Configuring the Server and Endpoints for Agent Management Jobs

In this section:

• Agent Management Job Checklist
• Configuring the Ivanti Endpoint Security Server for Discovery Scanning
• Port and ICMP Requirements for an Agent Management Job
• Configuring Endpoints for Discovery
• Configuring Endpoints for Agent Management Jobs
• Troubleshooting Agent Management Jobs

After installing Ivanti Endpoint Security on a server, you must perform additional configuration on the endpoints that you want to manage so that Agent Management Jobs will complete successfully.

Agent Management jobs consist of two parts: endpoint discovery and agent management itself. During discovery, the Ivanti Endpoint Security server locates the endpoint you want to install an agent on. During agent management, the agent is installed (or uninstalled). Discovery jobs run only the discovery

process. Agent Management Jobs run the discovery process and the agent management process.

To configure a Windows endpoint for discovery or agent management, complete one of the following tasks:

1. Configuring Endpoints for Discovery
2. Configuring Endpoints for Agent Management Jobs

In environments where you want to prohibit Agent Management Jobs for security purposes, you can still discover endpoints with minimal security risk. To activate discovery functions (but not agent management) complete only the listed discovery procedures.