McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 286

Using VirusScan Utilities • Additionally Enable DMI Alerts. Select this checkbox to supplement either of the other alerting methods. Next, click Configure to open the DMI Configuration dialog box, where you can enter the identifying number that your Desktop Management Interface (DMI) client application assigned to your VirusScan software when you installed it (Figure 9-6). Figure 9-6. DMI Configuration dialog box To use this option, you must have a DMI client application, such as Hewlett-Packard OpenView, already installed on your local computer and DMI administrative software running somewhere on your network. VirusScan software comes packaged with a Management Information File (AMG.MIF) that identifies VirusScan alerting attributes to your DMI client application. The DMI client, in turn, assigns an identifying number to the VirusScan software, so that it can collect VirusScan alert events and send them to a DMI administrative application. In order for VirusScan software to send alert messages with an identification number that the administrative application can recognize and process, you must enter the correct ID number here. Consult your system administrator for specific details that apply to your DMI software. When you have entered a number, click OK to close the dialog box. 4. Click OK to save your changes and close the Alert Manager Client Configuration dialog box. 286 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software