In addition to the installation aspects that you can control from the Panda Cloud console and which were mentioned earlier in this document, below are the details of the procedure and processes for deploying Systems Management to the computers on which Endpoint Protection is already installed and which meet the minimum requirements.
Minimum requirements are available here:
http://documents.managedprotection.pandasecurity.com/Help/v71000/Customers/Default/en-us/013.htm
Deployment procedure
As soon as you select the profile, the client's policy is modified with the details of Systems Management on the computers on which it is going to be installed.
Running a Walconf process on the client's computers downloads this policy, which, in turn, modifies the Walupg.ini file, adding the necessary entries to deploy the Systems Management agent automatically the next time a Walupg is launched.
The entries added to the walupg.ini file are:
A new field PCSM=NOT is added to the [INSTALLED] section, which will install PCSM
A new section [PCSM] is added, which will be used to enter the information on the PCSM profile and the corresponding client ID
The next time a Walupg is launched, it will detect that the PCSM [INSTALLED] entry has changed to NOT, and will start the installation process.
During this process, firstly, it checks whether the Systems Management agent is already installed. It does this by creating a new DLL called (WALPCSMInst.dll).
The agent is already installed
If the agent is already installed, the value of the PCSM entry will be changed to Installed and therefore, it will not be necessary to install it again.
The agent is not installed
If the agent is not installed, the normal installation process is performed, that is, the installer (GenericPCSMInstaller.exe) will be downloaded from the PCSM website.
This installer is customized for the client's Systems Management profile. Therefore, once it has been downloaded it will be installed using the parameters obtained from the aforementioned policy that contains the details of the Systems Management profile and the client ID.
If the connection is established via Proxy, the data configured from the Endpoint Protection console for this client or of Internet Explorer on the computer will be used.
End of installation
Once installation has been completed correctly, the PCSM value of walupg.ini must be changed. The value that will be allocated will be that of the latest version of Endpoint Protection (which does not necessarily have to coincide with the real version of Systems Management).
As usual, a copy of the installer will be made in a new folder, called Installers, in the WalUpg directory.
Finally, the rumor information, if configured is sent.
Rumor
To distribute the PCSM installer, the rumor will work in exactly the same way as with the agent or protection installer.
Re-deploy the PCSM agent to the computers to which it has previously been deployed automatically
If the Systems Management agent is uninstalled manually - via Control Panel - from a computer to which it had been automatically deployed, it will not be re-deployed, as the PCSM entry in Walupg.ini will have the corresponding value (Installed or the version number).
To re-deploy the agent to the computers assigned to a profile for which it has previously been deployed, you will have to delete the automatic deployment option from this profile through the Panda Cloud console.
In this way, when the settings of all the computers containing the agent are updated, the automatic deployment entries will be deleted from the walupg.ini file. Then, if this profile is selected for automatic deployment, the process will re-start.