About Trend Micro Control Manager Parent topic

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/malware and content security policy.
  • Control Manager server: The Control Manager server is the machine upon which the Control Manager application is installed. 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 collects logs from the product, and sends them to Control Manager.
  • 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 displays all managed entities residing on the Control Manager console.

Control Manager Support Parent topic

The following table shows a list of Control Manager features that IMSVA supports.

Supported Control Manager Features  

Feature
Description
Supported?
Two-way communication
Using 2-way communication, either IMSVA or Control Manager may initiate the communication process.
No.
Only IMSVA can initiate a communication process with Control Manager.
Outbreak Prevention Policy
The Outbreak Prevention Policy (OPP) is a quick response to an outbreak developed by TrendLabs that contains a list of actions IMSVA should perform to reduce the likelihood of the IMSVA server or its clients from becoming infected.
Trend Micro ActiveUpdate Server deploys this policy to IMSVA through Control Manager.
Yes
Log upload for query
Uploads IMSVA virus logs, Content Security logs, and Email reputation logs to Control Manager for query purposes.
Yes
Single Sign-on
Manage IMSVA from Control Manager directly without first logging on to the IMSVA management console.
No.
You need to first log on to the IMSVA management console before you can manage IMSVA from Control Manager.
Configuration replication
Replicate configuration settings from an existing IMSVA server to a new IMSVA server from Control Manager.
Yes
Pattern update
Update pattern files used by IMSVA from Control Manager
Yes
Engine update
Update engines used by IMSVA from Control Manager.
Yes
Product component update
Update IMSVA product components such as patches and hot fixes from Control Manager.
No.
Refer to the specific patch or hot fix readme file for instructions on how to update the product components.
Configuration by user interface redirect
Configure IMSVA through the IMSVA management console accessible from Control Manager.
Yes
Renew product registration
Renew IMSVA product license from Control Manager.
Yes
Customized reporting from Control Manager
Control Manager provides customized reporting and log queries for email-related data.
Yes
Control Manager agent installation/uninstallation
Install or uninstall IMSVA Control Manager agent from Control Manager.
No.
IMSVA Control Manager agent is automatically installed when you install IMSVA. To enable/disable the agent, do the following from the IMSVA management console:
  1. Go to Administration → Connections.
  2. Click the TMCM Server tab.
  3. To enable/disable the agent, select/clear the check box next to Enable MCP Agent.
Event notification
Send IMSVA event notification from Control Manager.
Yes
Command tracking for all commands
Track the status of commands that Control Manager issues to IMSVA.
Yes