Monitoring Endpoint Policy Server Activity

You can see the status of Endpoint Policy Servers in the Reporting tab of SmartEndpoint A Check Point GUI application which connects to the Endpoint Security Management Server, to manage your Endpoint Security environment - to deploy, monitor and configure Endpoint Security clients and policies..

In the Reporting tab, select Endpoint Policy Servers Status.

• In the Status list, select which Endpoint Policy Servers to see:

  • All.

  • Only Active.

  • Only Not Active.

• In the table see:

  • Name - The name of the server in SmartEndpoint.

  • IP Address - The IP Address entered for the server.

  • DN - Its full DN name, taken from SmartConsole Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on..

  • Active - If the server is Active or Not Active. Active means that the server recently sent a heartbeat Endpoint clients send "heartbeat" messages to the Endpoint Security Management Server to check the connectivity status and report updates. message.

  • Last Contact - When the Endpoint Security Management Server A Security Management Server that manages your Endpoint Security environment. Includes the Endpoint Security policy management and databases. It communicates with endpoint clients to update their components, policies, and protection data. last received a heartbeat message from it.

  • Comments - Comments written for that server in Properties window.

For more detailed information, you can look at the log messages on the Endpoint Policy Server Endpoint Policy Server improves performance in large environments by managing most communication with the Endpoint Security clients. Managing the Endpoint Security client communication decreases the load on the Endpoint Security Management Server, and reduces the bandwidth required between sites. The Endpoint Policy Server handles heartbeat and synchronization requests, Policy downloads, Anti-Malware updates, and Endpoint Security client logs.. They are in: $UEPMDIR/logs

You can see if there are errors in the logs and resolve them if necessary.