Specifications

Improve agent update performance
In large environments, the ePolicy Orchestrator server is already very busy distributing policies and
collecting events. You can improve performance by changing the agent policy so agents don't pull
content from the McAfee ePO server itself, the default master repository. Making this change forces
the agents to use only the repositories you created manually.
In smaller environments, where fewer nodes are managed, there's no
need to make this change. The server can handle all of these tasks
without impacting performance.
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Open the Policy Catalog.
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From the Product list, select McAfee Agents then from the Category list, select General.
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Click Edit Setting and the Repositories tab.
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From the Repositories list find the McAfee ePO server and click Disable in the Actions column.
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Click Save and the McAfee ePO server repository is disabled.
Global updates
Global Updating is a powerful feature in ePO, but if it is used incorrectly it can have a negative impact
in your environment. By default it is disabled when you install ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5.
Global Updating is used to update your repositories as quickly as possible whenever the master
repository changes. This is great if you have a smaller environment (fewer than 3,000 nodes) with no
WAN links. But Global Updates generate a lot of traffic that could impact your network bandwidth. If
your environment is on a LAN and bandwidth is not a concern then go ahead and use Global Updating.
If you are managing a larger environment and bandwidth is critical then disable Global Updating.
To confirm the Global Updating setting, click Menu | Configuration | Server Settings and select Global Updating
from the Setting Categories list. Confirm Status is disabled. If not, click Edit and change the status.
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