McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Installation

System Requirements
Installation Steps
New Features

ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6.0

Overview

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Installation

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System Requirements

File System
Free Disk Space
Memory
Processor
Supported server-class operating systems
Supported SQL databases
Supported Internet Browsers
Clients

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File System

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NT File System (NTFS)

Partion Recommended

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Free Disk Space

Installation Steps

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First-Time Installation 1.5 GB

Minimum
Upgrade 2GB Minimum
Recommended 2.5 GB

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Memory

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1 GB available RAM Minimum

2 4 GB available RAM
Recommended

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Processor

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Intel Pentium III-Class or Higher

1 GHz or Higher

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Supported server-class
operating systems
Supports 32-bit and 64-bit operating
systems
Windows 2008 Small Business Server
Premium

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Supported server-class
operating systems
Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2 (with
Service Pack 2 or Higher)

Datacenter
Enterprise
Standard
Web

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Supported server-class
operating systems
Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (with
Service Pack 1 or Higher)
Datacenter
Enterprise
Standard

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Supported SQL Databases

Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft
SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (with Service
Pack 3 or Higher)

Enterprise Edition
Express Edition
Standard Edition
Workgroup Edition

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Supported SQL Databases

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (with Service
Pack 1 or Higher)

Enterprise Edition
Express Edition
Standard Edition
Workgroup Edition

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Supported Internet
Browser

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Internet Explorer 7.0

Internet Explorer 8.0
Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3.6

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Clients

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Memory
512 MB available minimum

Processor
Intel Pentium II-class or higher

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Prerequisites
Recommendations
Supported virtual infraestructure software
Installing McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
Upgrading McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

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Prerequisites
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Microsoft .NET 2.0 or later

Microsoft Updates
Turn Off Auto Updates Before Installing or
Upgrading

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1

Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable
Package (x86)
MSXML 6.0

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Recommendations
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The server must have a trust relationship

with the Domain Controller on the
Network
Use static IP Address for ePolicy
Orchestrator (IPv4 or IPv6)
Uninstall Internet Explorer Enhanced
Security.

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Supported Virtual
Infraestructure Software

New Features

Citrix XenServer 5.5 Update 2

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
VMWare ESX 3.5 Update 4
VMWare ESX 4.0 Update 1

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Installing McAfee ePolicy

Orchestrator

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Installing McAfee ePolicy

Orchestrator

New Features

Two types of Installation

Express Installation
Uses the MSDE 2005 embedded in the
installation package.
Credentials authenticating with the DB are set
with Windows Authentication only.

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Two types of Installation

Custom Installation
Specify a Custom Installation Location.

Select Alternate Database Server Options.

Modify The Default Ports.

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Upgrading McAfee
ePolicy Orchestrator
Things to know before upgrading.
Backing up ePolicy Orchestrator databases
and directories.
Disabling remote Agent Handlers before
upgrading.
Upgrading your ePolicy Orchestrator
Upgrading yout remote Agent Handlers

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Things To Know Before

Upgrading
Review the unsupported product list
KB69814
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index
?page=content&id=KB69814

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Backing Up ePolicy
Orchestrator Databases
and Directories
- KB66616 (ePO 4.5.0)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index
?page=content&id=KB66616

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Disabling Remote Agent

Handlers Before
Upgrading
In the remote Agent Handler page, click
DISABLE for each remote Agent Handler
you have installed.

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Upgrading Your ePolicy

Orchestrator

New Features

You can upgrade your ePolicy

Orchestrator server from version 4.0
Patch 7 or version 4.5 Patch 3 or later to
version 4.6

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Upgrading Your Remote

Agent Handlers

New Features

The upgrade process is a streamlined

version of the procedure used for firsttime installation of a remote Agent
Handler.

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Intallation

New Features

Simplified Install and Configuration Experience

Software Manager

Managment
Client Task Catalog
Policy Assignment by Tag

Reporting
Dashboard Improvements
Advanced Reporting

Performance

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Installation
Simplified Install
Now you can choose the installation option that
works best for your needs: EXPRESS, CUSTOM

Guided Configuration
Introducing the Guided Configuration setup tool
that streamlines the process of creating a
managed enviroment.

Software Manager
You can review, download software, software
components and documentation.

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Managment
Client Task Catalog
Manage client task objects separately from
their assignments and schedules.
Assing a single client task to multiple locations,
each with a unique schedule.
Export & Import tasks to ensure consistency
across your servers. (multiple ePo)

Policy Assignment by Tag

You can now use tags to assign policies.
Tags can be used to assign policies from
multiple products.

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Reporting
Dashboard Improvements
A new Monitor Gallery from which you can
drag & drop Dashboard elements, configure
options and refresh rates, and move and resize
individual monitors.
Import & Export entire dashboards.

Advanced Reporting
Create detailed reports that contain multiple
queries and images.

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Performance

New Features

Reduced use of WAN bandwidth with

SuperAgent repositories with McAfee
Agent 4.6
Improved event handling.

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