McAfee Security for Mac deployment with Casper 7

If it's anything like the McAfee ePO install, it's tricky because if you
create a package install, your McAfee server will only see the one GUID
serial number on multiple Macs. The first Mac to check in with the ePO
server will be registered and get the VirusScan download, but any Mac after
will be treated as a duplicate.

We created a package that copies the ePO installation files to the Mac's
/Users/Shared folder and then run a script that triggers the install
command. Then we use a logout script that removes the ePO folder from
/Users/Shared.

Since the actual install triggers on the Mac, it creates it's own GUID
number and the ePO server is happy.

The biggest headache we found was if we ran an unsuccessful install, we had
to dig out ALL the McAfee files (including hidden files in
/Library/Preferences/) and Restart the target Mac before testing again. That
tripped us up a couple times because we hadn't done a clean uninstall and
the ePO server was still seeing the duplicate GUID.

Robb Gibson
System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems
OfficeMax : 263 Shuman Blvd. : Naperville, IL 60563
(630) 864-5242


This new article on JAMFnation explains how to deploy the McAfee Agent for Mac: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=182

Once that is in place, you can use ePO to push McAfee Security for Mac and/or endpoint encryption for Mac.

has anyone upgrade their ePO Server from 4.5 to 4.6? I want to know how the Mac clients handled the agent and App upgrades....
As ePO server can handle this. We have tested this in our lab but want to make sure.

Otherwise I will have to uninstall and re-install ePO Agent and maybe the App with Casper.

any input welcome!

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