Combined update for notebooks

If there are any mobile devices in your local network (i.e., notebooks), we recommend that you configure a combined update from two sources: ESET’s update servers and the local Mirror server. First, notebooks contact the local Mirror server, and if the connection fails (they are outside of the office), they download updates directly from ESET’s servers. To allow for this functionality:

 

· Create two update profiles, Export and other features of client XML configuration one directed to the Mirror server (referred to as ”LAN” in the following example) and the second one to ESET’s update servers (INET)

 

· Create a new update task or modify an existing update task through the Scheduler (Tools > Scheduler from the main program window of ESET Smart Security or ESET NOD32 Antivirus).

 

The configuration can be made directly on notebooks or remotely using the ESET Configuration Editor. It can be applied either during installation or anytime later as a configuration task.

 

To create new profiles in ESET Configuration Editor, right-click the Update branch and select New profile from the context menu.

 

The result of modifications should resemble the one displayed below:

 

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The profile LAN downloads updates from the company’s local Mirror server (http://server:2221), while the profile INET connects to ESET’s servers (Choose Automatically). Next, define an update task which runs each update profile in succession. To do this, navigate to ESET Smart Security, ESET NOD32 Antivirus > Kernel > Setup > Scheduler/Planner in the ESET Configuration Editor. Click the Edit button to display the Scheduled tasks window.

 

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To create a new task, click Add. From the Scheduled task drop-down menu, select Update and click Next. Enter the Task name (e.g., ”combined update”), select Repeatedly every 60 minutes and proceed to the selection of a primary and secondary profile.

 

If the notebook workstations should contact the Mirror server first, the Primary profile should be set to LAN and the Secondary profile should be set to INET. The profile INET would only be applied if the update from LAN fails.

 

Recommendation: Export the current .xml configuration from a client (for more information, see chapter How to diagnose problems with ERAS?) and perform the above-mentioned modifications on the exported .xml file. This will prevent any duplication between the Scheduler and non-working profiles.