Specifications
Task
1
In the System Tree, click the Systems tab and find the system you want to change to a SuperAgent
repository.
2
Drag that row with the system name and drop it into the new SuperAgent group you created in the
System Tree.
Once the system communicates with the McAfee ePO server it changes to a SuperAgent repository.
3
To confirm the system is now a SuperAgent repository, click Menu | Software | Distributed Repositories and
select SuperAgent from the Filter list. The new SuperAgent repository appears in the list.
Place repositories
You need to determine how many repositories you need in your environment and where they are
located. To answer these questions you need to look at your McAfee ePO server managed systems and
your network geography.
Determine the following factors:
• How many nodes do you manage with the McAfee ePO server?
• Are these nodes located in different geographic locations?
• What connectivity do you have to your repositories?
Remember, the purpose of a repository is to allow clients to download the large amount of data in
software updates locally instead of return to the McAfee ePO server and downloading the updates
across the slower WAN links. At a minimum your repository is used to update your signature, or DAT
files for McAfee VirusScan on a daily basis. In addition, your repository is used by your agents to
download new software, product patches, and other content, for example Host Intrusion Prevention
System content.
Typically you can create a repository for each large geographic location but there are several caveats.
You must avoid the most common mistakes of having too many or too few repositories.
The following example uses updating the signature, or DAT files for VirusScan Enterprise that are
released daily. The numbers used to determine if a repository is needed at a site are:
• 200 KB — The size of the daily DAT file to download.
• 100 — The number of system agents that need to download those daily DAT files.
Example 1: Downloading directly from the central ePO server
Repositories
Place repositories
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