User Guide

User’s Guide 253
Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
By default, the AutoUpdate task included with Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
Console comes configured to download the most recent .DAT file updates
directly from the Network Associates FTP site. This configuration can make
administration simple and straightforward for small networks or individual
Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus installations. If you have a large network, however,
retaining this configuration can severely tax your external bandwidth if, as
willhappenifyouleavethe defaultconfigurationenabled,eachnetworknode
tries to update its .DAT files at once.
Instead,DrSolomon’sSoftwarerecommendsthatyouuseAutoUpdatein
conjunction withitscompanion service,the Enterprise SecureCastchannel, in
anefficient“push-pull”arrangement.Onceyouinstallitsclientsoftwareonan
administrative server, the SecureCast service can send, or “push,” updated
files to you automatically, as soon as Dr Solomon’s Software makes them
availableonitsservers.TolearnmoreabouttheSecureCastservice,see
AppendixC,“UsingtheSecureCast ServicetoGet NewDataFiles” orvisit the
Network Associates website at:
http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/asp_set/anti_virus/securecast/enterprise.asp
If you make the files you download files available on one or more central
servers on your network, then configure your remaining network nodes to
“pull” the updated files from those servers, you can
• Schedule network-wide .DAT file roll-outs for convenient times and with
minimalintervention fromeither administrators ornetwork users.Usethe
AutoUpdate Task Properties dialog box to determine when each network
node will check your network server for updated files.
Youmight,forexample,specifyoneconvenientupdatetimewhenyoufirst
deploy Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus, but set the AutoUpdate utility to trigger
at a random interval within 60 minutes of that time, or set a schedule that
phases in or rotates .DAT file updates among different parts of the
network. Tolearn how toschedule the AutoUpdatetask orother tasks, see
“Enabling tasks” on page 223.
• Split roll-out administration duties among different servers or domain
controllers,amongdifferentregionsof wide-areanetworks,oracrossother
network divisions. Keeping update traffic primarily internal can also
reduce the potential for network security breaches.
• Reduce the likelihood that you will need to wait to download new .DAT
files. Traffic on Network Associates servers increases dramatically on
regular .DAT file publishing dates. Avoiding the competition for network
bandwidth enablesyou todeploy your updatewithminimal interruptions.
OtheradvancedAutoUpdateoptionsallowyoutobackupexisting.DATfiles,
install the.DAT file update,reboot the updated computer, ifnecessary, orrun
particular programs after successful updates.