General Options Jobs

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Applies to: Forefront Server Security Management Console

General Options are system-level settings provided by Forefront Security to eliminate the need for you to directly access the registry. The General Options job allows administrators to configure General Options settings on selected managed servers in the enterprise. The settings are configured in the FSSMC and then distributed to the desired servers.

Warning

When the General Option Job is run, all General Option settings will be overwritten with the values on the FSSMC work pane. Therefore, be sure to set all values correctly before running the job.

To configure the General Options settings and prepare them for distribution

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

  2. Select General Option Jobs and click Create. The General Options work pane appears.

  3. Set the job parameters:

    • Job NameEnter a job name.
    • Product TypeSelect the product type.
    • Schedule UpdateSet the start date and start time.

  4. Click Next. The General Options work pane appears.

  5. Configure the General Options settings for the product you selected in Product Type. For more information about General Options, refer to your product user guide.

  6. Click Save, and then Next. The Assign Job work pane appears.

  7. Assign the job to specific servers or to a server group.

    Note

    The only servers that will be displayed on this work pane are those on which the product type you selected is installed. To have this feature work correctly, FSSMC must know what kind of product is installed on each server. It would know this if you had deployed the product using the FSSMC. If the product was already installed on the remote server, the Polling Interval (as set on the Global Configuration work pane) must have passed to have the server correctly listed. (If it has not, you can click Poll Now.)

  8. Click Finish to save the job. The job will be added to the Manage Jobs work pane, under the General Option Jobs section.

    If you have not scheduled the job, you can run it by selecting it on the Manage Jobs work pane, and then clicking Run Now.