McAfee firewall disables after ZESM encryption policy is assigned to device

  • Document ID:7009518
  • Creation Date:18-Jun-2012
  • Modified Date:21-Jun-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Configuration Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2

Situation

McAfee firewall is disabled after ZESM encryption policy is assigned to device.

Resolution

Workaround:

  1. Open regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\zesocc
  2. Open the "ReparseExclusions" multistring
  3. Add the path to myAgtSvc.exe in the multistring.  The path can be found in services.msc and going to the properties of the "McAfee Peer Distribution Service" service.
  4. Reboot the device after making registry change.

Status

Reported to Engineering