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Running a Replicate Now task, Repository Replication

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Using tasks to manage products and systems Server tasks and what they do 16 3 Choose whether to enable or disable the task, then click Next. The Actions page appears. Disabled tasks can be run manually, but do not run at scheduled times. 4 Select Repository Replication from the drop-down menu. Figure 16-3 Repository Replicator server task action 5 From the Replication type drop-down menu, select one: • Incremental Replicates only the differences between the master and distributed repositories. • Full - Replicates all contents of the master repository to the distributed repositories. 6 Next to Replicate to, select All repositories or Selected repositories. If you select Selected repositories, you must click Select Repositories to choose which distributed repositories receive packages when this task is initiated. 7 Click Next. The Schedule page of the wizard appears. 8 Schedule the task as desired, then click Next. The Summary page appears. The Schedule page provides more flexibility than the scheduling functionality of previous versions. In addition to more granular scheduling in all of the schedule types, you can use cron syntax by selecting the Advanced schedule type. 9 Review the summary information, then click Save. The scheduled Repository Pull task is added to the task list on the Server Tasks page. Running a Replicate Now task Use this task to replicate contents from the master repository to distributed repositories immediately. Task For option definitions, click ? in the interface. 1 Click Menu | Software | Distributed Repositories, then click Actions | Replicate Now. The Replicate Now wizard opens. 2 On the Repositories page, select which distributed repositories participate in the replication, then click Next. If you are not sure which distributed repositories need to be updated, replicate to them all. McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® 4.6.0 Software Product Guide 197

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3
Choose whether to enable or disable the task, then click
Next
.
The Actions page appears. Disabled tasks can be run manually, but do not run at scheduled times.
4
Select
Repository Replication
from the drop-down menu.
Figure 16-3
Repository Replicator server task action
5
From the
Replication type
drop-down menu, select one:
Incremental
Replicates only the differences between the master and distributed repositories.
Full
— Replicates all contents of the master repository to the distributed repositories.
6
Next to
Replicate to
, select
All repositories
or
Selected repositories
.
If you select
Selected repositories
, you must click
Select Repositories
to choose
which distributed repositories receive packages when this task is initiated.
7
Click
Next
.
The Schedule page of the wizard appears.
8
Schedule the task as desired, then click
Next
.
The Summary page appears.
The Schedule page provides more flexibility than the scheduling
functionality of previous versions. In addition to more granular
scheduling in all of the schedule types, you can use cron syntax by
selecting the
Advanced
schedule type.
9
Review the summary information, then click
Save
.
The scheduled Repository Pull task is added to the task list on the Server Tasks page.
Running a Replicate Now task
Use this task to replicate contents from the master repository to distributed repositories immediately.
Task
For option definitions, click
?
in the interface.
1
Click
Menu
|
Software
|
Distributed Repositories
, then click
Actions
|
Replicate Now
.
The Replicate Now wizard opens.
2
On the Repositories page, select which distributed repositories participate in the replication, then
click
Next
.
If you are not sure which distributed repositories need to be updated, replicate to them all.
Using tasks to manage products and systems
Server tasks and what they do
16
McAfee
®
ePolicy Orchestrator
®
4.6.0 Software Product Guide
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