IWSVA supports Trend Micro Control Manager version 5.1. Control Manager
is a software management solution that provides you with 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 server—The Control Manager server is the machine upon which
the Control Manager application is installed. The Web-based Control Manager
Management Console is generated on this server.
Agent—The
agent is an application installed on a product-server that allows the
Control Manager to manage the product. It receives commands from the Control
Manager server, and then applies them to the managed product. It also
collects logs from the product, and sends them to the Control Manager.
The Control Manager agent does not communicate with the Control Manager
server directly. Instead, it interfaces with a component called the Communicator
that is part of the Trend Micro Management Infrastructure. Commands from
the Control Manager server to the managed products, and status reports
from the products to the Control Manager server all pass through this
component. Only one Communicator is installed on each product server;
the Communicator then handles the needs of all the agents on the server.
Entity—An
entity is a representation of a managed product on the Product Directory
link. You can see these icons in the directory tree of the Entity section.
The directory tree is a composition of all managed entities, residing
on the Control Manager console.
