Configure a deployment task for groups of managed systems

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Configure a product deployment task to deploy products to groups of managed systems in the System Tree.

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  1. Select MenuClient TasksClient Task Catalog.

  2. Click New Task.

  3. Select Product Deployment, then click OK.

  4. Enter the Name, Description(optional).

  5. Next to Target platforms, select the types of platform to use the deployment.

  6. Next to Products and components, set the following:

    • Select a product from the first drop-down list. The products listed are products that you have checked in to the Main Repository. If you do not see the product you want to deploy listed here, check in the product package.

    • Set the Action to Install, then select the Language of the package, and the Branch.

    • To specify command-line installation options, type the options in the Command line text field. See the product documentation for information on command-line options of the product you are installing.

    Note

    You can click + or to add or remove products and components from the list displayed.

  7. If you want to automatically update your security products, select Auto Update.

    This also deploys the hotfixes and patches for your product automatically.

    Note

    If you set your security product to update automatically, you cannot set the Action to Remove.

  8. (Windows only) Next to Options, select whether you want to run this task for every policy process, then click Save.

  9. Select MenuSystems SectionSystem TreeAssigned Client Tasks, then select the required group in the System Tree.

  10. Select the Preset filter as Product Deployment (Trellix Agent).

    Each assigned client task per selected category appears in the details pane.

  11. Click ActionsNew Client Task Assignment.

  12. On the Select Task page, select Product as Trellix Agent and Task Type as Product Deployment, then select the task you created to deploy your product.

  13. Next to Tags, select the platforms you are deploying the packages to, then click Next:

    • Send this task to all computers

    • Send this task to only computers that have the following criteria — Click edit next to the criteria to configure, select the tag group, select the tags to use in the criteria, then click OK.

    Tip

    To limit the list to specific tags, type the tag name in the text box under Tags.

  14. On the Schedule page, select whether the schedule is enabled, and specify the schedule details, then click Next.

  15. Review the summary, then click Save.

At every scheduled run, the deployment task installs the latest sensor package to systems that meet the specified criteria.