McAfee Agent 'checkhealth' task runs every 30 minutes on Linux systems
Last Modified: 2022-03-02 20:42:30 Etc/GMT
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McAfee Agent 'checkhealth' task runs every 30 minutes on Linux systems
Technical Articles ID:
KB93112
Last Modified: 2022-03-02 20:42:30 Etc/GMT Environment
McAfee Agent (MA) 5.7.x, 5.6.x Linux supported operating systems For environment information, see KB51573 - Supported platforms for McAfee Agent 5.x. Summary
MA on Linux has a built-in task called This task doesn’t cause other performance issues or overhead on the Linux system. The Example: A Linux administrator temporarily stops the agent service to troubleshoot or test. Command:
[root@mylinux ~]# service ma status Output: McAfee common services is not running. McAfee compat service is not running. NOTE: The service can't start on its own if you manually stop the service. When the Command: [root@mylinux ~]# [root@mylinux ~]# service ma status Output: McAfee common services is already running. McAfee compat service is already running. For MA 5.7.3 and earlier, type 0,30 * * * * /opt/McAfee/agent/scripts/ma checkhealth >/dev/null 2>/dev/null For MA 5.7.4 and later, type # Run the hourly jobs SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root 0,30 * * * * root /opt/McAfee/agent/scripts/ma checkhealth >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
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