Creating the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task

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Distribution point devices running macOS cannot download updates from Kaspersky update servers.

If one or more devices running macOS are within the scope of the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task, the task completes with the Failed status, even if it has successfully completed on all Windows devices.

You can create the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task for an administration group. This task will run for distribution points included in the specified administration group.

You can use this task, for example, if the traffic between the Administration Server and the distribution point(s) is more expensive than the traffic between the distribution point(s) and Kaspersky update servers, or if your Administration Server does not have internet access.

To create the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task for a selected administration group:

1. In the console tree, select the Tasks folder.
2. In the workspace of this folder, click the Create a task button.

   The Add Task Wizard starts. Follow the steps of the Wizard.

3. On the Select the task type page of the Wizard, select the Kaspersky Security Center 13.1 Administration Server node, expand the Advanced folder, and then select the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task.
4. On the Settings page of the Wizard, specify the task settings as follows:
   • 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.

   • Folder for storing updates

     The path to the specified folder for storing saved updates. You can copy the specified folder path to a clipboard. You cannot change the path to a specified folder for a group task.

5. On the Select Administration group page of the Wizard, click Browse and select the administration group to which the task applies.
6. On the Configure task schedule page of the Wizard, you can create a schedule for task start. If necessary, specify the following settings:
   • Scheduled start:

     Select the schedule according to which the task runs, and configure the selected schedule.

     • Every N hours

       The task runs regularly, with the specified interval in hours, starting from the specified date and time.

       By default, the task runs every six hours, starting from the current system date and time.

     • Every N days

       The task runs regularly, with the specified interval in days. Additionally, you can specify a date and time of the first task run. These additional options become available, if they are supported by the application for which you create the task.

       By default, the task runs every day, starting from the current system date and time.

     • Every N weeks

       The task runs regularly, with the specified interval in weeks, on the specified day of week and at the specified time.

       By default, the task runs every Monday at the current system time.

     • Every N minutes

       The task runs regularly, with the specified interval in minutes, starting from the specified time on the day that the task is created.

       By default, the task runs every 30 minutes, starting from the current system time.

     • Daily (daylight saving time is not supported)

       The task runs regularly, with the specified interval in days. This schedule does not support observance of daylight saving time (DST). It means that when clocks jump one hour forward or backward at the beginning or ending of DST, the actual task start time does not change.

       We do not recommend that you use this schedule. It is needed for backward compatibility of Kaspersky Security Center.

       By default, the task starts every day at the current system time.

     • Weekly

       The task runs every week on the specified day and at the specified time.

     • By days of week

       The task runs regularly, on the specified days of week, at the specified time.

       By default, the task runs every Friday at 6:00:00 PM.

     • Monthly

       The task runs regularly, on the specified day of the month, at the specified time.

       In months that lack the specified day, the task runs on the last day.

       By default, the task runs on the first day of each month, at the current system time.

     • Manually (selected by default)

       The task does not run automatically. You can only start it manually.

       By default, this option is enabled.

     • Every month on specified days of selected weeks

       The task runs regularly, on the specified days of each month, at the specified time.

       By default, no days of month are selected; the default start time is 6:00:00 PM.

     • On virus outbreak

       The task runs after a Virus outbreak event occurs. Select application types that will monitor virus outbreaks. The following application types are available:

       • Anti-virus for workstations and file servers
       • Anti-virus for perimeter defense
       • Anti-virus for mail systems

       By default, all application types are selected.

       You may want to run different tasks depending on the anti-virus application type that reports a virus outbreak. In this case, remove the selection of the application types that you do not need.

     • On completing another task

       The current task starts after another task completes. You can select how the previous task must complete (successfully or with error) to trigger the start of the current task. For example, you may want to run the Manage devices task with the Turn on the device option and, after it completes, run the Virus scan task.

   • Run missed tasks

     This option determines the behavior of a task if a client device is not visible on the network when the task is about to start.

     If this option is enabled, the system attempts to start the task the next time the Kaspersky application is run on the client device. If the task schedule is Manually, Once or Immediately, the task is started immediately after the device becomes visible on the network or immediately after the device is included in the task scope.

     If this option is disabled, only scheduled tasks run on client devices; for Manually, Once and Immediately, tasks run only on those client devices that are visible on the network. For example, you may want to disable this option for a resource-consuming task that you want to run only outside of business hours.

     By default, this option is enabled.

   • Use automatically randomized delay for task starts

     If this option is enabled, the task is started on client devices randomly within a specified time interval, that is, distributed task start. A distributed task start helps to avoid a large number of simultaneous requests by client devices to the Administration Server when a scheduled task is running.

     The distributed start time is calculated automatically when a task is created, depending on the number of client devices to which the task is assigned. Later, the task is always started on the calculated start time. However, when task settings are edited or the task is started manually, the calculated value of the task start time changes.

     If this option is disabled, the task starts on client devices according to the schedule.

   • Use randomized delay for task starts within an interval of (min)

     If this option is enabled, the task is started on client devices randomly within the specified time interval. A distributed task start helps to avoid a large number of simultaneous requests by client devices to the Administration Server when a scheduled task is running.

     If this option is disabled, the task starts on client devices according to the schedule.

     By default, this option is disabled. The default time interval is one minute.

7. On the Define the task name page of the Wizard, specify the name for the task that you are creating. A task name cannot be more than 100 characters long and cannot include any special characters ("*<>?\:|).
8. On the Finish task creation page of the Wizard, click the Finish button to close the Wizard.

   If you want the task to start as soon as the Wizard finishes, select the Run the task after the Wizard finishes check box.

When the Wizard completes its operation, Download updates to the repositories of distribution points appears in the list of Network Agent tasks in the target administration group and in the Tasks workspace of the console.

In addition to the settings that you specify during task creation, you can change other properties of a created task.

When the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task is performed, updates for databases and software modules are downloaded from the update source and stored in the shared folder. Downloaded updates will only be used by distribution points that are included in the specified administration group and that have no update download task explicitly set for them.

In the Administration Server properties window, in the Sections pane select Distribution points. In the properties of each distribution point, in the Update source section you can specify the update source (Retrieve from Administration Server or Use task for forced download of updates). By default, Retrieve from Administration Server is selected for a distribution point that is assigned manually or automatically. These distribution points will use the results of the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task.

The properties of each distribution point specify the network folder that has been set up for that distribution point individually. The names of folders may vary for different distribution points. For this reason, we do not recommend that you change the network folder in the task properties if the task is created for a group of devices.

You can change the network folder with updates in the properties of the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task if you are creating a local task for a device.

The previous versions of the application (Kaspersky Security Center 10 Service Pack 2 and earlier) allowed you to create the update download task for distribution points as a local task only. Starting from Kaspersky Security Center 10 Service Pack 3, this restriction has been lifted, which has resulted in decreased traffic rates.

See also: Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task settings Scenario: Regular updating Kaspersky databases and applications

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