Creating the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task

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The Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task works only on distribution point devices running Windows. Distribution point devices running Linux or macOS cannot download updates from Kaspersky update servers.If at least one device running Linux or macOS is within the task scope, the task will have the Failed status. Even if the task is completed successfully on all Windows devices, it will return an error on the remaining 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 traffic between the Administration Server and the distribution point(s) is more expensive than traffic between the distribution point(s) and Kaspersky update servers, or if your Administration Server does not have internet access.

This task is required to download updates from Kaspersky update servers to the repositories of distribution points. The list of updates includes:

• Updates to databases and software modules for Kaspersky security applications
• Updates to Kaspersky Security Center components
• Updates to Kaspersky security applications

After the updates are downloaded, they can be propagated to the managed devices.

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

1. In the main menu, go to Devices → Tasks.
2. Click the Add button.

   The New task wizard starts. Follow the steps of the wizard.

3. For the Kaspersky Security Center application, in the Task type field select Download updates to the repositories of distribution points.
4. 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 ("*<>?\:|).
5. Select an option button to specify the administration group, the device selection, or the devices to which the task applies.
6. At the Finish task creation step, if you want to modify the default task settings, enable the Open task details when creation is complete option. If you do not enable this option, the task is created with the default settings. You can modify the default settings later, at any time.
7. Click the Create button.

   The task is created and displayed in the list of tasks.

8. Click the name of the created task to open the task properties window.
9. On the Application settings tab of the task properties window, specify the following settings:
   • Sources of updates

     The following resources can be used as a source of updates for the distribution point:

     • Kaspersky update servers

       HTTP(S) servers at Kaspersky from which Kaspersky applications download database and application module updates.

       This option is 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. If a network folder requires authentication, only the SMB protocol is supported. 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.

   • Download diff files

     This option enables the downloading diff files feature.

     By default, this option is disabled.

   • Download updates by using the old scheme

     Starting from version 14, Kaspersky Security Center downloads updates of databases and software modules by using the new scheme. For the application to download updates by using the new scheme, the update source must contain the update files with the metadata compatible with the new scheme. If the update source contains the update files with the metadata compatible with the old scheme only, enable the Download updates by using the old scheme option. Otherwise, the update download task will fail.

     For example, you must enable this option when a local or network folder is specified as an update source and the update files in this folder were downloaded by one of the following applications:

     • Kaspersky Update Utility

       This utility downloads updates by using the old scheme.

     • Kaspersky Security Center 13.2 or earlier version

       For example, a distribution point is configured to take the updates from a local or network folder. In this case, you may download updates by using an Administration Server that has an internet connection, and then place the updates to the local folder on the distribution point. If the Administration Server has version 13.2 or earlier, enable the Download updates by using the old scheme option in the Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task.

     By default, this option is disabled.

10. 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.

      • Manually

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

        By default, this option is enabled.

      • 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.

      • 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.

      • 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.

      • 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. This parameter only works if both tasks are assigned to the same devices.

    • 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.

11. Click the Save button.

The task is created and configured.

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.