Software Management

Specify the policies for software management policies while creating software policies. You can specify the required/prohibited software settings, software patch, and action settings in software management.

Required Software

You can specify the required software if you have obligatory or necessary software for work. You can specify the required software as follows:

1. Select Policy/Advanced Rule.
2. Select the Policy tab.
3. Click Add.
4. Click Add > Software Policy.
5. Click Add Software Policy > Software Management.
6. Move to the Required Software tab. Check the list of required software.

• Add: Adds the required software. Click Add o specify the required information in <Add Required Software>.
• Modify: Edits the added required software. Click the required item in the list and then modify the required information.
• Type: Type specified when adding a software. Type has single and group.
• Software Name: Shows the name of software.
• Default SW: Default software specified when adding a required software. When adding a required software, you can specify the default software in case that the software is added in group.
• Action: You can select the one of following actions for the required software; Allow, Alert the user, Install via APM.
• Installation File: Registers the installation file when the installation using APM is selected.

Add Required Software Installed

You can add the required software as follows:

1. Configure the required settings in <Add Required Software>.

• Type: Select Single for adding an individual software program. Or search and add by group for installing all software programs.
• You can add a single software program, one by one, if necessary.
• Group: Adds software programs by group. Ex) Enter ‘AhnLab’ in the search field, and then add the searched software programs to the list of required software. When adding a software by group, specify the default software. If the software registered by group is not installed, the default software will be installed. If the default software is installed, it will be regarded as software uninstalled.
• Select Software: Software displays the all software programs registered or the software programs created in Set SW Type under Management > Software Status. You can search for the software by entering the part of software name in the list.
• Action: If the required software is not installed, notify the user by sending a notice or install through APM.
• Allow: Even if the required software is not installed, let the agent stay in the current status.
• Send Notice: Sends a notice to the agent PC when the required software is not installed.
• Install via APM: Installs the required software suing APM if not installed.

Note

The file should be registered in the server to install via APM.

• Installation File: Select the installation file when the installation using APM is selected. The distribution package file registered in Management > Distribution Package is shown in the installation file.

2. Click OK.

Prohibited Software

Specify the illegal software violating the security policy or not having a valid license as a prohibited software. You can specify the prohibited software as follows:

1. Select Policy/Advanced Rule.
2. Select the Policy tab.
3. Click Add.
4. Click Add > Software Policy.
5. Click Add Software Policy > Software Management.
6. Move to the Prohibited Software tab. Check the list of prohibited software.

• Add: Adds the prohibited software. Click Add to specify the required information in <Add Prohibited Software>.
• Modify: Edits the added prohibited software. Click the required item in the list and then modify the required information.
• Software Name: Shows the name of software.
• Action: You can select the one of following actions for the required software; Allow, Send Notice.

Add Prohibited Software

You can add the prohibited software as follows:

1. Configure the required settings in <Add Prohibited Software>.

• Select Software: Software displays the all software programs registered or the software programs created in Set SW Type under Management > Software Status. You can search for the software by entering the part of software name in the list.
• Action: If the prohibited software is installed, you can either allow or send notice.
• Allow: Even if the prohibited software is not installed, let the agent stay in the current status.
• Send Notice: Sends a notice to the agent PC when the required software is not installed.

2. Click OK.

Software Patch

Registers the software patch files. You can register the software patch files as follows:

Note

Before adding the software patch, select Management > Software Status to move to Set Software Type and then categorize the software types, or register the patch files for the required software from Management > Distribution Package.

1. Select Policy/Advanced Rule.
2. Select the Policy tab.
3. Click Add.
4. Click Add > Software Policy.
5. Click Add Software Policy > Software Management.
6. Move to Software Patch. Check the list of software patches.

• Add: Adds the software patches. Click Add and then select the patch software from <Add Software Patch> to register the patch files.
• Modify: Edits the added software patches. Click the required item in the list and then modify the required information.
• Software Name: Name of software for the patches.
• Patch File Name: Name of patch file. The patch file name is the one registered in Management > Distribution Package.

Options

You can configure the options for software management. If the required software is not installed or prohibited software is installed, send a notice to the agents. You can specify the options as follows:

1. Select Policy/Advanced Rule.
2. Select the Policy tab.
3. Click Add.
4. Click Add > Software Policy.
5. Click Add Software Policy > Software Management.
6. Move to the Options tab. Specify the required settings for options.

• Alert the user with a message if software management policy is violated: Specify whether to send a notification message to the agent PC when the required software is not installed or prohibited software is installed. If Send Notice is selected to control the required or prohibited software, it will be displayed on the agent PC. You can enter up to 23 Korean or 50 English characters per line. The maximum number of lines that can be entered are 5.

Note

<Message Restriction>
The maximum number of lines that can be entered: 5
The maximum number of characters that can be entered: 23 characters for Korean and 50 characters for English

• Download Time Settings: Configure the time settings to allow or prohibit the file download from the agent. You can configure the settings not to allow download during working time as the system overload due to software installation or network overload is expected. If the option is selected, the time for the patch download can be configured. If the option is not selected, the download time is not restricted.
• Prohibited time: If the download prohibited time is configured, the patch download will not be done during the specified period. Patch files can be downloaded except for the specified prohibited period.
• Allowed time: If the download allowed time is configured, the patch download will be done during the specified period. Patch files cannot be downloaded except for the specified allowed time.
• Interval: The interval can be daily/weekly/monthly, and added up to 5 for the download time interval.
• Installation file download speed limit: Select the option to restrict the network traffic for patch installation. The available bandwidth range is 100 to 2048 KB. (Default: 200 KB)

7. Click Save.
8. Configure a target to apply the policies from <Add Policy>. Select the target and then click OK to immediately apply the polices to the target.

Note

If you click OK without selecting a target from <Add Policy>, the settings will be saved without applying the policies.