Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 MP1/MP2

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	Download the application distributive How to install an Administration Agent using Group Policy Object How to install and update Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 remotely

On the 10 of April, 2008 Kaspersky Lab announces release of Critical Fix 3 for Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 MP1 CF2 (version 6.0.1591).

Critical Fix 3 is a cumulative update for the Kaspersky Administration Kit. It may be used both for an initial Kaspersky Administration Kit install and for an upgrade of any earlier application version.

What is New in Version 6.0.1591 as compared to version 6.0.1572

Bugs Fixed:

1. The bug related to the limited number of process handles available to the Administration Server and Administration Agent has been fixed.

2. The problem with repeated download of update files in case of error during verification of their signatures has been fixed (earlier a patch to fix the bug in versions 6.0.1565 and 6.0.1572 was released).

The following procedure is recommended to upgrade the application:

1. Download from the Kaspersky Lab’s sites the distributive of Kaspersky Administration Kit - version 6.01591. The distributive consists of several files: 

• kasp6.0.1591_adminkiten.exe – installer of Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 (version 6.0.1591) 
• kasp6.0.1591_netagentmsien.exe - MSI-installer of the Network Agent version 6.0.1591. 
• kasp5.0.0474_netagenten.exe – installer of the Network Agent version 5.0.0474 to manage Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.6 for ISA Servers 2000 Enterprise Edition remotely.

2. Back up Administration Server data using the klbackup.exe tool or the Administration Server backup task.

Please note that the Server certificate must be saved for a complete restoration of Administration Server data (this note concerns only Administration Servers versions 5.0.0.474 and below – in the later version the certificate is saved automatically).

3. Initiate a Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 install on the host with the Administration Server installed and perform a Server upgrade. The new version of the Administration Server is backward compatible. All data related to the previous version of the Administration Server will be saved.

4. Run the Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 installer on other workstations of administrators (on the computers with the Console installed without the Server) to update version of the Administration Console. When installing clear the box Kaspersky Administration Server in the Select components window.

Open the Console, connect to the Server and check if policies and tasks were updated correctly.

If the Server was updated unsuccessfully, reinstall the Administration Server and restore the backup copy of the Server data.

5. Create a group or a global task for installing the Network Agent 6.0.1591 on the computers within the corporate network. Run this task manually or according to the schedule. After this task is successfully completed the current version of the Network Agent will be updated on the client computers.

Beginning from Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 the Network Agent installed via MSI can be upgraded locally or using remote install tasks, etc!

 

To manage Kaspersky Anti Virus 5.6 for ISA Servers 2000 Enterprise Edition remotely Network Agent 5.0.0474 should be installed on the ISA-Server.

 

To manage Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Novell NetWare remotely a special build of the Network Agent which goes with Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Novell NetWare should be installed on the NetWare-server.

 

To manage Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Linux File Servers and Workstations remotely a special build of the Network Agent which goes with Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Linux File Servers and Workstations should be installed on client computers running under Linux OS.