User Guide

Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
264 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
By default, the AutoUpgrade task included with Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
Console does not come configured with any default upgrade site. Instead, Dr
Solomon’sSoftware recommendsthat you use othermechanisms, such as the
Enterprise SecureCast service, to receive new SuperDAT or program files,
then place those files on a central server within your network. Next, you
would configure the AutoUpgrade utility on each of your network
workstations to “pull” the new files from the location you specify. To learn
more about the SecureCast service, see Appendix C, “Using the SecureCast
Service to Get New Data Files” or visit the Network Associates website at:
http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/asp_set/anti_virus/securecast/enterprise.asp
Making new files available on one or more central servers on your network
allows you to:
• Schedule network-wide program file roll-outs for convenient times and
with minimal intervention from either administrators or network users.
Use the AutoUpgrade Task Properties dialog box to determine when each
network node will check your network server for updated files.
Youmight,forexample,specifyoneconvenientupdatetimewhenyoufirst
deployDrSolomon’sAnti-Virus,butsettheAutoUpgradeutilitytotrigger
at a random interval within 60 minutes of that time, or set a schedule that
phases in or rotates program file upgrades 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.
• Reducethelikelihoodthatyouwillneedtowaittodownloadnewprogram
files. Traffic on Network Associates servers increases dramatically
whenever new program files appear. Avoiding the competition for
network bandwidth enables you to update with minimal interruptions.
Configuring the AutoUpgrade utility
To update program files for your Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus, you must tell the
AutoUpgrade utility:
• which update sites have the new files you want to download
• which transfer method you want it to use for the download
• whetheryou useaproxyserver and, if so, what portyou have assignedto it
• what you want it to do with the files it downloads-install them,save them
for future use, or both