User guide

Updating the Appliance Automatically
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Proventia Network IPS G and GX Appliance User Guide
Procedure To update the appliance automatically:
1. On the Update Settings page, complete or change the settings as indicated in the
following table.
2. Save your changes.
Section Setting Description
Automatically
Check for
Updates
Check for
updates daily
or weekly
If you enable this option, select the Day Of Week and Time
Of Day the appliance should check for updates.
Note: Set the appliance to check for updates at least one
(1) hour prior to installing scheduled automatic updates to
ensure the appliance has downloaded all the necessary
updates.
Check for
updates at
given intervals
Checks for updates several times a day. Type a value in the
Interval (minutes) box, or move the slider bar to select a
value.
The minimum interval is 60 minutes; the maximum is 1440.
Security
Updates
Automatically
Download
Automatically downloads security updates.
Automatically
Install
Automatically installs security updates.
Firmware
Updates
Automatically
Download
Automatically downloads firmware updates.
Firmware
Updates -
Install Options
Perform Full
System
Backup Before
Installation
Enables the appliance to reboot and perform a full system
backup before it installs any updates.
Note: Each time the appliance performs a backup, it
overwrites the previous system backup.
Do Not Install Downloads firmware updates but does not install them.
See “Updating the Appliance Manually” on page 54 for
more information.
Automatically
Install
Updates
Automatically installs firmware updates.
Note: When the appliance automatically installs updates, it
may be offline for several minutes.
Firmware
Updates -
When To
Install
Delayed Installs updates on the Day Of Week and Time Of Day you
specify.
Note: You must configure automatic installation to occur at
least one (1) minute after the appliance has completed
downloading updates.
Immediately Installs updates as soon as they are downloaded.
Important: ISS does not recommend this option.
Schedule One
Time Install
Installs one update instance at the Date and Time you
specify.
Firmware
Updates -
Which Version
To Install
All Available
Updates
Installs all update versions, including the most recent one.
Up To Specific
Version
Installs all versions up to the Version number you specify.