Trellix Agent files and folders

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When you install the agent, the files are stored in different locations depending on the operating system.

Note

The client is automatically installed with Trellix Agent 5.6.0. The files are stored in the respective Data Exchange Layer folder based on the operating system.

Folder content

Operating system

Location

Installation files

Windows (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Windows 7–10

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

<PROGRAMFILES>\McAfee\Agent

Linux

/opt/McAfee/agent/

Macintosh

/Library/McAfee/agent

Data files

Windows (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Windows 7–10

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

<Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent

If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent

Linux and Macintosh

/var/McAfee/agent/

Configuration and management information (including GUID and agent version) needed to manage products

Linux and Macintosh

/etc/ma.d/

Script for starting and stopping the agent manually and when called by the system

Linux

/etc/init.d/ma

Macintosh

/Library/StartupItems/ma

Installation log files

Windows

  • Windows 7–10

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

%TEMP%\McAfeeLogs

Agent log files

Windows

  • Windows 7–10

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

<Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\Logs

If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\Logs

Linux and Macintosh

/var/McAfee/agent/logs

Peer-to-peer repository path

Windows

  • Windows 7–10

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

<Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\data\mcafeeP2P

If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeP2P

Linux and Macintosh

/var/McAfee/agent/data/McAfeeP2P

ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises Lazy cache repository path

Windows

  • Windows 7–10

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

<Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeHttp

If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeHttp

Linux and Macintosh

/var/McAfee/agent/data/McAfeeHttp

Database path

Windows

  • Windows 7–10

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

<Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\DB

If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\DB

Linux and Macintosh

/var/McAfee/agent/db