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AutoUpdate task, GroupShield for Exchange 7.0 AutoUpdate Task

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McAfee® GroupShield™ 7.0 User Guide 5 Integrating with ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6 Scheduling tasks „ On-Demand scan Scheduled tasks for a computer can be set to execute based on the local time or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). However, ePolicy Orchestrator cannot monitor the progress of a scheduled task. So we recommend you to view the log file in the server periodically to check if the scheduled task was executed successfully. AutoUpdate task GroupShield 7.0 software can only provide full protection if you keep it up-to-date with the latest anti-virus definitions (DATs), anti-spam rules, spam engine, and virus-scanning engine. We recommend that you update DAT files daily and regularly check the McAfee AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team) website for new DAT files. If you have multiple servers in the current domain, you can use one server to download the latest DAT files, then configure the others to copy the files from that server. Your servers can download files for a number of operating systems, regardless of the operating systems that are in use. Creating an AutoUpdate task 1 Using an administrative account, log on to the computer containing ePolicy Orchestrator Server. 2 In the console tree under ePolicy Orchestrator, right-click Directory or the site, group or host, then select Schedule Task. Alternatively, you click the Tasks tab in the upper details pane. Right-click in the pane, and select Schedule Tasks The Schedule Task dialog box appears. 3 Type in a New Task Name. 4 In the Task Type drop-down list, select GroupShield for Exchange 7.0 AutoUpdate Task. 5 Click OK. The created task is listed in the Tasks tab. 6 Send an agent wakeup call. For information on sending an agent wakeup call, refer to Sending an Agent Wakeup call on page 50. Note Configuring an AutoUpdate task After you have created a new AutoUpdate task, you can configure the task as required. 1 On the Tasks tab in the upper details pane, right-click the task, then select Edit Task. The ePolicy Orchestrator Scheduler dialog box appears. 56

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McAfee
®
GroupShield
™
7.0 User Guide
Integrating with ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6
Scheduling tasks
5
On-Demand scan
Scheduled tasks for a computer can be set to execute based on the local time or GMT
(Greenwich Mean Time). However, ePolicy Orchestrator cannot monitor the progress
of a scheduled task. So we recommend you to view the log file in the server periodically
to check if the scheduled task was executed successfully.
AutoUpdate task
GroupShield 7.0 software can only provide full protection if you keep it up-to-date with
the latest anti-virus definitions (DATs), anti-spam rules, spam engine, and
virus-scanning engine. We recommend that you update DAT files daily and regularly
check the McAfee AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team) website for new
DAT files. If you have multiple servers in the current domain, you can use one server
to download the latest DAT files, then configure the others to copy the files from that
server. Your servers can download files for a number of operating systems, regardless
of the operating systems that are in use.
Creating an AutoUpdate task
1
Using an administrative account, log on to the computer containing ePolicy
Orchestrator Server.
2
In the console tree under
ePolicy Orchestrator
, right-click
Directory
or the site, group or
host, then select
Schedule Task
.
Alternatively, you click the
Tasks
tab in the upper details pane. Right-click in the pane,
and select
Schedule Tasks
The
Schedule Task
dialog box appears.
3
Type in a
New Task Name
.
4
In the
Task Type
drop-down list, select
GroupShield for Exchange 7.0 AutoUpdate Task
.
5
Click
OK
. The created task is listed in the
Tasks
tab.
6
Send an agent wakeup call.
Configuring an AutoUpdate task
After you have created a new AutoUpdate task, you can configure the task as required.
1
On the
Tasks
tab in the upper details pane, right-click the task, then select
Edit Task
.
The
ePolicy Orchestrator Scheduler
dialog box appears.
Note
For information on sending an agent wakeup call, refer to
Sending an Agent Wakeup
call
on page 50
.