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.
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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.
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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.
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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 
The following table shows a list of Control Manager features
that IMSVA supports.
Supported Control Manager Features
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Feature
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Description
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Supported?
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Two-way communication
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Using 2-way communication, either IMSVA or Control Manager may initiate
the communication process.
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No.
Only IMSVA can initiate a communication process with Control Manager.
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Outbreak Prevention Policy
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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.
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Yes
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Log upload for query
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Uploads IMSVA virus logs, Content Security logs, and Email
reputation logs to Control Manager for query
purposes.
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Yes
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Single Sign-on
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Manage IMSVA from Control Manager directly
without first logging on to the IMSVA management
console.
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No.
You need to first log on to the IMSVA management console
before you can manage IMSVA
from Control Manager.
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Configuration replication
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Replicate configuration settings from an existing IMSVA
server to a new IMSVA
server from Control Manager.
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Yes
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Pattern update
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Update pattern files used by IMSVA from Control Manager
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Yes
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Engine update
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Update engines used by IMSVA from Control Manager.
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Yes
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Product component update
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Update IMSVA product components such as patches and hot
fixes from Control Manager.
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No.
Refer to the specific patch or hot
fix readme file for instructions on how to update the product components.
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Configuration by user interface redirect
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Configure IMSVA through the IMSVA management console
accessible from Control Manager.
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Yes
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Renew product registration
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Renew IMSVA product license from Control Manager.
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Yes
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Customized reporting from Control Manager
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Control Manager provides customized reporting and log queries
for email-related data.
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Yes
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Control Manager agent installation/uninstallation
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Install or uninstall IMSVA
Control Manager agent from Control Manager.
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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:
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Event notification
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Send IMSVA event notification from Control Manager.
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Yes
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Command tracking for all commands
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Track the status of commands that Control Manager issues to IMSVA.
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Yes
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