McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 4.5 Product Manual page 56

Configuring ePolicy Orchestrator
Agent Handlers and what they do
To do this...
Delete a handler group
Edit a handler group
Enable or disable a
handler group
Moving agents between handlers
Use these tasks to assign agents to specific handlers. You can assign systems using Agent
Handler assignment rules, Agent Handler assignment priority, or individually using the System
Tree. Handler assignments can specify an individual handler or a list of handlers to use. The
list that you specify can be made up of individual handlers or groups of handlers.
Tasks
Grouping agents by assignment rules
Grouping agents by assignment priority
Grouping agents using the System Tree
Grouping agents by assignment rules
Use this task to assign agents to handlers using Agent Handler assignment rules. Handler
assignments can specify an individual handler or a list of handlers to use. The list that you
specify can be made up of individual handlers or groups of handlers.
NOTE: When assigning systems to Agent Handlers, consider geographic proximity to reduce
unnecessary network traffic.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Configuration | Agent Handlers, then click Edit in the Actions column
of the Handler Assignment Rules table . The Agent Handler Assignment page appears.
NOTE: If the Default Assignment Rules is the only assignment in the list, you must create
a new assignment. Refer to, Assigning agents to Agent Handlers .
2 Type a name for the Assignment Name.
3 You can configure Agent Criteria by System Tree locations, by agent subnet, or individually
using the following:
• System Tree Locations — Select the group from the System Tree location.
NOTE:
and – to add and remove System Tree groups that are displayed.
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Do this...
Click Actions | Delete in the selected group row.
Click Actions | Edit for the selected group. The Agent Handler Group Settings page
opens, where you can specify:
• Virtual DNS Name — The unique name that identifies this handler group.
• Virtual IP address — The IP address associated with this group.
• Included handlers — Choose whether to use a third-party load balancer or a custom
handler list.
NOTE: Use a custom handler list to specify which handlers, and in what order, agents
assigned to this group communicate with.
Click Actions | Enable or Disable in the selected group row.
You can browse to select other groups from the Select System Tree and use +