Scheduled Update of Dr.Web Server Repository

You can configure a task schedule on Dr.Web Server for regular software updates (for more details about the schedule, see section Setting Dr.Web Server Schedule).

Configuring the schedule for updating the Dr.Web Server repository

1.Select Administration in the main menu and then navigate to Dr.Web Server Task Scheduler in the control menu. The list of Dr.Web Server current tasks will open.

2.To add a new task, click icon-schedule-add Create task on the toolbar. The Task editor window will open.

3.On the General tab, specify the following parameters:

In the Name field, specify the name of the task that will be displayed in the schedule list.

Select the Enable execution check box, to enable the execution of the task. If the check box is cleared, the task remains on the list but will not be executed.

Select the Critical task check box to perform an out-of-sequence launch of the task if its scheduled execution has been skipped for any reason. The Scheduler rechecks the task list every minute and launches the skipped critical task if it was found. If the task has been skipped several times, it will be run only once.

If the Run the task asynchronously check box is cleared, the task will be added to the general queue of Scheduler tasks that are executed sequentially. Select the check box to run this task in parallel out of sequence.

4.On the Action tab, specify the following parameters:

From the Action drop-down list, select the Update repository task type.

In the Product list, select the check boxes next to the repository products which will be updated by this task.

Select the Update license keys to activate the automatic license key update procedure during the repository update. Detailed information is given in the Automatic License Renewal section.

5.On the Time tab, specify the following parameters:

In the Period drop-down list, select the task launch mode and set the time according to the specified periodicity:

Select the Disable after the first execution check box to execute the task only once at the specified time. If the check box is cleared, the task will be executed multiple times according to the specified periodicity.

6.Click Save to create a new task with the specified parameters.