McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 4.5 Product Manual page 77

Distributing Agents to Manage Systems
Installing the McAfee Agent
Two methods for performing this task are provided.
Method A
This method, although simple and fast, involves sending a 5 MB file across the network.
1 Export
Framepkg.exe
be converted from unmanaged to managed mode.)
2 Run
Framepkg.exe
Method B
This method is complex and time consuming but involves using only 400 KB of network
bandwidth.
1 Copy
sitelist.xml
2 Run
frminst.exe
Converting the agent mode from unmanaged to managed on UNIX-based platforms
Use this task to convert the agent from unmanaged (updater) mode to managed mode on a
UNIX-based platform.
NOTE: This procedure can be used to change which ePO server or Agent Handler an agent
communicates with.
Task
1 On the target system, locate the msaconfig file in the binaries subfolder of the cma folder.
For example, on HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris systems, the location is
Macintosh systems, the location is
2 Run
/opt/McAfee/cma/bin/msaconfig -m -d <path of location containing srpubkey.bin, reqseckey.bin
and SiteList.xml> [-nostart]
NOTE: Optional
Converting the agent mode from managed to unmanaged mode in Windows
Use this task to convert the agent from managed mode to unmanaged (updater) mode in a
Windows environment.
Task
1 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree.
2 Select the systems to convert.
3 From the Actions pop-up menu, select Directory Management, then select Delete.
4 Confirm the deletion. The selected system is no longer managed by ePolicy Orchestrator
and now functions only as an updater.
Converting the agent mode from managed to unmanaged on UNIX-based platforms
Use this task to convert the agent from managed mode to unmanaged (updater) mode on a
UNIX-based platform.
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 Product Guide
to a temporary location on the target system, (that is, the system to
.
, and
srpubkey.bin reqseckey.bin
on the target system.
/Library/McAfee/cma/bin
.
indicates that the agent does not restart after changing mode.
-nostart
to a temporary location on the target system.
/opt/McAfee/cma/bin
.
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