Product guide

• McAfee Security for Mac 1.1 and later to McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.1
When the software is upgraded, only the Anti-malware and Application Protection policies are
migrated and these policies will co-exist with the new policies. The Desktop Firewall policies are not
migrated.
• McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.0 to McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.1
When the software is upgraded, existing Anti-malware, Application Protection and Desktop policies
are migrated and these policies will co-exist with the new policies.
• McAfee VirusScan for Mac 9.1 and later to McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.1
Before upgrading the software, make sure that the system requirements are met:
• Operating system
• ePolicy Orchestrator
• McAfee Agent
If the minimum required version of McAfee Agent is not found in the managed Mac, the upgrade will
fail.
• McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention extension 8.0.3.762 and later.
For more information, see System Requirements.
Make sure that you take a backup of existing policies for the existing version of the product. For
instructions about backing up policies, see the ePolicy Orchestrator product guide of your version.
When the Anti-malware only extension is migrated, the anti-spyware default settings are applied.
ePolicy Orchestrator reports extensions are upgraded and events from the earlier version can be used
for queries. After migration, all the queries from the earlier version are available under the new
version.
1
Check in and deploy the extension.
For more information, see check in the package and install the extensions.
2
Make sure that the policies are migrated properly and the reports are upgraded to the new version.
3
Deploy the product.
2
Installation and deployment
Upgrade the software
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McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.1.0 Product Guide