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Sophos clients updating

Luka

Hi to all and thanks for any help.

I have deployed Sophos AntiVirus and Data control on more than 100 machines. Most of them work all the time.

Is there any way to set the client computers to check for updates at exact time?

As far as I see, only thing I can change is the interval for checking for updates.

Is there any way  to set this valuu to fix time, lets say 02:30?

Regards,

Luka

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    Hello Luka,

    updates - except for the monthly VDL or the version updates - are small, not more than a few kB, Sophos issues these IDE updates several times a day if necessary. They won't congest your network. As Sophos labs update these IDEs within hours if a new threat is found, updating just once a day could mean that your computers - unnecessarily - run almost a whole day without the latest protection. If you've ever encountered a new threat which your users were likely to pick up and you've seen what frequent updates can do for protection you'll think at least thrice ...
    Version ("software" as opposed to "threat detection data") updates are another thing - you control them via the SUM settings, not on the clients.
    Last but not least, updating requires the computer to be running. Neither does the client schedule a BIOS wakeup not does SEC a WOL. But as I said, you are likely better off with more or less frequent automatic updates.

    Christian
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    Hello Luka,

    updates - except for the monthly VDL or the version updates - are small, not more than a few kB, Sophos issues these IDE updates several times a day if necessary. They won't congest your network. As Sophos labs update these IDEs within hours if a new threat is found, updating just once a day could mean that your computers - unnecessarily - run almost a whole day without the latest protection. If you've ever encountered a new threat which your users were likely to pick up and you've seen what frequent updates can do for protection you'll think at least thrice ...
    Version ("software" as opposed to "threat detection data") updates are another thing - you control them via the SUM settings, not on the clients.
    Last but not least, updating requires the computer to be running. Neither does the client schedule a BIOS wakeup not does SEC a WOL. But as I said, you are likely better off with more or less frequent automatic updates.

    Christian
    :18917
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