McAfee PASCDE-AB-IA Product Guide - Page 22
Using the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in, The agent plug-in and how it works, Supported platforms
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Using the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in The McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in (agent plug-in) extends the features of the McAfee Agent. It manages the schedule for performing audits, runs the audits, and returns the results to the server. You install the McAfee Agent and the agent plug-in on managed systems. This enables audits to be conducted even if a system is not connected to the network. Once the system reconnects to the network, it returns audit information to the server and receives updated content and schedules for future audits from the McAfee Policy Auditor server. Contents The agent plug-in and how it works Supported platforms How content is managed Install and uninstall the agent plug-in The agent plug-in and how it works The McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in updates the audit schedule on managed systems, launches audit scans according to a schedule, and returns results to the server. The schedule relies on whiteout and blackout periods that you set. Audit whiteout periods are times when an audit can run on a system or group of systems. Audit blackout periods are times when an audit can't run. The agent plug-in determines the age of the current information and uses any pending blackout or whiteout windows to determine when content should be re-evaluated. Upon receipt or completion of an audit, the agent plug-in calculates and stores the date and time of the next scheduled audit. You can use the Run Audits feature of ePolicy Orchestrator to force an immediate scan. When you do this, the agent plug-in marks the frequency information as expired and recalculates the date and time for the next scheduled audit. The recalculated date and time are always scheduled during a whiteout period. The agent plug-in can perform audits when a system is not connected to its network. Once the system reconnects to the network, the agent plug-in returns the results to the server. Supported platforms The McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in supports a number of Windows, Linux, and Unix-based operating systems. 22 McAfee Policy Auditor 6.0 software Product Guide for ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6