Configuring Engine Signature Updates - the Redistribution Job

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Applies to: Forefront Server Security Management Console

The most efficient way to update engine signatures on all your servers is to create a redistribution job to download them to a single staging server. The staging server is then used as the retrieval point for all the other servers in the environment.

To create a redistribution job

  1. Click Jobs in the Job Management section of the Navigation Area. The Manage Jobs work pane appears.

  2. Select Signature Redistribution Jobs.

  3. Click Create. The Redistribution Job work pane appears. Enter a name for the job and scheduling information. For more information, see the Forefront Server Security Management Console User Guide.

  4. Click Next to continue. The Engine Selection work pane appears.

    1. Select the engines for which the job will download signatures. You may update all of your engines using one job, create a different job to update each engine, or create multiple jobs to update various combinations of engines.
    2. Click Next to continue. The Assign Job work pane appears. Use it to select the servers and server groups that the job will run on.
    3. Click Finish to return to the Manage Jobs work pane. Your new job will appear in the Signature Redistribution Jobs list. To run the signature redistribution job, see Signature Redistribution Jobs.