Configuring Database and application module update task

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After creating the Database and application module update task, you can configure the settings for this task.

To modify task settings:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. In Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console tree, open the Tasks folder.

   A list of tasks appears.

3. In the Database and application module update section, select the task in the list and right-click it to open the task action menu.
4. Select the Properties menu item.

   The task properties window opens.

5. In the left part of the window, select the group of settings that you want to configure.
6. In the right part of the window, make the necessary modifications and click Apply and OK.

You can configure the following task settings:

• Task name

  Do the following:

  1. Select the General section.
  2. Change the task name in the top line.

• Devices on which the task will be performed

  The right part of the window displays current devices to which the task is assigned. Perform the following actions to add devices:

  1. Click the Add button.

     A window opens with a list of managed devices.

  2. Select the check boxes next to devices you want to add.
  3. If you want to add devices that are not in the list, click Add in the right part of the window and follow the steps to add devices.

     For example, you can specify device addresses manually or import them from the list.

     You can specify NetBIOS names, DNS names, IP addresses and IP address ranges of the devices to which you want to assign a task.

  For details on working with managed devices, refer to Kaspersky Security Center Help.

• Database update source

  Do the following:

  1. In the Database update source section, select one of the following database update sources:
     • Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server.
     • Kaspersky update servers.
     • Custom HTTP or FTP servers or network folders.
  2. If required, select the Use Kaspersky update servers if specified servers are not available check box.
  3. If you select Kaspersky update servers as database update source and want to use a proxy-server to connect to it, select the Use proxy server settings to connect to Kaspersky update servers check box in the Update source connection settings section.
  4. If you select Custom HTTP or FTP servers or network folders as database update source, do the following:
     1. Click the Custom HTTP or FTP servers or network folders link.
     2. Add update servers to the list:
        1. Click the Update servers button.
        2. In the new line, enter the address of the update server (HTTP or FTP), or the path to the network or local folder containing the update files.
        3. If you want to use this server to update databases, select the check box next to its address. You can also add servers to the list and clear the check boxes next to the addresses of the servers that you do not want to use now, but plan to use later.

           Perform the same steps to add each server.

        4. Click OK.
        5. The Update servers window closes.
     3. To use a proxy server to connect to update servers, select the Use proxy server settings to connect to other servers check box in the Update source connection settings section.

• Configuring additional database update settings

  Do the following:

  1. In the Update settings section, select the conditions for the application to check for the availability of application module updates:
     • Do not check for updates. Kaspersky Endpoint Agent will not check the availability of application module updates.
     • Only check for availability of critical software modules updates. Kaspersky Endpoint Agent will check the availability only for important application module updates.
     • Download and install critical application module updates. Kaspersky Endpoint Agent will check the availability of application module updates and download and install critical application module updates.
  2. If you want the application to display a notification about all scheduled application modules updates available in the update source, select the Receive information about available scheduled application module updates check box.
• Database update schedule

  Do the following:

  1. In the Task schedule section, select the Run by schedule check box.
  2. In the Frequency list select one of the following options to run the tasks: At specified time, Every hour, Every day, Every week, On application launch or After the application database update.
  3. If you select the At specified time option, specify the day and time to start the task in the Run by schedule section.
  4. If you select one of the following options: Every hour, Every day or Every week, configure the following settings in the Run by schedule section:
     1. In the Every list, select the task run frequency. For example, once a day or twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
     2. In the Time and Date lists, select the date and time from which the schedule applies.
  5. To configure advanced schedule settings, click the Advanced button and perform the following actions in the Advanced window:
     1. If you want to set maximum timeout for the task execution, select the Stop tasks that run longer than check box and specify the number of hours and minutes after which the task will automatically terminate.
     2. If you want the task schedule to be valid until a certain date, select the Cancel schedule from check box and specify the expiration date for the schedule.
     3. If you want the application to start Database Update tasks that were not completed on time as soon as possible, select the Run missed tasks check box.
     4. If you want to avoid simultaneous access of a large number of workstations to the Administration Server as well as to run the task on workstations not precisely according to the schedule, but randomly within a certain time interval, select the Randomize the task run to every check box and specify the start interval in minutes.
     5. Click OK.

• Kaspersky Security Center user account which is used to run the task

  In the Selecting an account to run the task window, do one of the following:

  • Select the default account and click Next.
  • Enter the user name and password to be used to start the task.

• Storage time for the task execution results on the Administration Server

  Do the following:

  1. Select the Notification section.
  2. Make sure, that the On the Administration Server for (days) check box is selected in the Save information about results section, and specify for how many days you want to store the task execution results.

     By default, task execution results are stored on the Administration Server for 7 days.