Updates can be accomplished
using many methods. You can use update tasks, manual updates, login scripts, or
schedule updates with management tools. This section describes using the update
task.
Using an update
task allows you to:
- Schedule network-wide DAT file rollouts at convenient times and
with minimal intervention from either administrators or network users. You
might, for example, stagger your update tasks, or set a schedule that phases
in, or rotates, DAT file updates to different parts of the network.
- Split duties for rollout administration among different servers or
domain controllers, among different regions of wide-area networks, or across
other network divisions. Keeping update traffic primarily internal can also
reduce the potential for network security breaches.
- Reduce the waiting time required to download new DAT or upgraded
engine files. Traffic on
McAfee computers increases dramatically on regular DAT file
publishing dates and whenever new product versions are available. Avoiding the
competition for network bandwidth enables you to deploy your new software with
minimal interruptions.