Running in Enterprise Mode

To start Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers in the central protection mode, configure Dr.Web Agent as described in the corresponding section. After making necessary changes, click btn_config on the navigational menu at the top of the page. In the open window, set Central Protection Mode parameter value to Yes or Auto.

Central Protection Mode parameter can have one of the following three values:

No in this mode Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers interacts with local configuration file and does not have access to the configuration received by Dr.Web Agent from Dr.Web Enterprise Server. Changes made to the configuration in this mode take effect only after Dr.Web Agent is set to operate in the Standalone mode.

Yes – in this mode Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers receives configuration from the Dr.Web Agent socket. If Dr.Web Agent is operating in the Stanalone mode, the following warning is output to the Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers:

Unable to connect to Dr.Web Agent at local:%var_dir/ipc/.agent

Auto – Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers operation mode is set according to the mode of Dr.Web Agent.

If there is a problem connecting to Dr.Web Enterprise Server, the following behaviours of Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers are possible:

If Dr.Web Enterprise Server is unavailable upon the initial connection or authorization process fails, Dr.Web Agent terminates. In this case, check the settings and try to restart Dr.Web Agent and Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers.

If connection to Dr.Web Enterprise Server was established earlier, but now the server is temporary unavailable (for example, in the event of connection problems), Dr.Web Agent uses backup copies of configuration files that were previously received from the server. These files are encrypted and must not be edit by users. Edited files become invalid.

When Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers enters Enterprise mode, (CPM) (Central Protection Mode) label displays on the top navigation menu of Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers.

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Figure 60. Dr.Web Console for UNIX mail servers operation mode