Specifications

The McAfee Agent is a 5 MB executable file that can simply be executed manually or more commonly
deployed on a larger scale to hundreds or thousands of nodes. The agent can be deployed using:
• A logon script
• Manual execution
• The McAfee ePO server
• Third-party tools
• An image with the agent as part of the image
You must use the specific McAfee agent executable file obtained from the McAfee ePO server in your
environment. Each agent is created dynamically during the initial installation of your McAfee ePO
server. There are a few things inside your agent executable that are unique to your environment,
which is why the agent can only be obtained from your organization's ePolicy Orchestrator server. You
cannot download a blank McAfee Agent from the McAfee download site and start deploying it.
Obtain a copy of your McAfee Agent.
1
Click Menu | System | System Tree, from the System Tree pane, click System Tree Actions | New Systems. The
New Systems dialog box appears.
2
Click Create and download agent installation package, complete the credentials needed, and click OK.
3
From the Download File dialog box, save the files to a local machine.
If you look inside this executable file you can see what makes it unique. Your custom package has the
communication keys for your specific ePolicy Orchestrator server and a sitelist.xml file. Without these
keys the agents cannot talk to your specific ePolicy Orchestrator server.
The sitelist.xml file tells all your agents how to find the McAfee ePO server using the IP address and
DNS name. This is important because there are many situations when this file becomes outdated. For
example, if you rename your ePolicy Orchestrator server or give it a new IP address, or if you have
multiple ePolicy Orchestrator servers you will have multiple unique McAfee Agent files designed to
communicate with the ePolicy Orchestrator server where is was created.
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