TMAgent Manager

Agent Deployment Using TMAgent Manager

Trend Micro OfficeScan provides a framework (called Plug-in Manager) for deploying security solutions to many endpoints across different platforms. TMAgent Manager is one of the plug-in programs available from Plug-in Manager and is intended for deploying Threat Management Agent to endpoints managed by the OfficeScan server.

TMAgent Manager can only deploy the agent to endpoints managed by the OfficeScan server. If you have several OfficeScan servers, install TMAgent Manager on each server so you can deploy the agent to endpoints managed by these servers.

To deploy the agent to endpoints not managed by any OfficeScan server, use the other agent deployment methods discussed in Agent Deployment Methods.

TMAgent Manager Components

TMAgent Manager consists of the following programs:

TMAgent Manager

TMAgent Manager is a program installed on the same computer that hosts the OfficeScan server and Plug-in Manager. Once installed, this program can deploy Threat Management Agent to endpoints.

 

Plug-in Manager console, with TMAgent Manager highlighted

Threat Management Agent

Threat Management Agent is an endpoint-based program that receives and then acts on mitigation requests from Threat Mitigator. Threat Management Agent runs routine mitigation tasks (such as assessing the endpoint's security posture, running cleanup, and collecting endpoint data if cleanup was unsuccessful) and reports the mitigation status to Threat Mitigator.

Threat Management Agent can also communicate with Network VirusWall™ Enforcer to enforce security policies on the endpoint.

TMAgent Manager client

TMAgent Manager client is an endpoint-based program that serves as the communication channel between Threat Management Agent and TMAgent Manager.

TMAgent Manager client displays on the OfficeScan client's Plug-in Manager screen. It runs mostly in the background and does not have settings that endpoint users need to configure.

 

TMAgent Manager client displayed on the OfficeScan client’s Plug-in Manager screen

TMAgent Manager client and Threat Management Agent are installed together. You do not need to run two separate installations. When you launch agent deployment from TMAgent Manager, the installation package first installs TMAgent Manager client, followed by Threat Management Agent. The agent will not be installed if there are problems installing TMAgent Manager client.

The installation path for TMAgent Manager client is %ProgramFiles%\Trend Micro\PEAgentManagerClient.

The installation path for Threat Management Agent is %WINDIR%\PEAgent.

TMAgent Manager Benefits

TMAgent Manager is useful in the following situations:

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