System Tree.
2 Create and assign client tasks to groups and systems.
3 Create server tasks to keep your repositories up-to-date and automate server maintenance tasks.
4 Schedule tasks to run automatically.
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Deployment packages for products and updates

Product and update deployment
First time product and update deployment overview
Server tasks and what they do
Client tasks and what they do
Confirming that clients are using the latest DAT files
Evaluating new DATs and engines before distribution
Deployment packages for products and updates
The ePolicy Orchestrator software deployment infrastructure supports deploying products and
components, as well as updating both.
Each McAfee product that ePolicy Orchestrator can deploy provides a product deployment package zip
file. The zip file contains product installation files, which are compressed in a secure format. ePolicy
Orchestrator can deploy these packages to any of your managed systems, once they are checked in to
the master repository.
These zip files are used for both detection definition (DAT) and engine update packages.
You can configure product policy settings before or after deployment. McAfee recommends configuring
policy settings before deploying the product to network systems. This saves time and ensures that
your systems are protected as soon as possible.
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