Endpoint Protection

Using a Web server to auto-upgrade clients to the Latest SEP version


To complete the URL auto-upgrade of clients from older Maintenance Release to the Latest Maintenance Release , you should follow the steps here.

Note: The client computers must be restarted at least once since the last installation prior to this upgrade.

1. To ensure the Web server auto-upgrade starts in a timely fashion, temporarily set the heartbeat interval to a low number. In the console, click Clients, then select the group. On the Policies tab, click Communications Settings > Heartbeat Interval.
You can change the heartbeat interval after the auto-upgrade finishes for all the clients.

2. Add the client package to the group.

3. In the Add Client Install Package dialog box, enter the URL. Make sure you export the latest package to a single executable, which will be named setup.exe automatically. For example, the URL might look like the following:

• http://192.168.1.118/setup.exe or
• http://mywebsite.com/setup.exe

4. Disable the Upgrade Schedule option for upgrades from MR0 and MR1 or your upgrade will never start. Scheduled upgrades from MR2 are supported.


Steps on How to To turn off Scheduled upgrades


1. To turn off scheduling, in the "Add Client Install Package" dialog box, uncheck Upgrade Schedule.

2. For details about settings on these tabs, click Help.

3. Click OK

4. In the "Upgrade Groups Wizard" dialog box, click Next.

5. In the "Upgrade Groups Wizard Complete" panel, click Finish.