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Distributing Agents to Manage Systems
Installing the McAfee Agent
cleanup task does not remove any problematic GUIDs. The threshold value for defining
recent is set in the query Systems with no Recent Sequence Errors
Use this task to identify computers with GUID problems and take corrective action.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Automation | Server Tasks to open the Server Tasks Builder.
2 Click Edit for one or the other of the following tasks.
• Duplicate Agent GUID - Clear error count
• Duplicate Agent GUID - remove systems with potentially duplicated GUIDs
3 In the Description page, select Enabled, then click either Save or Next.
• If you click Save, the task runs with the default configuration displayed on the Actions
and Schedule tabs. If you want to configure a schedule for this task, click Next. This
allows you to review the Action settings and then set a schedule.
• If you click Next, the Actions page appears. This page has been preconfigured to
correspond to the requirements of the Duplicate Agent GUID task that you selected in
Step 2. Ensure that the following settings are displayed:
Actions
Query
Sub-Actions
• Click Next again to display the Schedule page. Specify the frequency, start and end
dates, and time for running this query.
4 Click Save.
TIP: You can run either of the tasks immediately by selecting Run in the Actions column
on the Server Tasks page.
Scheduling corrective action for a duplicate GUID
If you have deployed the agent on an image without first having removed its GUID from the
registry, multiple systems in your environment will have duplicate GUIDs. When these systems
fail to communicate with the Agent Handler, they generate sequencing errors, indicating a GUID
problem.
Use this task to automatically identify duplicate agent GUIDs, and schedule their removal.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Automation | Server Tasks, then click Edit in the row labeled Duplicate
Agent GUID - remove systems. The Server Task Builder wizard opens.
2 On the Description page, select Enabled.
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 Product Guide
Duplicate Agent GUID - Clear error
count
Run Query
Systems with no Recent Sequence
Errors
Clear Agent GUID Sequence Error
Count
Duplicate Agent GUID - remove systems
with potentially duplicated GUIDs
Run Query
Systems with High Sequence Errors
Move Agent GUID to Duplicate List and Delete
Systems
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