Frequently Asked Questions - McAfee EPOCDE-AA-BA - ePolicy Orchestrator - PC Product Manual

18 Responding to events in your network

Frequently asked questions

If you want the notification to run a scheduled task, select Execute Server Task from the drop-down list.
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Select the task that you want to run from the Task to execute drop-down list.
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Click Next if finished, or click + to add another notification.
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6 On the Summary page, verify the information, then click Save.
The new response rule appears in the Responses list.
Frequently asked questions
These are some frequently asked questions.
If I set up a response rule for virus detections, do I have to receive a notification
message for each event received during an outbreak.
No. You can configure rules so that a notification can be sent only once per specified quantity of
events within a specified amount of time, or sent at a maximum of once in a specified amount of time.
Can I create a rule that generates notifications to multiple recipients?
Yes. You can enter multiple email addresses for recipients in the Response Builder wizard.
Can I create a rule that generates multiple types of notifications?
Yes. Notifications for ePolicy Orchestrator supports any combination of the following notification
targets for each rule:
• Email (including standard SMTP, SMS, and text pager)
• SNMP servers (via SNMP traps)
• Any external tool installed on the ePolicy Orchestrator server
• Issues
• Scheduled server tasks
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