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Creating a Data Roll Up server task
Registering ePO servers
Use this task to register each ePO server with the reporting server that you want to include in
roll-up queries. You must also register the reporting server. Registering the servers ensures
that summary data can be taken from each to populate the eporollup_ tables in the local
database.
Task
For option definitions, click ? on the page displaying the options.
1 Go to Network | Registered Servers, then click New Server. The Registered Server
Builder wizard appears.
2 Select the server type and type a name and description, then click Next. The Details page
appears.
3 Provide the details of the server, its database server, and the credentials to access the
server, then click Save.
Creating a Data Roll Up server task
Use this task to create a Data Roll Up server task that populates the necessary tables on the
reporting server with summary data from registered servers.
Best practices
McAfee recommends creating a Roll Up Data server task on this server for each registered
servers. This task would include each of the desired Roll Up Data actions, each targeting only
one of the registered servers.
Task
For option definitions, click ? on the page displaying the options.
1 Go to Automation | Server Tasks, then click New Task. The Server Task Builder
wizard appears.
2 Type a name and description for the task, and select whether to enable it, then click Next.
The Actions page appears.
3 Select the desired Data Roll Up actions, and select the desired registered server to which
it applies.
NOTE: McAfee recommends creating one server task per registered server, and configuring
it to run both Roll Up Data actions.
4 Click Next. The Schedule page appears.
5 Schedule the task as needed, then click Next. The Summary page appears.
NOTE: If you are rolling up compliance history data, ensure that the time unit of the Roll-Up
Compliance History query matches the schedule type of the Generate Compliance Event
server tasks on the registered servers.
6 Review the settings, then click Save.
Querying the Database
Preparing for roll-up querying
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