Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 8130
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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 Installs
License:
Any
If you are using a Defense Center to create a task to install a software update on a managed device, make
sure you allow enough time between the task that pushes the update to the device and the task that installs
the update. See
sure you allow enough time between the task that pushes the update to the device and the task that installs
the update. See
for information about pushing updates to
managed devices.
Caution
Depending on the update being installed, the appliance may reboot after the software is installed.
To schedule a software installation task:
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
Install Latest Update
.
The page reloads to show the options for installing 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, you have the following options:
•
Select the device where you want to install the update.
•
Select the name of the Defense Center to install the update there.
Step 7
In the
Update Items
section, select
Software
.
Step 8
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.