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Upgrading and restoring agents

If you have been using an older version of ePolicy Orchestrator and have previous agent versions in

your environment, you can upgrade those agents once you’ve installed your new McAfee ePO server.

Periodically, McAfee releases newer versions of the agent that can be deployed and managed using

ePolicy Orchestrator. When the agent installation package is available, you can download it from the

McAfee download site or the Software Manager, check it in to the master repository, then use the

deployment task to upgrade the agent.

You can also create a customized McAfee Smart installer to upgrade the agent on the client systems.

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Upgrading vs. updating

Upgrade agents using a product deployment task

Upgrade an unmanaged agent on Ubuntu

Restore a previous version of the agent on Windows

Restore a previous version of the agent on UNIX-based and Macintosh systems

Upgrading vs. updating

Upgrading involves changing software version numbers, while updating involves changing data.

Upgrading is not the same as updating. Upgrading the agent means installing a newer version of the

agent over an older version, for example, replacing McAfee Agent 4.5 with McAfee Agent 4.6. Updating

means getting the most up‑to‑date DATs and signatures that products use to identify and disarm

threats.

• If you use ePolicy Orchestrator to deploy agents in your network, the procedure differs slightly

depending which previous version of the agent you are upgrading.

• If you are upgrading your agents and your network is very large, consider the size of the agent

installation package file and your available bandwidth before deciding how many agents to upgrade

at once. Consider using a phased approach. For example, upgrade one group in your System Tree at a

time. In addition to balancing network traffic, this approach makes tracking progress and

troubleshooting easier.

• If you use a product deployment client task to upgrade agents, consider scheduling the task to run

at different times for different groups in the System Tree.

The procedure for upgrading the agent may change depending on which agent version is running on

your managed systems.

Some previous agent versions do not support all features in ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0. For full ePolicy

Orchestrator functionality, upgrade to agent version 5.0 or later.

Upgrading agents by a method other than using ePolicy Orchestrator, such as upgrading manually or

using network login scripts, is identical to installing agents for the first time.

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