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McAfee MANAGEMENT EDITION 2.5 Getting Started Manual

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  • Page 1 Management Edition Getting Started Guide Version 2.5...
  • Page 2 Solomon’s, Enterprise Secure Cast, First Aid, ForceField, Gauntlet, GMT, GroupShield, HelpDesk, Hunter, ISDN Tel/Scope, LM 1, LANGuru, Leading Help Desk Technology, Magic Solutions, MagicSpy, MagicTree, Magic University, MagicWin, MagicWord, McAfee, McAfee Associates, MoneyMagic, More Power To You, Multimedia Cloaking, NetCrypto, NetOctopus, NetRoom, NetScan, Net Shield, NetShield, NetStalker, Net Tools, Network Associates, Network General, Network Uptime!, NetXRay, Nuts &...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introducing the Management Edition Program ... 5 Introduction ............5 What is the Management Edition program? .
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Running the Management Console (initial use) ......26 Installing the master repository ....... .26 Installing anti-virus components in the Repository .

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introducing The Management Edition Program

    Introducing the Management Edition Program Introduction As a network administrator, your time is valuable. You’re responsible for maintaining your corporate network at its optimum. The Management Edition program solves your need for timely, efficient, and cost-effective enterprise-wide anti-virus software distribution. With it, you can seamlessly install, configure, and manage anti-virus software for remote networked machines within anti-virus domains that you create.
  • Page 6 Introducing the Management Edition Program You can install the Management Edition program on the local hard disk drive of the administrator’s workstation. You will need a Microsoft Windows NT Domain Administrator account. NOTE: You must install the Management Console and the Management Server only on a Windows NT system.

  • Page 7: Management Edition Program Features

    Introducing the Management Edition Program Management Edition program features This version of the Management Edition program builds on the strengths of previous versions, extending the established functionality and providing new features to help you manage your network anti-virus solutions. See the WHATSNEW.TXT file included with the software for a full list of new features and information on the latest changes.

  • Page 8: Automated Software Distribution

    Introducing the Management Edition Program Automated software distribution • The Management Console enables enhanced distribution speeds to a large number of machines and efficiently stores domain and machine information as registry entries (not .INI files). • An enhanced Batch Install method lets desktop and laptop users initiate an update upon login for fast installation of anti-virus software and updates.

  • Page 9: Conventions Used In This Guide

    World Wide Web http://support.nai.com If you do not find what you need or do not have web access, try one of our automated services. Internet support@nai.com CompuServe GO NAI America Online keyword MCAFEE Getting Started Guide...

  • Page 10: Network Associates Training

    Introducing the Management Edition Program If the automated services do not have the answers you need, contact Network Associates at one of the following numbers Monday through Friday between 6:00 . and 6:00 . Pacific time. For corporate-licensed customers: Phone (408) 988-3832 (408) 970-9727 For retail-licensed customers:...

  • Page 11: Reporting New Items For Anti-Virus Data File Updates

    Introducing the Management Edition Program Reporting new items for anti-virus data file updates Network Associates anti-virus software offers you the best available detection and removal capabilities, including advanced heuristic scanning that can detect new and unnamed viruses as they emerge. Occasionally, however, an entirely new type of virus that is not a variation on an older type can appear on your system and escape detection.

  • Page 12: International Contact Information

    Introducing the Management Edition Program International contact information To contact Network Associates outside the United States, use the addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers below. Network Associates Network Associates Australia Austria Level 1, 500 Pacific Highway Pulvermuehlstrasse 17 St. Leonards, NSW Linz, Austria Sydney, Australia 2065 Postal Code A-4040...
  • Page 13 Introducing the Management Edition Program Network Associates Network Associates France S.A. Deutschland GmbH 50 Rue de Londres Ohmstraße 1 75008 Paris D-85716 Unterschleißheim France Deutschland Phone: 33 1 44 908 737 Phone: 49 (0)89/3707-0 Fax: 33 1 45 227 554 Fax: 49 (0)89/3707-1199 Network Associates Hong Kong...
  • Page 14 Introducing the Management Edition Program Network Associates Net Tools Network Associates Portugal South Africa Av. da Liberdade, 114 Bardev House, St. Andrews 1269-046 Lisboa Meadowbrook Lane Portugal Epson Downs, P.O. Box 7062 Phone: 351 1 340 4543 Bryanston, Johannesburg Fax: 351 1 340 4575 South Africa 2021 Phone: 27 11 706-1629...

  • Page 15: Chapter 2. Installing The Management Edition Program

    Installing the Management Edition Program System requirements Before installing the Management Edition program, verify that your system has the features shown below, then consider the installation scenarios on page Hardware recommended The Management Edition program will install and run on any IBM PC or PC-compatible computer equipped with: •...

