Manual package and update management

Question 1

How do you bring a product under management in ePO?

Answer 1

Install a product’s extension so that ePO can manage that product

Question 2

What happens if you try to install an extension at the same time as a Master Repository update is running?

Answer 2

You are given an error, because only one task can update the master repository at a time

Question 3

How do you install an extension manually?

Answer 3

Navigate to the extensions page in ePO and click the install extension button. Navigate to the extension’s file and install it

Question 4

How do you check in a package manually?

Answer 4

Go to the Master Repository section in ePO and click check in package

Question 5

What is the workflow for automatic DAT file testing?

Answer 5

1. A server task pulls DAT updates from the McAfee public site to the Evaluation branch of the Master Repository
2. A McAfee Agent policy applies that DAT files from the Evaluation repository branch restricted to a group of systems in a test group.
3. A McAfee Agent update client task installs the DAT on the Test group systems
4. An on-demand scan task runs frequently on the Test group
5. Depending on the on-demand scan output, one of these scenarios occurs:
   a - If the DAT is not compatible with the test group, an automatic response email is sent to the appropriate administrators. The email tells the administrators to stop distribution of the DAT files from the Current repository
   b - Otherwise, after a specified time, a server task copies the files from the Evaluation branch to the current branch of the repository. Then those files are automatically sent to the rest of the managed systems

Question 6

When creating a test group of systems, what criteria should they adhere to?

Answer 6

• Use a representative sampling of system server builds, workstation builds, and operation systems and service packs in your environment for validation
• Use 20-30 systems for validation for organizations with less than 10,000 nodes. For larger organizations, include at least 50 types of systems
• Use tags to apply policies and tasks to individual systems that are scattered throughout your system tree. Tagging these systems has the same effect as creating an isolated test group, but allows you to keep your systems in their current groups

Question 7

How can you make it so that your Test Group pulls its security updates from the evaluation branch?

Answer 7

By configuring an Agent policy (updates tab) to pull dat and engine (amcore and epcontent) from the evaluation branch)