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Trend Micro™ Control Manager™ is a software management solution that gives you the ability to control antivirus and content security programs from a central location regardless of the program’s physical location or platform. This application can simplify the administration of a corporate virus and content security policy.
Control Manager consists of the following components:
Control Manager server—The Control Manager server is the computer to which the Control Manager application installs. The web-based Control Manager management console is hosted from this server.
Agent—The agent is an application installed on a managed product that allows Control Manager to manage the product. The agent receives commands from the Control Manager server, and then applies them to the managed product. The agent also collects logs from the product and sends them to Control Manager.
You do not need to install the agent separately. The agent automatically installs when you install IMSVA.
Entity—An entity is a representation of a managed product on the Product Directory link. Each entity has an icon in the directory tree. The directory tree on the Control Manager console displays all managed entities, and IMSVA can be one of the entities.
When you install an IMSVA scanner, the Control Manager/MCP agent is also installed automatically. After the agent is enabled, each scanner will register to the Control Manager server and appear as separate entities.
Use Control Manager server version 5.5 or later when using Control Manager to manage IMSVA. For more information on the latest version and the most recent patches and updates, see the Trend Micro Update Center:
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/product.asp?productid=7
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