McAfee EPOCDE-AA-BA - ePolicy Orchestrator - PC, Product Manual

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5 Under
Select repository by
, specify the method to sort repositories:
•
Ping time
— Sends an ICMP ping to the closest five repositories (based on subnet value) and sorts
them by response time.
•
Subnet distance
— Compares the IP addresses of client systems and all repositories and sorts
repositories based on how closely the bits match. The more closely the IP addresses resemble
each other, the higher in the list the repository is placed.
If needed you can set the
Maximum number of hops
.
•
User order in repository list
— Selects repositories based on their order in the list.
6 From the
Repository list
you can disable repositories by clicking
Disable
in the
Actions
field associated
with the repository to be disabled.
7
In the
Repository list
, click
Move to Top
or
Move to Bottom
to specify the order in which you want client
systems to select distributed repositories.
8 Click
Save
when finished.
Changing the owners of a policy
Use this task to change the owners of a policy. By default, ownership is assigned to the user that
created the policy. This task can only be performed by global administrators.
Task
For option definitions, click
?
in the interface.
1 Click
Menu
|
Policy
|
Policy Catalog
, then select the
Product
and
Category
.
All created policies for the selected category appear in the details pane.
2
Locate the desired policy, then click on the Owner of the policy.
The Policy Ownership page appears.
3
Select the desired owners of the policy from the list, then click
OK
.
Moving policies between McAfee ePO servers
Use these tasks to move policies between servers. To do this, you must export the policy to an XML
file from the Policy Catalog page of the source server, then import it to the Policy Catalog page on the
target server.
Tasks
• Exporting a single policy on page 175
Use this task to export a policy to an XML file. Use this file to import the policy to another
McAfee ePO server, or to keep as a backup of the policy.
• Exporting all policies of a product on page 176
Use this task to export all policies of a product to an XML file. Use this file to import the
policy to another McAfee ePO server, or to keep as a backup of the policies.
• Importing policies on page 176
Use this task to import a policy XML file. Regardless of whether you exported a single policy
or all named policies, the import procedure is the same.
Exporting a single policy
Use this task to export a policy to an XML file. Use this file to import the policy to another McAfee ePO
server, or to keep as a backup of the policy.
Using policies to manage products and systems
Working with policies
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