  • Page 16: Defining Anti-Virus Domains

    Installing the Management Edition Program • For anti-virus domain member machines: Windows NT Server or Workstation, v3.51 or later; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows for Workgroups 3.11; Windows 3.1; and Novell NetWare v3.12 or later • For most machines: a Microsoft peer networking client (except Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 machines with a NetWare client and Name Provider service, and NetWare servers that do not require a network client) Defining anti-virus domains...

  • Page 17: Installation Scenarios

    Installing the Management Edition Program You can install the Management Console program on a machine’s local hard disk drive, or on a shared directory on a file server. Installing it to a file server allows you to run it from different machines that have access to the shared directory.

  • Page 18: Option 2: Server/Server - More Than One Anti-Virus Domain Manager

    Installing the Management Edition Program Option 2: Server/server – more than one anti-virus domain manager We recommend this configuration for sites that have more than one person administering the anti-virus solution. Program Files location: Server Repository location: Server Management Server location: Server The program files in this option are stored on a server rather than a local machine.

  • Page 19: Option 4: Local Machine/Server - Ten Machines Or Fewer

    Installing the Management Edition Program The local machine serving as the Management Server should not be powered off. If it is, it may miss on-access virus alerts that are generated by other machines and the scheduler may miss sending scheduled events to member machines while the machine is powered off.

  • Page 20: Installation Steps

    Installing the Management Edition Program Installation steps È IMPORTANT: If you are upgrading from version 2.0 to version 2.5 of the Management Edition program, you must install your new version to the same folder as your previous version to preserve your anti-virus domain configuration.
  • Page 21 Installing the Management Edition Program The Setup program prepares the InstallShield Wizard, which guides you through the installation process, and then the first Welcome dialog box appears (Figure 2-1). Figure 2-1. Welcome dialog box 6. Click Next. A second Welcome dialog box appears (Figure 2-2).
  • Page 22 Installing the Management Edition Program 8. Read the license carefully. Click Yes to accept the terms of the software license and continue the installation. The User Information dialog box appears (Figure 2-3). Figure 2-3. User Information dialog box 9. Enter your name and company (both details are required) in the text boxes, and then click Next to continue the installation.
  • Page 23 Installing the Management Edition Program • You can accept the default directory. • You can select a different folder, by clicking Browse. The Browse for Folder dialog box appears (Figure 2-5). Figure 2-5. Browse for Folder dialog box Select a folder, and click OK. NOTE: If the Management Edition program is installed on a server, you can run the Management Console on other machines that have access to its program folder.
  • Page 24 Installing the Management Edition Program Setup checks that there is enough hard disk space for the installation, and then the Select Program Folder dialog box appears (Figure 2-6). Figure 2-6. Select Program Folder dialog box 12. To add program icons to a folder, you can accept the default, or you can specify a different program folder than the one shown in the Program Folder text box, either by typing its name in the text box or selecting it in the Existing Folders list box.
  • Page 25 Installing the Management Edition Program 14. To review or change the information, click Back. To begin the installation, click Next. If you click Next, the Setup Complete dialog box appears (Figure 2-8). Figure 2-8. Setup Complete dialog box 15. Once the installation is complete, you can do one of the following: •...

  • Page 26: Running The Management Console (Initial Use)

    Installing the Management Edition Program Running the Management Console (initial use) The first time you run the Management Console, it prompts for a location to install the master repository (also known as “the Repository,” as distinguished from mirror repositories, which occur in multiples). Installing the master repository The master repository (i.e., the Repository) is a set of sub-directories that contain all the Management and anti-virus software for distribution around the...
  • Page 27 Installing the Management Edition Program The Repository Setup dialog box appears (Figure 2-9). Figure 2-9. Repository Setup dialog box 2. Enter the server name in the Machine box. Click the browse (...) button next to the Machine box to select a different server in the Network Browser dialog box (Figure 2-10).
  • Page 28 Installing the Management Edition Program Select a suitable server, and click OK. Your selection appears in the Repository Setup dialog box (Figure 2-11). Figure 2-11. Repository Setup dialog box 3. Accept the default location for the master repository, C:\Program Files\ Network Associates\Management Console\Disks on the local machine, in the Repository Path box.
  • Page 29 Installing the Management Edition Program Select a suitable path, and click OK. Your selection appears in the Repository Setup dialog box. 4. If the share directory is to be hidden, select the Hide Shares checkbox. 5. Click OK to begin installing the master repository. The master repository initially needs about 15MB of disk space.
  • Page 30 Installing the Management Edition Program Refer also to the Repository diagram (Figure 2-14). Figure 2-14. Repository diagram The following table lists the Management components: Management Agent Lets you manage each member machine in the anti-virus domain. (It is automatically installed on every Management Edition machine.) Scheduler Helps you schedule on-demand scans for specific times.
  • Page 31 Installing the Management Edition Program • To install anti-virus components after completing the installation of the Management Console, click Cancel when the Browse for Folder dialog box appears. See “Installing anti-virus components in the Repository” on page • To install the anti-virus components now, follow these steps when the Browse for Folder dialog box appears: a.

