Scheduling database updates

To configure the database update schedule:

1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Database update subsection.
2. In the Application database update settings section, click the Schedule link to open the Application database update settings window.
3. In the Schedule settings group, select one of the following options in the drop-down list:
   • Manually.
   • Once.
   • Weekly.
   • Monthly.
   • Run every.
4. In the Schedule settings group, specify the frequency of database updates in the fields on the right of the drop-down list. The following values can be specified depending on the schedule selected:
   • If the database update start mode is set to Once, specify the date and time at which the database update is to start in the corresponding fields.
   • If the database update start mode is set to Weekly, specify the day of the week and the time at which the database update is to start in the corresponding fields.

     For example, if the values are set to Monday and 3:00 PM, the database update runs every Monday at 15:00.

   • If the database update start mode is set to Monthly, in the corresponding fields specify the day of the month and the time at which the database update is to start.

     For example, if the values are set to 20 and 3:00 PM, the database update runs on the 20th day of the month at 15:00.

   • For the Run every update start mode, specify the frequency of the update start in minutes, hours, or days in the corresponding fields:
     • To specify the frequency of updates in minutes, select the min. value in the list in the right part of the window, specify the frequency in minutes, and in the Starting at field specify the time of the first database update.

       For example, if the frequency value is set to 30, the min. frequency option has been selected, and the value of the Starting at field is set to 15:00, the database update starts every 30 minutes beginning at 3 p.m.

     • To specify the frequency of updates in hours, select the hours value in the list in the right part of the window, specify the frequency in hours, and in the Starting at field specify the date and time of the first database update.

       For example, if the frequency value is set to 3, the hr(s). frequency option has been selected, and the values the Starting at field are 25.12.2015 and 15:00, the database update starts every 3 hours beginning at 3 p.m. on December 25, 2015.

     • To specify the frequency of updates in days, select the days value in the list in the right part of the window, specify the frequency in days, and in the Starting at field specify the time of the first database update.

       For example, if the frequency value is set to 2, the days frequency option has been selected, and the value of the Starting at field is set to 15:00, the database update starts once every two days (every other day) at 3 p.m.

5. Click OK.

See also Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway database update About database updates About update sources Selecting the update source Configuring database updates Setting default values for database update settings Updating databases manually Configuring the proxy server connection settings

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