Detailed Repository Configuration

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The Detailed repository configuration section provides you with options to configure revision for each repository product separately.

To edit repository configuration

1.Select the Administration item on the main menu of the Control Center.

2.In the opened window, select in the Detailed repository configuration subsection of the control menu, the item, which corresponds to the product you want to edit.

3.Configure all necessary repository settings for the selected product, described below.

4.Click Save and reload from disk on the toolbar to save all your changes. At that, the current version of the repository is reloaded from the disk (see also Repository state).

Revision List

On the Revision list tab, you can view information on all revisions available on the Server for this product.

The table of revisions contains the following columns:

Column name

Description

Distributed

Automatic marker in this column defines the state of product revisions. Two types of markers are available:

Distributed revision. Revision used for updating Agents and anti-virus software on the workstations.

Revision for distribution is selected as follows:

1.Revision indicated with the  marker in the Current column is distributed. Only one revision can be marked. For the Dr.Web Agent for Windows product, revision received earlier than the current one cannot be selected as distributed.

2.If no revision is marked in the Current column, the revision indicated with the marker in the Stored column is distributed.

3.If no revision is marked in the Current and Stored columns, the last revision is distributed.

The automatic marker always indicates the distributed revision.

Frozen revision. A frozen revision is not distributed to stations, new revisions are not downloaded from the Server. For actions under frozen revision, refer to Delayed Updates.

If a revision is frozen, the revision for distribution is selected as follows:

1.If the marker in the Current column is set, the current revision is distributed to stations.

2.If the marker in the Current column is not set, the revision that precedes the current one is distributed to stations.

Current

Set the marker to specify the revision used for updating Agents and anti-virus software on the stations.

Only one revision can be selected as current.

Alternatively, a marker that indicates the current revision can be not set.

Stored

Set the marker to save the revision when the repository is automatically cleaned up.

The marker can be set for different revisions simultaneously.

Alternatively, a marker can be not set.

Server stores a certain number of product revisions which is specified on the Synchronization tab. When the specified number of maximal stored revisions is reached, the oldest temporarily stored revision is deleted upon saving a new one, downloaded from the GUS.

When the repository is automatically cleaned up, the following revisions are not removed:

Revisions indicated with marker in the Stored column.

Revision indicated with marker in the Current column.

If the product revision is stable, you can mark it as stored and in case a new revision, downloaded from GUS, is unstable, you will be able to roll back to the previous one.

Revision

The date the product revision was received.

If the revision is frozen, the blocking status displays in the column as well.

Synchronization

On the Synchronization tab, you can configure parameters for updating the Server repository from GUS:

In the Stored revisions number drop-down list, number of product revisions temporary stored on disk not including revisions which are marked at least in one column of the Revisions list tab. When a new revision is received and the number of stored revisions already reached the specified value, the oldest revision is removed. Revisions marked as Current, Stored and Distributed are not removed.

Set the Disable product update flag to disable receiving updates for this product from the GUS servers. Agents will be updated to the current revision on the Server (or according to the procedure used to select the distributed revision).

For some products, the following settings are also available:

Set the Update only following files flag to receive updates from GUS only for the file listed below.

Set the Do not update only following files flag to disable updating from GUS only for the file listed below.

Files can be specified in the format of regular expressions.

If both flags are set, files for an update are selected as follows:

1.From the full list of product files only those are selected that are specified in the Update only following files lists.

2.From the selection at step 1, files specified in the Do not update only following files lists are removed.

3.Files resulting from the selection at step 2 are updated from GUS.

Notifications

On the Notifications tab, you can configure notifications on repository updates:

Set the Do not notify only about following files flag to disable notifications on events of the files listed below.

Set the Notify only about following files flag to enable notifications on events of the files listed below.

Files can be specified in the format of regular expressions.

If exceptions list are not specified, all notifications enabled on the Notifications configuration page are sent.

Parameters of notifications on repository updates are configured in the Notifications configuration page, in the Repository section.

Delayed Updates

On the Delayed updates tab, you can delay distribution of updates on stations for the specified period of time. A delayed revision is considered frozen.

The option to delay updates is useful when you need to temporarily cancel distribution of last product revision on all stations of the anti-virus network, e.g., if you want to perform preliminary testing of this revision on a limited number of stations.

To use delayed updates functional

1.For the product, update of which you want to freeze, configure delayed updates as described below.

2.To disable distribution of the last revision, set one of the previous revisions as a current on the Revision list tab.

3.For the group of stations that will receive the last revision, set the Receive all the latest updates flag on the Anti-virus Network → Update Restrictions for Workstations section. Other workstations will receive the revision which you selected as current at step 2.

4.The next downloaded from the GUS revision which is satisfying the conditions specified for the Delay updates for the following files only option, will be frozen and delayed for the time period specified in the Change updates delay time list.

To configure delayed updates

1.Set the Delay updates flag to temporarily disable downloading updates from GUS servers for this product.

2.In the Updates delay time drop-down list, select the time period to delay downloading of updates starting from the moment of their receive from the GUS servers.

3.If required, set the Delay updates for the following files only flag to delay distribution of updates that contain files which corresponds to the masks specified below. Masks are specified in the format of regular expressions.

If the flag is cleared, all updates from the GUS are frozen.

To disable the frozen state

On the Revision list tab, click Execute immediately to disable the frozen state for the product and add the revision to the list of revisions distributed to stations according to the general procedure.

On the Revision list tab, click Cancel update to disable the frozen state for the product and forbid the revision. Updating from the GUS is restored. Unfrozen revision will be removed from the list of product revisions. After the next revision is received, the unfrozen revision will be removed from the disk.

When the time specified in the Change updates delay time list is out, the revision becomes unfrozen and is included to the list of revisions distributed to stations according to the general procedure.

You can manage frozen revisions for all products on the Delayed Updates page.