Product guide

General recommendations
• Retain the 5.x.x database for some time, so that you can access it case any loss or theft of a
device after the migration.
• Migrate only a small number of systems as an initial test before doing a large‑scale migration.
• If you are using the $autoboot$ user id in 5.x.x to boot your systems without actually having to
authenticate through the PBA, then please be advised that the same option is now a feature in 7.0
Patch 1. So, make sure that you enable this option (Menu | Policy | Policy Catalog | Endpoint Encryption 7.0.1 |
Product Settings | Logon | Enable Automatic Booting) to activate Autoboot while migrating the users and
systems from 5.x.x to 7.x. To enable automatic booting without adding a user, you need to
configure the Add local domain users feature.
The Enable Automatic Booting option in the Product Setting Policy allows access to the EEPC
installed systems without actually having to authenticate through PBA. However, it is the
administrators’ responsibility to ensure that system security is not compromised if this option is
selected.
If you enable this option, be aware that the McAfee Endpoint Encryption software doesn't protect
the data on the drive when it is not in use.
Export user assignments from 5.x.x database
The export tool provided with EEPC allows the administrator to export the user assignments from 5.x.x
database. The purpose of exporting the user assignments is to reduce the amount of configuration
required by the administrator to upgrade from 5.x.x to 7.x.
The export output is a .ZIP file, which can be imported into the McAfee ePO server. The import process
uses an import wizard on the McAfee ePO server after installing the applicable EE extensions.
The purpose of exporting systems from 5.x.x database is to export the user assignments. Migration
export is not required if you do not want to migrate the user assignments.
Best practices
• Make sure that you have the latest EEMigration.ZIP file from the EEPC 7.0 Patch 1 release package to
implement and perform the export from 5.x.x Endpoint Encryption Manager.
• We recommend that you copy and extract the EEMigration.ZIP file to the folder where Endpoint
Encryption Manager is installed.
• Make sure that you have the access rights to view system and user properties on EEM and the
McAfee ePO Server.
Migration and upgrade
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