Trellix Agent can be toggled between unmanaged mode and managed mode.
(ePO - On-prem) Some of the more recent Trellix products that use AutoUpdate, such as Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS), are installed with Trellix Agent in updater mode. To start managing these products with ePO - On-prem, you can enable Trellix Agent that is already on the system by changing its management mode.
Changing the existing Trellix Agent on each system to managed mode saves significant network bandwidth over deploying Trellix Agent installation package. But, existing Trellix products were probably installed with an older version of Trellix Agent, which is not automatically upgraded to the latest version on ePO - On-prem.
(ePO - On-prem) In some situations, you might want to change a system that is managed by ePO - On-prem to updater (unmanaged) mode. Information is provided for changing from managed mode to unmanaged mode.
Before changing the Trellix Agent mode, consider the following:
By default,
FrmInst.exeis installed on client system in this location:Windows (32-bit) –
C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent.Windows (64-bit) –
C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent\x86.
Do not change the Trellix Agent installation folder without removing and reinstalling Trellix Agent. The agent that you enable might be in a different folder than the agent that you deploy in your network by another method.
Assigning sorting filters or domain names to specific System Tree segments saves time. Without such designations, systems are placed in Lost & Found and you must move them from that location.
Export
agentfipsmodefile from this location with the mentioned files and rename thereqseckey.binandsrpubkey.bintoreq2048seckey.binandsr2048pubkey.binrespectively.Windows (32-bit) –
C:\Program Files\McAfee\ePolicy Orchestrator\DB\Software\Current\EPOAGENT3000\Install\0409\Windows (64-bit) –
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\ePolicy Orchestrator\DB\Software\Current\EPOAGENT3000\Install\0409\