Update tasks

To configure the Copying Updates, Database Update, or Software Modules Update tasks:

1. In the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console tree, expand the Managed devices node and select the administration group for which you want to configure the application tasks.
2. On the details pane of a selected administration group, open the Tasks tab.
3. In the list of previously created group tasks, select a task you want to configure. Open the Properties: <Task name> window in one of the following ways:
   • Double-click the name of the task in the list of created tasks.
   • Select the name of the task in the list of created tasks and click the Configure task link.
   • Open the context menu of the task name in the list of created tasks and select the Properties item.

   In the Notification section, configure the task event notification settings. For detailed information regarding configuring the settings in this section, see the Kaspersky Security Center Help.

4. Depending on the type of configured task, do one of the following actions:
   • In the Update source section, configure update source settings and disk subsystem optimization.
     1. You can specify Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server or Kaspersky update servers as an application update source in the Update source section. You can also create a customized list of update sources: by adding custom HTTP and FTP servers or network folders manually and setting them as update sources.

        You can specify the usage of Kaspersky update servers, if manually customized servers are not available.

        To use an SMB-shared folder as an update source, you need to specify a user account to start a task.

     2. In the Disk I/O usage optimization section for the Database Update task, you can configure the feature that reduces the workload on the disk subsystem:
        • Lower the load on the disk I/O
          

          This check box enables or disables the feature of the disk subsystem optimization through storing update files on a virtual drive in RAM.

          If the check box is selected, this function is enabled.

          The check box is cleared by default.

        • RAM used for optimization (MB)
          

          The amount of RAM (in MB) that the application uses for storing update files. The default amount is 512 MB. The minimum amount is 400 MB.

          When running the Database Update task with the disk subsystem optimization feature enabled, one of the following may occur, depending on the amount of RAM allocated for the feature:

          • If the value is too small, the allocated amount of RAM might be insufficient to complete the database update task (for example, during the first update), which will lead to the completion of the task with an error.

            In this case, it is recommended to allocate more RAM for the disk subsystem optimization feature.

          • If the value is too large, at the start of the Database Update task, it might be impossible to create a virtual drive of a selected size in RAM. As a result, the disk subsystem optimization feature automatically disables, and the Database Update task runs without the optimization feature.

            In this case, it is recommended to allocate less RAM for the disk subsystem optimization feature.

     3. Click the Connection settings button, and in the Connection settings window that opens, configure the use of a proxy server for connecting to Kaspersky update servers and other servers.
   • In the Settings for application software module updates section for the Software Modules Update task, you can specify which actions Kaspersky Security for Windows Server should perform when critical software module updates are available or information about planned updates is available, and you can also specify which actions Kaspersky Security for Windows Server should perform when critical updates are installed.
   • Specify the set of updates and the destination folder in the Copying updates settings section for the Copying Updates task.
5. Configure the task schedule in the Schedule section (you can configure a schedule for all task types except Rollback of Database Update).
6. In the Account section, specify the account whose rights will be used to run the task.

   For detailed information regarding configuring settings in these sections, see the Kaspersky Security Center Help.

7. In the Properties: <Task name> window, click OK.

The newly configured group task settings are saved.

For the Rollback of Database Update task, you can configure only the standard task settings controlled by Kaspersky Security Center in the Notifications and Exclusions from task scope sections. For detailed information regarding configuring the settings in these sections, see the Kaspersky Security Center Help.