Information about Symantec Management Agent EXEs

Products

• IT Management Suite
• Client Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information about the role of the Symantec Management Agent EXE files

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

The following are brief references to some of the most common EXE files associated with the Symantec Management Agent and Plug-ins:

AEX_*.cmd	If these are in temp folders, then these could be temporary CMD files the agent creates when executing script tasks, or running installation or uninstallation
AeXAgentactivate.exe	Activates agent UI window
AexAgentDesktop.exe	Used to intercept script task output.
AexAgentUIHost.exe	Main agent UI process
AexAgentUIHostSurrogate32.exe	Additional agent UI process that hosts 32-bit UI plugins on 64-bit machines
AexAgentUtil.com	The console version of AexAgentUtil.exe
AexAgentUtil.exe	Command-line helper utility used to perform various agent actions from the command-line
AexAuditPls.exe	This is part of the Software Inventory
AexGaugeSubSystem.exe	used to be a part of Site Monitor in 5.0 - 6.0 times
AexInstallPrecheck.exe	Part of the agent installer that checks if the OS is supported for agent installation
AexMetricProv.exe	Part of the Monitor Solution plugin which performs various monitoring activities
AexNSAgent.com	The console version of AexNSAgent.exe used to perform various agent actions
AexNSAgent.exe	Core agent service that also performs the same command as AexAgentUtil.exe when executed from the command-line
AexNSAgentHostSurrogate32.exe	Additional core agent process that hosts 32-bit plugins on 64-bit machines
AexNSAgentInst.exe	Part of agent installer which performs installation
AexNSC.exe	Core agent installer package which contains all core agent files, and the installer
AexNSCHTTP.exe	Core agent installer package that includes the configuration XML files that describes the server’s HTTP connection parameters and some additional settings
AexNSClientTransport.exe	6.0 agent network transport
AexPatchAssessment.exe	Patch Management tool to perform vulnerability assessment
AexPatchPackager.exe	Patch Management tool that generates deployment packages for updates installation
AexPatchUtil.exe	Patch Management command-line tool
AexSMAppDetector.exe	Monitor Solution tool used to detect software configured for monitoring
AexSMLogUpload.exe	Monitor Solution tool used to upload collected monitoring data to Notification Server
AexTemp.exe	Temporary file created during agent uninstallation
AltirisAgentProvider.exe	Agent’s WMI provider

AexClientUIHost.exe, AexSWD.exe, AexSWDExec.exe, AeXSWDUsr.exe, AexSWSDUsrUIWin.exe - were binary files used in earlier versions

Additional Information

What exclusions should be considered for Symantec Management Platform and Agents to function correctly with an anti-virus solution installed?