Verifying Download Events - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer 7.0 Administrator's Guide
• The server name used in the UNC must be resolvable by the server running CA
Antivirus.
To Distribute Files via UNC
1. Navigate to Scanner > Signature Update Options , and click the Incoming tab.
2. Click the Add button, and select UNC in the Method list box.
3. Enter the path to the SnapServer (or Windows/SMB server) to which the update files
have been downloaded (see previous procedure) using the following format:
\\server_name\share_name
where server_name is the name of the server, and share_name is the name of the
share providing access to the files. (On a SnapServer, the update files must reside on
the root of the share.)
4. Click OK. The path you entered appears in the Download Sources list box.
5. Click Download Now.
To Distribute Files via FTP
If you have more than one SnapServer with no Internet access, you can perform the FTP
download procedure on just one of them (or any FTP server), and then configure your other
SnapServers to get the signature updates from that server automatically via FTP.
1. Navigate to Scanner > Signature Update Options , and click the Incoming tab.
2. Click the Add button, and select FTP in the Method list box.
3. Enter the following information regarding the server on which the update file resides
as follows:
• In the Host Name field, enter the IP address.
• In the User Name and Password fields, enter the admin user name and password.
• In the Remote Path field, enter the path to the directory in which the file resides.
4. Click OK. The path you entered appears in the Download Sources list box.
5. Click Download Now.

Verifying Download Events

Use the following procedure to verify download and distribution events.
1. Select View > Log Viewer .
2. In the left-hand pane, select Distribution Events. Distribution events are listed in the
upper right-hand pane in chronological order.
3. Select a distribution event. The details of the distribution event display in the lower
pane.
10400317-001 10/2011
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.
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