Scheduling and Applying Automatic Pattern File Updates

Procedure

  1. From the console menu, click Endpoint Protection on the bottom left pane.
  2. From the upper left navigation pane, go to Core Protection Module > Updates > Automatic Update Tasks.
  3. From the list on the right, select Core Protection Module - Apply Automatic Updates. The Task Description tab opens.
  4. Below Actions, click the hyperlink to open the Take Action window.
  5. Click the Execution tab to display scheduling options as shown:
    1. Change Preset: Policy as shown by the letter a in the previous figure.
    2. Enable Starts on and choose the current date and time (do not set Ends on).
    3. Enable On failure, retry 99 times (default setting).
    4. Choose to Wait 15 minutes between attempts (default setting).
    5. Enable Reapply this action... whenever it becomes relevant again (default setting).
  6. On the Target tab, choose All computers with the property values selected in the tree list below and then select All Computers.
    Note: It is important to target All Computers for this action; only endpoints with the CPM client installed and that have automatic updates enabled will be relevant.
  7. Click OK. At the prompt, type your private key password and click OK.
  8. In the Action | Summary window that opens, monitor the "Status" and "Count" of the Action to confirm that it is "Running" and then "Completed".