Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 49 Scheduling Tasks
Automating Software Updates
You must have a valid email relay server configured to send status messages. See
for more information about configuring a relay host.
Step 9
Click
Save
.
The task is added. You can check the status of a running task on the Task Status page; see
.
Automating Software Pushes
License:
Any
If you want to automate the installation of software updates on managed devices, you must push the
updates to the devices before installing.
updates to the devices before installing.
When you push updates to managed devices, information about the push process status is reported on
the Tasks page. See
the Tasks page. See
for more information.
When you create the task to push software updates to managed devices, make sure you allow enough
time between the push task and a scheduled install task for the updates to be copied to the device.
time between the push task and a scheduled install task for the updates to be copied to the device.
To push software updates to managed devices:
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
Push Latest Update
.
The page reloads to show the options for pushing updates.
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
From the
Device
list, select the device that you want to receive updates.
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.