Deploying Update Packages With Pull And Replication Tasks; Using Pull Tasks To Update The Master Repository - McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 4.5 Product Manual

Deploying Software and Updates

Deploying update packages with pull and replication tasks

Deploying update packages with pull and replication
tasks
Use these tasks to implement a task-based updating strategy once you have created your
repository infrastructure. You must rely on these tasks if you are not using global updating in
your environment.
Before you begin
Make sure that repositories are created and in locations available to managed systems.
Tasks

Using pull tasks to update the master repository

Replicating packages from the master repository to distributed repositories
Using pull tasks to update the master repository
Use either of these tasks to update the contents of the master repository from the McAfee
update site or from a user-configured source site.
You can schedule pull tasks or run them immediately.
Before you begin
Ensure that proxy settings are configured so that the master repository can access the source
site.
Tasks
Running a pull task on a schedule
Running a Pull Now task
Running a pull task on a schedule
Use this task to schedule a recurring pull task that updates the master repository from the
source site. Pull tasks now provide the ability to select which packages are copied from the
source site.
Before you begin
You must have the appropriate permissions to perform this task.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Software | Master Repository, then click Actions | Schedule Pull.
The Server Task Builder wizard opens.
2 On the Description page, name and describe the task.
3 Choose whether to enable or disable the task, then click Next. The Actions page appears.
Disabled tasks can be run manually, but do not run at scheduled times.
4 From the Actions menu, select Repository Pull.
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