Download updates to the Administration Server repository task settings

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Settings specified during task creation

You can specify the following settings when creating a task. Some of these settings can also be modified in the properties of the created task.

• Sources of updates

  The following resources can be used as a source of updates for the Administration Server:

  • Kaspersky update servers

    HTTP(S) servers at Kaspersky from which Kaspersky applications download database and application module updates. By default, the Administration Server communicates with Kaspersky update servers and downloads updates by using the HTTPS protocol. You can configure the Administration Server to use the HTTP protocol instead of HTTPS.

    Selected by default.

  • Primary Administration Server

    This resource applies to tasks created for a secondary or virtual Administration Server.

  • Local or network folder

    A local or network folder that contains the latest updates. A network folder can be an FTP or HTTP server, or an SMB share. When selecting a local folder, you must specify a folder on the device that has Administration Server installed.

    An FTP or HTTP server or a network folder used by an update source must contain a folders structure (with updates) that matches the structure created when using Kaspersky update servers.

• Other settings:

  Force update of secondary Administration Servers

  If this option is enabled, the Administration Server starts the update tasks on the secondary Administration Servers as soon as new updates are downloaded. Otherwise, the update tasks on the secondary Administration Servers start according to their schedules.

  By default, this option is disabled.

  Copy downloaded updates to additional folders

  After the Administration Server receives updates, it copies them to the specified folders. Use this option if you want to manually manage the distribution of updates on your network.

  For example, you may want to use this option in the following situation: the network of your organization consists of several independent subnets, and devices from each of the subnets do not have access to other subnets. However devices in all of the subnets have access to a common network share. In this case, you set Administration Server in one of the subnets to download updates from Kaspersky update servers, enable this option, and then specify this network share. In downloaded updates to the repository tasks for other Administration Servers, specify the same network share as the update source.

  By default, this option is disabled.

  Do not force updating of devices and secondary Administration Servers unless copying is complete

  The tasks of downloading updates to client devices and secondary Administration Servers start only after those updates are copied from the main update folder to additional update folders.

  This option must be enabled if client devices and secondary Administration Servers download updates from additional network folders.

  By default, this option is disabled.

  Update Network Agent modules (for Network Agent versions earlier than 10 Service Pack 2)

  If this option is enabled, updates for software modules of Network Agent are installed automatically after the Administration Server completes the download updates to the repository task. Otherwise, updates received for Network Agent modules can be installed manually.

  This option is only applicable to Network Agent versions earlier than 10 Service Pack 2. Starting from version 10 Service Pack 2, Network Agents are updated automatically.

  By default, this option is enabled.

Settings specified after task creation

You can specify the following settings only after a task is created.

• Settings section, Content of updates block:

  Download diff files

  This option enables the downloading diff files feature.

  By default, this option is disabled.

• Update verification section:

  Verify updates before distributing

  Administration Server downloads updates from the source, saves them to a temporary repository, and runs the task defined in the Update verification task field. If the task completes successfully, the updates are copied from the temporary repository to a shared folder on the Administration Server and then distributed to all devices for which the Administration Server acts as the source of updates (tasks with the When new updates are downloaded to the repository schedule type are started). The task of downloading updates to the repository is finished only after completion of the Update verification task.

  By default, this option is disabled.

  Update verification task

  This task verifies downloaded updates before they are distributed to all devices for which the Administration Server acts as the source of updates.

  In this field, you can specify the Update verification task created earlier. Alternatively, you can create a new Update verification task.