McAfee EPOCDE-AA-BA Product Guide - Page 204

16 204 Using tasks to manage products and systems Client tasks and what they do 4 Next to the Update in Progress dialog Box select if you want the users to be aware an update is in process and if you want to allow them to postpone the process. 5 Next to Package types select one of these, then click Save: • All packages • Selected packages - If selected, you must configure which of the following to include: • Signatures and engines When configuring individual signatures and engines, if you select Engine and deselect DAT when the new engine is updated a new DAT is automatically updated to ensure complete protection. • Patches and service packs 6 Click Menu | Systems | System Tree | Systems, then select the system on which you want to deploy product update and click Actions | Agent | Modify Tasks on a single system. To deploy product update on a group of systems, refer to Configuring the Deployment task for groups of managed systems. 7 Click Actions | New Client Task Assignment. The Client Task Assignment Builder wizard appears. 8 On the Select Task page, select Product as McAfee Agent and Task Type as Product Deployment, then select the task you created for deploying product update. 9 Next to Tags, select the desired platforms to which you are deploying the packages, then click Next: • Send this task to all computers • Send this task to only computers that have the following criteria - Use one of the edit links to configure the criteria. 10 On the Schedule page, select whether the schedule is enabled, and specify the schedule details, then click Next. 11 Review the summary, then click Save. The task is added to the list of client tasks for the groups and systems to which it is applied. Agents receive the new update task information the next time they communicate with the server. If the task is enabled, the update task runs at the next occurrence of the scheduled day and time. Each system updates from the appropriate repository, depending on how the policies for that client's agent are configured. Working with client tasks Use these tasks to create and maintain client tasks. Tasks • Creating and scheduling client tasks on page 204 Use this task to create and schedule a client task. The process is similar for all client tasks. • Editing client tasks on page 205 Use this task to edit a client task's settings or to schedule information for any existing task. • Deleting client tasks on page 205 Use this task to delete unneeded client tasks. You can delete any client task you have created. Creating and scheduling client tasks Use this task to create and schedule a client task. The process is similar for all client tasks. McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® 4.6.0 Software Product Guide