When a work environment has a large number of systems installed, the challenge that the administrators usually face is how to update all the endpoints for security patches.
This feature allows you to create policies for taking the updates automatically for the endpoints. You can create policies that help different clients take the updates from different sources. Taking the updates from different sources reduce the load on a single server.
To configure policy for Update Settings, follow these steps:
- Create Container/feature policy for Update.
- Enable and expand Automatic Update.
- To display notification window when the updates are taken, select the Show update notification window check box.
- Under Frequency, set the schedule when you want to take the updates.
- Automatic
- Custom
If you select Custom, Daily Start at and Repeat after, lists are activated, you can set the schedule as per your requirement.
- Under Update Mode, when Seqrite Endpoint Protection is installed on private IP (Private IP natted to Public IP), the following update settings can be configured:
- Download from Internet
- Download using Group & Custom Update Agents: Downloads updates using the Group and Custom Update Agent (if available). Among the available Update Agents, updates are downloaded from the agent that responds the fastest. If the configured Update Agents are unavailable, updates are automatically downloaded from the Internet.
- Download from Specified Update Agents:
Update agent list is activated. Select the Update Agent from the list. The Antivirus Setup will be downloaded from the first Update Agent. If any Update Agent fails, the updates will be downloaded from the agent that responds the fastest.
If all the Update Agents fail, then the Antivirus Setup will be downloaded from the Seqrite Internet center.
- (Optional) To configure a custom Update Agent location, click Add. The Configure Update Details screen appears. Enter the required details and click Add. The configured custom Update Agent is added to the list.
- To save your settings, click Save Policy.
For the clients with agent versions two versions earlier than the latest, can add support with http configured update agent by clicking on Add and then adding the custom URL.
Client Side Behaviour
When multiple update sources are configured in the policy, the agent automatically evaluates the availability and response time of each source after the policy is applied. The agent then prioritizes the sources based on their responsiveness and downloads updates from the source that responds the fastest.
The source evaluation process is repeated whenever the policy settings are updated, ensuring that the agent continues to use the most responsive update source available.