just to mention
you can have the same command run under Monitor tab
click on monitor
select the log type as computer status
click on view log
now select the computer on which you want to update the policy
select the command ( update content, will update virus defs and also policy)
and click start
The order in which commands and actions are processed on the client differs from command to command. Regardless of where the command is initiated, commands and actions are processed in the same way.
For information about the options you can set when you run commands, in the console on the Logs tab, you can click . Clicking displays the context-sensitive Help or else refer page no 100 of the installa guide , I'm running on MU5