If you have been using an older version of ePolicy Orchestrator and have previous agent versions
in your environment, you can upgrade those agents once you’ve installed your ePO server. The
procedure for upgrading the agent depends on which previous agent version is running on your
managed systems.
NOTE:
Some previous agent versions are not fully functional in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.2. For
full agent functionality, upgrade to agent version 3.6 Patch 1 or later.
Tasks
Upgrading agents using login scripts or manual installation
Upgrading agents with ePolicy Orchestrator
Upgrading agents using login scripts or manual installation
If you don’t use ePolicy Orchestrator to deploy agents or products to managed systems, you
can use your preferred agent distribution method to upgrade existing agents. Upgrading agents
without using ePolicy Orchestrator, such as upgrading manually or using network login scripts,
is the same as installing agents for the first time. You must distribute the FRAMEPKG.EXE
installation file and launch it on the system using your preferred method.
Upgrading agents with ePolicy Orchestrator
Use this task to upgrade existing agents with the Product Deployment client task. This method
provides more control over where and when the upgrade occurs. This is the same deployment
task that can be used to deploy products such as VirusScan Enterprise to systems that are
already running agents.
Best practices information
You can use the deployment task to upgrade agents. McAfee releases newer versions of the
agent periodically. You can deploy and manage these newer versions of the agent with ePolicy
Orchestrator. When available, you can download the agent installation package from the McAfee
update site and check it into the master repository. Then use the deployment task to upgrade
the agents.
CAUTION:
Upgrading the agent using the deployment task is not the same as updating an
existing agent using the Update client task. Upgrading the agent is for installing a new version
of the agent over an older one, such as installing the agent version 3.6 over the version 3.0.
The update task is used to update an existing version of the agent with additional updates,
such as DAT files and patches, or updating the agent version 3.0.1 to version 3.0.2.
Task
For option definitions, click ? on the page containing the options.
1
Ensure that the desired agent installation package is checked into the master software
repository.
2
Go to Systems | System Tree | Client Tasks, then select a portion of the System Tree
for which you want to upgrade the agent.
3
Click New Task. The Description page of the Client Task Builder wizard appears.
4
Name the task, select Product Deployment (McAfee Agent) from the drop-down lists,
then click Next. The Configuration page appears.
Distributing Agents to Manage Systems
Upgrading existing agents
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