Single-site deployment refers to distributing and managing child servers and managed products from a single Control Manager located in a central office.
Before deploying Control Manager to a single-site, complete the following tasks:
Determine the number of managed products and cascading structures
Determine how many managed products and cascading structures you plan to manage with Control Manager. You will need this information to decide what kind and how many Control Manager servers you need to deploy, as well as where to put these servers on your network to optimize communication and management.
If you have a heterogeneous network environment (that is, if your network has different operating systems, such as Windows and UNIX), identify how many managed products are Windows or UNIX-based. Use this information to decide whether to implement a Control Manager cascading structure environment.
Plan for an optimal server-managed products/cascading structure ratio
The most critical factor in determining how many managed products or cascading structures a single Control Manager server can manage on a local network is the agent-server communication or parent and child server communication.
Use the recommended system requirements as a guide in determining the CPU and RAM requirements for your Control Manager network.
Designate the Standard Control Manager server or Enterprise Control Manager server
Based on the number of managed products and cascading structure requirements, decide and designate your Control Manager server. Decide whether to designate an Enterprise or Standard server.
Locate where your Windows servers are, and then select the ones you want to assign as Control Manager servers. You also need to determine if you need to install a dedicated server.
When selecting a server that will host Control Manager, consider the following:
The amount of CPU load
Other functions the server performs
If you are installing Control Manager on a server that has other uses (for example, application server), Trend Micro recommends that you install on a server that is not running mission-critical or resource-intensive applications.
Both OfficeScan and Control Manager use IIS to communicate with clients and agents/child servers, respectively. There is no conflict between these two applications, but since both of them are using IIS resources, Trend Micro recommends installing Control Manager on another machine to reduce the performance stress on the server.
Depending on your network topology, you may need to perform additional site-specific tasks.