Configure Scheduled Download Settings

The Download Settings group defines the components Control Manager automatically downloads and the download method.

To configure scheduled download settings:

  1. Click Administration > Update Manager > Scheduled Download. The Scheduled Download screen appears.

  2. From the Components area select the components to download.

    1. Click the + icon to expand the component list for each component group.

    1. Select the components to download. To select all components for a group, select:

    2. Patterns/rules

    3. Anti-spam rules

    4. Engines

    5. Product programs

The <Component Name> screen appears. Where <Component Name> is the name of the component you selected.

  1. Under Download settings:

  1. Under Source, select one of the following update sources:

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.

  1. Select Retry frequency to instruct Control Manager to retry downloading latest components. Specify the number of attempts and the frequency of each set of attempts in the appropriate fields.

  2. Click Save before clicking Edit or Deployment Plan on this screen. If you do not click Save your settings will be lost.

  1. If you are using a proxy server on the network (that is, the Control Manager server does not have direct Internet access), click Edit to configure the proxy settings from the System Settings screen.

  2. Click Save.