Change the language for the agent interface and event log

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Force the agent on a target system to run and publish log entries in the selected language.

You can change the agent user interface and logging language on a managed system with a ePO - On-prem policy. This setting forces the agent on the target system to run and publish log entries in the selected language.

Note

Individual Trellix security software products control some text. This text might follow regional or locale settings.

  1. Select MenuPolicyPolicy Catalog.

  2. From Products, select Trellix AgentTroubleshooting.

    Note

    For ePO - On-prem 5.9 or earlier and McAfee ePO Cloud, select Trellix Agent in the Product drop-down list and Troubleshooting in the Category drop-down list.

  3. Click the name of a policy to change, or duplicate an existing policy.

    The McAfee Default policy can't be changed.

  4. Select Select language used by agent: (Windows, Mac OSX and EWS agents only) and select a language from the drop-down list.

  5. Click Save.

When you assign this policy to a system, the agent on that system runs and publishes log messages in the selected language. If this language does not match the active windows system locale, the log messages appearing in the Agent Monitor user interface might not be legible.

Note

Regardless of language selection, some log messages are always published in English to aid in troubleshooting customer issues.