Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 7020
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 49 Scheduling Tasks
Automating Vulnerability Database Updates
Automating VDB Update Downloads
License:
FireSIGHT
You can create a scheduled task on the Defense Center that automatically downloads the latest VDB
update from Cisco.
update from Cisco.
To automate VDB 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
Vulnerability Database
.
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.
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 VDB Update Installs
License:
FireSIGHT
You should allow enough time between the task that downloads the VDB update and the task that installs
the update; see
the update; see
for information.