
Upgrade agents using a product deployment task
The Product Deployment client task in ePolicy Orchestrator can be used to upgrade the agents on a group
of systems in the System Tree.
Before you begin
Appropriate agent packages must be added to the Master Repository before they can be
used to upgrade existing agent installations.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
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Click Menu | Systems | System Tree.
2
On the Client Tasks tab, click Actions, then select New Task from the drop‑down menu.
The Client Task Builder wizard opens to the Description page.
3
Name the task, then select Product Deployment from the drop‑down list and select whether the task
should be sent to all computers or to tagged computers only.
4
Click Next to open the Configuration page.
5
Select the target platform.
6
Use the drop‑down lists in the Products and Components area to specify the version of the agent to
deploy and, if needed, additional command‑line parameters.
7
If you are working in a Windows environment, select whether to run the task at each policy
enforcement interval.
8
Select Allow end users to postpone this update to enable the user to postpone the update. For example, if
users are in the middle of an important task, they can postpone the update to finish the task, or at
least close any open applications.
• You can postpone the update only on Windows client systems.
• You can't run the task at every policy enforcement when a deployment is postponed.
• You can't postpone the task if you want to run the task at every policy enforcement.
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Click Next to open the Schedule page.
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Schedule the task as needed, then click Next.
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Verify the task’s details, then click Save.
The new deployment task is sent to the client computers at the next agent‑server communication.
Thereafter, every time the task executes, it checks to determine whether it should install the specified
agent.
Upgrade an unmanaged agent on Ubuntu
Upgrading an agent running in unmanaged mode on Ubuntu must be done manually.
The installer and agent package is found at the following location on the McAfee ePO server:
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