EPO 5.9.1 and windows XP

[gri16]

Hi folks,

is it possible manage windows XP on EPO 5.9.1 ? I havo to migrate in a new infrastructure ( new server EPO ) all the endpoints from Xp to W10 , Windows Xp will be dismiss at the end of the year, in the meantime I can manage in EPO 5.9.1 or I must maintend alive the old EPO only for windows Xp ?

thanks

[Aj-richer]

I think the last viable agent for windows XP was 4.8 and agent 4.8 is not supported on ePO 5.9.1.

I am going through the same process at the moment but have we have a limited number so have told them to replace rather than modifying / delaying the security solution just for them.

I may be wrong though, would also like to know other opinions as D-day is approaching for the remaining XP users.

[gri16]

the last agent version supported is  MA 5_0_3 and VSE 8.8. pt.7 , if I import in EPO 5.9.1 that agent and VSE version, can I manage these without problems ?

[Hem]

ePolicy Orchestrator 5.9 minimum supported extension versions

Technical Articles ID:   KB87142

Minimum suported MA extension build: MA 5.0.4, VSE 8.8 patch9

McAfee Agent (Windows and non-Windows)

5.0.4

EPOAGENTMETA

5.0.4.104

McAfee Agent

VirusScan Enterprise (VSE)	8.8 Patch 9	VIRUSCAN8800	8.8.0.548		VirusScan Enterprise 8.8
	8.8 Patch 9	VIRUSCANREPORTS	1.2.0.346		VirusScan Enterprise Reports

You can give a try. In case, it's not working then support will have very less scope to support.

[cdinet]

The 4.8 agent does not work with 5.9.1 due to the change in the sha2 certificates.  However, if you install the 5.0 version that will work on XP, the higher extension for the agent that is supported on 5.9.1 is backward compatible to the lower versions of 5.x, so yes, the 5.0.3 agent will work with the 5.0.6 or even 5.5.1 agent extension.

[cdinet · Accepted solution]

The same goes for VSE.  I am not positive of the version of VSE that is supported on XP, but I can pretty much safely say that patch 4 will work on it, maybe higher.  VSE higher extension will also manage the lower version of VSE 8.8 client.

[Deanpj]

Yes I know XP is dead/unsupported but I support many old estates with it still around. Ditto server 2003. I can confirm that agent 5.0.3 and VirusScan 8.8 patch 7 are last supported versions and work Ok with the later versions of the extensions.

Don't do the SHA2 migration though on the EPO till all these old clients have gone.