The DXL broker is deployed on Windows servers even though the Windows platform option is not selected in the ePO Product Deployment task

Technical Articles ID: KB91361
Last Modified: 9/30/2019

Environment

McAfee Data Exchange Layer (DXL) 5.x
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.x
McAfee Agent (MA) 5.x

Problem

Beginning with ePO 5.x and MA 5.x, when deploying a broker using a Product Deployment task, the deployment task does not consider the Target platform (operating system) option on the Product Deployment page. For example, a product deployment task configured to install DXL brokers assigned at the "My Organization" level applies to all supported systems (Windows servers and non-Windows systems).

For more information, see KB85745.

Solution

To submit a new product idea, go to the Enterprise Customer Product Ideas page.

Click Sign In and enter your ServicePortal User ID and password. If you do not yet have a ServicePortal or Community account, click Register to register for a new account on either website.

For more information about product ideas, see KB60021 - How to submit a Product Idea.

NOTE: The Ideas forum replaces the previous Product Enhancement Request system.

Workaround

There are two workarounds that resolve this issue; you can choose either one.

Option 1: Create OS-specific tagging and base the product deployment tasks on these tags.

Use the ePO Tag Catalog to create a new tag based on each operating system platform in your environment (for example, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux). To create a tag:
1. Log on to the ePO console.
2. Click Menu, Systems, Tag Catalog.
3. In the Tag Catalog, click New Tag.
4. On the Description page, type a name and description, and then click Next.
5. On the Criteria page, configure the tag to be based on the operating system by adding the OS Type property. Add as many operating system versions as needed for each tag (for example, the Windows tag might contain Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2). Then, click Next.
6. On the Evaluation page, select whether all systems are evaluated against the tag's criteria only when the Run Tag Criteria action is taken, or at each agent-server communication, and then click Next.
  
  NOTE: When systems are evaluated against a tag's criteria, the tag is applied to systems that match the criteria and have not been excluded from the tag.
7. On the Preview page, verify the tag summary information.
8. Click Save.
Modify each product deployment client task assignment to use these tags.
Click Menu, Systems, System Tree, Assigned Client Tasks tab.
Click Edit Assignment for the client task assignment you want to edit.
In the Tags section, select Send this task to only computers which have the following criteria.
Click Edit next to Has any of these tags and select the appropriate tag for the task type. For example, if it is a DXL Broker Linux deployment task, select the Linux tag.
Click Save.

Option 2: Create a group in the System Tree and place the specific operating system under that group. Then create a deployment task for that group and apply it.

Log on to the ePO console.
Click Menu, Systems, System Tree.
Click System Tree Action New Subgroups, enter the Subgroup Name, and click OK.
Place all OS-specific systems under that Subgroup. For example, you could create a subgroup that includes all DXL brokers.
On the same Subgroup page, click Assigned Client Tasks, click New Client Task Assignment, and create a deployment task. For example, “Create broker deployment task”.

Based on the schedule type, the task is executed on all those systems that are under that subgroup.

Affected Products

Data Exchange Layer 5.x
Install/Uninstall
Known Issue/Product Defect
McAfee Agent 5.0.x (EOL)

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