To develop a plan to minimize the impact of Control Manager on your network, it's important to understand Control Manager network generated traffic.
The following Control Manager sources generate network traffic:
Control Manager commands
Log traffic
Trend Micro Management Infrastructure policies
Product registration
Downloading and deploying updates
The following sources frequently generate traffic on a Control Manager network:
Logs
Managed products send logs to Control Manager at different intervals � depending on their individual log settings.
By default, the Trend Micro Infrastructure (TMI) sends heartbeat messages every sixty minutes. This can be adjusted to anywhere from 5 to 480 minutes (8 hours). When choosing a heartbeat setting, choose a balance between the need to display the latest Communicator status information and the need to manage system resources.
The default setting will be satisfactory for most situations, however should you feel the need to customize these settings, familiarize yourself with the following considerations:
Long-interval Heartbeats (above 60 minutes) - the longer the interval between heartbeats, the greater the number of events that may occur before the Control Manager console displays it
For example, if a connection problem with a Communicator is resolved between heartbeats, it then becomes possible to communicate with a Communicator–even if its status appears as "Inactive" or "Abnormal".
Short-interval Heartbeats (below 60 minutes) - short intervals between heartbeats presents a more up-to-date picture of your network status at the Control Manager server. However, this increases the amount of network bandwidth used.
Before adjusting the interval to a number below 15 minutes, study your existing network traffic to understand the impact of increased use of network bandwidth.
See also:
File sizes
Protocols