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Deploying Software and Updates
Deploying update packages with pull and replication tasks
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 a user-configured source site.
You can schedule pull tasks or run them immediately.
Before you begin
Ensure 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 ? on the page displaying the options.
1
Go to Software | Master Repository, then click Schedule Pull at the bottom of the
page. The Description page of the Server Task Builder wizard appears.
2
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
Select Repository Pull from the drop-down list.
Figure 26: Repository Pull server task action
5
Select the source site from which to pull contents into the master repository.
6
Select the branch to receive the packages.
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