Updating A Snapserver Without Internet Access; Distributing Updates From One Snapserver To Another - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

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2. Select FTP in the list box, then click Edit.
3. In the Proxy Name field, enter the IP address of the proxy server, then click OK.

Updating a SnapServer without Internet Access

If you have SnapServers that do not have Internet access, use the following procedures to
download the signature files to a machine with Internet access and then copy them to the
SnapServer.
NOTE: When retrieving signature updates, the antivirus software attempts to connect to all the
1. Using a workstation with Internet access, go to
ftp://ftpav.ca.com/pub/inoculan/scaneng
• All *.tar files containing the word Linux, for example, fi_Linux_i386.tar and
• All *.txt files containing the string Sig, for example, Siglist.txt and Siglist2.txt
2. Using a method appropriate to your environment, copy the update files to the
SnapServer.
3. Navigate to Scanner > Signature Update Options , and click the Incoming tab.
4. Click the Add button, then select Local Path from the Method drop-down list.
5. In the Path field, enter the path to the directory on the server on which the update file
resides. If you are using a SnapServer, the path would be similar to the following:
/shares/SHARE1/sigfiles
where SHARE1/sigfiles is the share path to the directory containing the signature
update files.
6. Click OK. The path appears in the list box.
7. Click Download Now.

Distributing Updates from One SnapServer to Another

When retrieving signature updates, the antivirus software attempts to connect to all the
sites in the site list in the order listed. To avoid delays or superfluous error messages, delete
the default FTP option from the list on SnapServers without Internet access.
If you have more than one SnapServer with no Internet access, you can perform the
previous procedure on just one of them (or any Windows/SMB server), and then configure
your other SnapServers to get the update from that server automatically via SMB by
specifying the UNC of the server containing the signature files.
The following conditions must be met in order to distribute updates using UNC:
• The correct Signature files must have been downloaded to the root of the share being
used for updates.
• The server containing the Signature updates must have the Guest account enabled
( Network > Windows/SMB ) in GuardianOS. For other SMB/CIFS servers, the Guest
account must have no password, and there may be additional requirements (for
example, Windows servers must allow anonymous connections).
• The share and Signature files must be accessible to the Guest account.
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sites in the site list in the order they are listed. To avoid delays or superfluous error
messages, delete the default FTP option from the list on SnapServers that have no
Internet access.
ii_Linux_i386.tar
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and download the following files.
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