How To Add An Exclusions On a Single VM/Server VM in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5.0 (McAfee ePO 4.5)

How To Add An Exclusions On a Single VM/Server VM in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5.0 (McAfee ePO 4.5)

                 Procedure to add an exclusion in McAfee ePO 4.5 is as follows:

Step 1 :

Logon  to McAfee ePO 4.5 Admin Console. Double Click the VM you want to add exclusions to, from 

System Tree Tab.

You will see something like this:

Step 2 :

Go to  Actions  button then open up  Agent  option and then click Modify Policies on a Single System:

You will see Policy Assignment Page.

Step 3:

From Policy Assignment Page, Select the Product you have installed on your VM. Then click

Edit Assignment of the policy On-Access Default Processes Policies.

Step 4:

At Edit Assignment Page , check  Break inheritance and assign…  check box.

At Assigned Policy select the policy upon which you want your exclusion policy to be based upon and 

then click Edit Policy:

Step 5:

At Edit Policy Page,  select  Settings for :  either for Server or Workstation. Then come to Exclusions 

tab. Then at What not to scan :  click  Add :

Step 6 :

At Add/Edit Exclusion Item box, give the path of the folder you want to exclude from scanning at 

What to exclude bar.

Then at When to exclude select the options of Read/Write scanning as desired, click  OK and then click 

Save.

You are done.

Note:  Try Waking up Agent  for that VM if the exclusion is not working as yet.

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