
Managing the Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in
The Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in is an extension of the McAfee agent. The extension manages
the schedule for performing audits, runs the audits, and returns the results to Policy Auditor.
Are you deploying the McAfee Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in for the first time?
When installing and uninstalling the McAfee Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in for the first time:
• Understand that the Agent Plug-in can only be installed on systems that already have McAfee
Agent 3.6 patch 2 or later installed
• Understand that the basic function of the Agent Plug-in is to run audits and relay the results
back to Policy Auditor
• Know what platforms are supported and which of your systems is supported by the Agent
Plug-in
• Understand how to deploy the Agent Plug-in
• Know how to verify that the task deploy the Agent Plug-in is running and when it is finished
• Understand how to verify that the Agent Plug-in is communicating with the server
• Understand how to uninstall the Agent Plug-in
Contents
The Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in and how it works
Supported platforms
Managing content
Working with the McAfee Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in
The Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in and how it works
The McAfee Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in is responsible for updating the audit schedule and
launching audit scans per a schedule that you set. The Agent Plug-in determines the age of the
current information and uses any pending blackout or whiteout windows to determine if and
when content should be re-evaluated.
Upon receipt of a new audit, the plug-in calculates and persists the date and time of the next
run. Upon completion of an audit, the plug-in calculates the date and time of the next run. The
ePO server can request an immediate scan, in which case the plug-in marks the frequency
information as expired, thus forcing a recalculation of the date and time for the next run. Existing
whiteout and blackout windows are respected.
The Agent Plug-in is able to perform audits when a managed system is not connected to its
network. Once the system is reconnected to the network, the Agent Plug-in returns the results
to Policy Auditor.
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