Before you begin
Before sending the agent wake-up call to such a group, make sure that wake-up support for
the group is enabled and applied on the General tab of the McAfee Agent policy pages
(enabled by default).
Task
For option definitions, click ? on the page displaying the options.
1
Go to Systems | System Tree | Groups, then select the group under System Tree.
2
Click Wake Up Agents. The Wake Up McAfeeAgent page appears.
NOTE:
You may need to click More Actions to expose this action.
3
Verify the group appears next to Target group.
4
Select whether to send the agent wake-up call to All systems in this group or to All
systems in this group and subgroups.
5
Select whether to send an Agent wake-up call or SuperAgent wake-up call next to
Type.
6
Accept the default or type a different Randomization (0 - 60 minutes). If you type
0
,
agents respond immediately.
7
During regular communication, the agent sends only properties that have changed since
the last agent-server communication. This task is set by default to Get full product
properties. To send the complete properties as a result of this wake-up call, ensure this
is option selected.
8
Click OK to send the agent or SuperAgent wake-up call.
Sending wake-up calls on a schedule
Use this task to create a scheduled agent wake-up call.
NOTE:
SuperAgent wake-up calls cannot be scheduled.
Task
For option definitions, click ? on the page displaying the options.
1
Go to Systems | System Tree | Client Tasks, then select the group or systems to send
the wake-up call.
2
Click New Task. The Description page of the Client Task Builder wizard appears.
3
Name the task, select and Agent Wake-up Call (McAfee Agent) from the drop-down
list, then click Next. The Configuration page appears.
4
Select whether the agents that receive the wake-up call send full or minimal properties,
then click Next.
5
Schedule the task as needed, then click Next. The Summary page appears.
6
Verify the task’s details, then click Save.
When complete, the scheduled task appears in the list of available tasks on the Client Tasks
tab of the selected System Tree group. If the task is enabled, it runs at the next scheduled time
on systems that have received the task. To ensure all desired systems have the task information,
send a manual wake-up call to them.
Distributing Agents to Manage Systems
Maintaining the agent
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