Configure scheduled downloading of components to keep your components up-to-date and your network secure. Control Manager supports granular component downloading. You can specify the component group and individual component download schedules. All schedules are autonomous of each other. Scheduling downloads for a component group, downloads all components in the group.
Use the Scheduled Download screen to obtain the following information for components currently in your Control Manager system:
Frequency — shows how often the component is updated
Enabled — indicates if the schedule for the component is either enabled or disabled
Update Source — displays the URL or path of the update source
Configuring scheduled component downloads requires multiple steps:
Step 1: Configure a Deployment Plan for your components
Click Administration on the main menu.
On the left menu under Update Manager, click Deployment Plan. The Deployment Plan screen appears.
On the working area, click Add New Plan.
On the Add New Plan screen, type a deployment plan name in the Plan name field.
Click Add New Schedule to provide deployment plan details. The the Add New Schedule screen appears.
On the Add New Schedule screen, choose a deployment time schedule by selecting one the following options:
Delay - after Control Manager downloads the update components, Control Manager delays the deployment according to the interval you specify
Use the menus to indicate the duration, in terms of hours and minutes.
Start at - Performs the deployment at a specific time
Use the menus to designate the time in hours and minutes.
Select the Product Directory folder to which the schedule will apply. Control Manager assigns the schedule to all the products under the selected folder.
Click OK.
Click Save to apply the new deployment plan.
Step 2: Configure your proxy settings, if you use a proxy server
Click Administration > System Settings. The System Settings screen appears.
Select the Use a proxy server to download update components from the Internet checkbox in the Download component proxy settings area.
Type the host name or IP address of the server in the Host name field.
Type a port number in the Port field.
Select the protocol:
HTTP
SOCKS
Type a login name and password if your server requires authentication.
Click Save.
Step 3: Select the components to update
Click Administration > Update Manager > Scheduled Download. The Scheduled Download screen appears.
From the Components area select the components to download.
Click the + icon to expand the component list for each component group.
Select the components to download. To select all components for a group, select:
Patterns/rules
Anti-spam rules
Engines
Product programs
The <Component Name> screen appears. Where <Component Name> is the name of the component you selected.
Step 4: Configure the download schedule
Select the Enable scheduled download check box to enable scheduled download for the component.
Define the download schedule. Select a frequency, and use the appropriate drop down menu to specify the desired schedule. You may schedule a download every minute, hour, day, or week.
Use the Start time menus to specify the date and time the schedule starts to take effect.
Step 5: Configure the download settings
Select the update source:
Internet:Trend Micro update server: Download components from the official Trend Micro ActiveUpdate server.
Other update source: Type the URL of the update source in the accompanying field.
After selecting Other update source, you can specify multiple update sources. Click the + icon to add an additional update source. You can configure up to five update sources.
Select Retry frequency and specify the number or retries and duration between retries for downloading components.
Click Save before clicking Edit or Deployment Plan on this screen. If you do not click Save your settings will be lost.
If you use an HTTP proxy server on the network (that is, the Control Manager server does not have direct Internet access), click Edit to configure the proxy settings on the System Settings screen.
Step 6: Configure the automatic deployment settings
Select when to deploy downloaded components from the Schedule area. The options are:
Do not deploy: Components download to Control Manager, but do not deploy to managed products. Use this option under the following conditions:
Deploying to the managed products individually
Testing the updated components before deployment
Deploy immediately: Components download to Control Manager, then deploy to managed products
Based on deployment plan: Components download to Control Manager, but deploy to managed products based on the schedule you select
When new updates found: Components download to Control Manager when new components are available from the update source, but deploy to managed products based on the schedule you select
Select a deployment plan after components download to Control Manager, from the Deployment plan: list.
Step 7: Enable the schedule and save settings
Click the status button in the Enabled column.