McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 4.5 - Avoiding Replication of Selected Packages

• URL or path on the previous panel of the wizard
• HTTP, FTP, or UNC site on the system
6 Enter Replication credentials. The server uses these credentials when it replicates DAT
files, engine files, or other product updates from the master repository to the distributed
repository. These credentials must have both read and write permissions for the distributed
repository:
• For FTP, enter the user account information.
• For HTTP or UNC, enter domain and user account information.
• Click Test Credentials. After a few seconds, a confirmation message appears that the
site is accessible to systems using the authentication information. If credentials are
incorrect, check the following:
• User name and password
• URL or path on the previous panel of the wizard
• HTTP, FTP, or UNC site on the system
7 Click Next. The Package Types page appears.
8 Select whether to replicate all packages or selected packages to this distributed repository.
I , then click Next.
• f you choose the Selected packages option, you must manually select the Signatures
and engines and Products, patches, service packs, etc. you want to replicate.
• Optionally select to Replicate legacy DATs.
NOTE: Ensure all packages required by managed systems using this repository are not
deselected. Managed systems go to one repository for all packages — if a needed package
type is not present in the repository, the task fails. This feature ensures packages that are
used by only a few systems are not replicated throughout your entire environment.
9 Review the Summary page, then click Save to add the repository. ePolicy Orchestrator
adds the new distributed repository to its database.
Avoiding replication of selected packages
If distributed repositories are set up to replicate only selected packages, your newly checked-in
package is replicated by default.
Use this task to avoid replicating a newly checked-in package.
Before you begin
Disable any replication tasks scheduled to replicate the selected package. For more information,
see Disabling replication of selected packages.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Software | Distributed Repositories, then select Edit Settings next to
the desired repository. The Distributed Repository Builder wizard opens.
2 On the Package Types page, deselect the package that you want to avoid being replicated.
3 Click Save.
Creating Repositories
Creating and configuring FTP, HTTP, and UNC repositories
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