Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 8250
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 49 Scheduling Tasks
Automating Software Updates
Always allow enough time between tasks for the process to complete. Tasks should be scheduled at least
30 minutes apart. For example, if you schedule a task to install an update and the update has not finished
copying from the Defense Center to the device, the installation task will not succeed. However, if the
scheduled installation task repeats daily, it will install the pushed update when it runs the next day.
30 minutes apart. For example, if you schedule a task to install an update and the update has not finished
copying from the Defense Center to the device, the installation task will not succeed. However, if the
scheduled installation task repeats daily, it will install the pushed update when it runs the next day.
If you want to have more control over this process, you can use the
Once
option to download and install
updates during off-peak hours after you learn that an update has been released.
See the following sections for more information:
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•
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Automating Software Downloads
License:
Any
You can create a scheduled task that automatically downloads the latest software updates from Cisco.
You can use this task to schedule download of updates you plan to install manually.
You can use this task to schedule download of updates you plan to install manually.
To automate software update downloads:
Access:
Admin/Maint
Step 1
Select
System > Tools > Scheduling
.
The Scheduling page appears.
Step 2
Click
Add Task
.
The New Task page appears.
Step 3
From the
Job Type
list, select
Download Latest Update
.
The New Task page reloads to show the update options.
Step 4
Specify how you want to schedule the task,
Once
or
Recurring
:
•
For one-time tasks, use the drop-down lists to specify the start date and time. The
Current Time
field
indicates the current time on the appliance.
•
For recurring tasks, you have several options for setting the interval between instances of the task.
See
See
for details.
Step 5
In the
Job Name
field, type a name using up to 255 alphanumeric characters, spaces, or dashes.
Step 6
In the
Update Items
section, select
Software
.
Step 7
Optionally, in the
Comment
field, type a comment using up to 255 alphanumeric characters, spaces, or
periods.
Tip
The comment field appears in the View Tasks section of the page, so you should try to keep it relatively
short.
short.
Step 8
Optionally, in the
Email Status To:
field, type the email address (or multiple email addresses separated by
commas) where you want status messages sent.