  • Page 32: Installing Anti-Virus Components In The Repository

    Installing the Management Edition Program Installing anti-virus components in the Repository You have now installed the management components into the master repository. You must now install the anti-virus software into the Repository. Follow these steps to install anti-virus components in the Repository: 1.
  • Page 33 Installing the Management Edition Program The Install New Software dialog box appears (Figure 2-17). Figure 2-17. Install New Software dialog box 3. Click Product to install a new version of the software. The other types of software that you can install via this dialog box are as follows: Extra Dat.
  • Page 34 Installing the Management Edition Program The Browse for Folder dialog box appears (Figure 2-18). Figure 2-18. Browse for Folder dialog box 5. Click the appropriate drive letter, and click OK. The anti-virus software files are copied into the Repository, as shown in the Repository dialog box on the Maintenance page (Figure 2-19).
  • Page 35 Installing the Management Edition Program Once the files are copied, the anti-virus components you installed are added to the list, as shown in the Repository dialog box on the Products page (Figure 2-20). Figure 2-20. Repository dialog box (Products page) 7.

  • Page 36: Understanding The Management Console

    Installing the Management Edition Program Understanding the Management Console You can consult the following sections for details about the main areas of the Management Console (Figure 2-21): • “Menu bar” on page • “Toolbar” on page • “Font bar” on page •...

  • Page 37: Menu Bar

    Installing the Management Edition Program Menu bar Consult the following table for explanations of Management Console’s main menu commands: Menu name Menu commands File New Domain / Machine / Members Group / Scheduler Event. Click this to add one of these types to the anti-virus domain. Print.
  • Page 38 Installing the Management Edition Program Menu name Menu commands Tools Repository. Click this to view the Repository and install software to it. Push On Install. Click this to enable a first-time or upgrade installation of selected Management and anti-virus components from the Repository.

  • Page 39: Toolbar

    Installing the Management Edition Program Toolbar The toolbar is displayed across the top of the application window, below the menu bar. The toolbar provides quick mouse access to many functions used in the Management Console. Follow these steps to display or hide the toolbar: 1.

  • Page 40: Font Bar

    Installing the Management Edition Program Consult the following table for an explanation of the toolbar icons. Click... Command To... Create a new anti-virus domain. Apply Apply the configuration to all machines in the Configuration current domain, automatically repeating failed updates until they succeed. Print Print the report currently displayed in the right-hand pane.

  • Page 41: Right Pane

    Installing the Management Edition Program Right pane The right pane provides information about your entire Microsoft network, and more specific information about the machines, group of machines, or whole anti-virus domains shown in the left pane. The tabs that appear at the bottom of the right-hand pane will vary depending on your selection of items in the left-hand pane.
  • Page 42 Installing the Management Edition Program Left-pane Right-pane view options selection Management Network. Click this tab to view a list of machines in your Server network. Properties. Click this tab to view platform and domain information for the selected domain. Scan Results. Click this tab to view historical results of previous virus scans for the selected domain you’ve created within the main Anti-Virus Domain(s).

  • Page 43: Status Bar

    Installing the Management Edition Program Left-pane Right-pane view options selection Members group Network. Click this tab to view a list of machines in your network. Properties. Click this tab to view platform and domain information for machines in the selected Members group. Scan Results.

  • Page 44: Upgrading The Management Edition Program

    Installing the Management Edition Program • The keyboard latch state. When the following keys are latched down, they are indicated on the right side of the status bar: – NUM. The Num Lock key is latched down. – CAP. The Caps Lock key is latched down. –...

  • Page 45: Index

    Index About button Change Component Configuration button access commands in progress in toolbar account components NT domain administrator See also anti-virus components Add/Remove Components button Management components adding CompuServe, technical support via components configuring Alert Manager custom update message options as integrated service NetWare servers configuring...
  • Page 46 Index Management components Alert Manager features, latest in release notes description files Management Agent extension .DLLs Management Console MCSCRIPT.INI Management Server SETUP.EXE Management Console SETUP.ISS as integrated service WHATSNEW.* components font bar creating domains explanation of tabbed pages hard disk requirements gold coin icon initial use installing...
  • Page 47 Index Management Server as integrated service peer networking one per domain requirements master repository platforms See also repositories Management Console See also mirror repositories supported by the Management Edition program MCSCRIPT.INI Print button updating script files via the Repository protocols supported messages, configuring custom options NetBIOS mirror repositories...
  • Page 48 Index size updating domain extension .DLL files via the Repository master repository external mirrors software requirements MCSCRIPT.INI files via the Repository status bar, viewing activity status SETUP.EXE files via the Repository system requirements SETUP.ISS files via the Repository hard disk space upgrading the Management Edition hardware program...

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