Task
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• Go to Reporting | Queries, select VSE: DAT Deployment in the Queries list, then click
Run Query.
NOTE:
See the VirusScan Enterprise documentation for more information on this query.
Evaluating new DATs and engines before
distribution
Use this task to test update packages using the Evaluation branch. You may want to test DAT
and engine files on a few systems before deploying them to your entire organization.
ePolicy Orchestrator provides three repository branches for this purpose.
Task
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1
Create a scheduled Repository Pull task that copies update packages in the Evaluation
branch of your master repository. Schedule it to run after McAfee releases updated DAT
files.
2
Create or select a group in the System Tree to serve as an evaluation group, and create a
McAfee Agent policy for the systems to use only the Evaluation branch. (In the Repository
Branch Update Selection section of the Updates tab.)
The policies take affect the next time the agent calls into the server. The next time the
agent updates, it retrieves them from the Evaluation branch.
3
Create a scheduled Update client task for the evaluation systems that updates DAT and
engine files from the Evaluation branch of your repository. Schedule it to run one or two
hours after your Repository Pull task is scheduled to begin.
The evaluation update task created at the evaluation group level causes it to run only for
that group.
4
Monitor the systems in your evaluation group until satisfied.
5
Move the packages from the Evaluation branch to the Current branch of your master
repository using the Change Branch action on the Software | Master Repository tab.
Adding them to the Current branch makes them available to your production environment.
The next time any Update client tasks run that retrieves packages from the the Current
branch, the new DAT and engine files are distributed to systems that use the task.
Manually moving DAT and engine packages between
branches
Use this task to move packages manually between the Evaluation, Current, and Previous branches
after they are checked in to the master repository.
Deploying Software and Updates
Evaluating new DATs and engines before distribution
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