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5.4
Software Distribution
F-Secure Policy Manager offers multiple methods of installing and
updating managed applications:
Push Installations - F-Secure Policy Manager can install
software to new hosts that are not yet under centralized
management. Hosts can be browsed from Windows domains
using the Autodiscover Windows Hosts feature, or the target host
can be specified directly by WINS name or IP address using the
Push Install to Windows Host feature. In addition to first time
installations, push installation features can be used to update or
repair installations whenever the policy-based installations are
not suitable.
Policy-Based Installations - F-Secure Policy Manager can
initiate installation and update operations with policy based
triggering. This requires that the hosts are already under
centralized management, i.e. included in a policy domain in
F-Secure Policy Manager Console.
Local Installations and Updates from CD-ROM - Installation
can be performed independently on the host by running the setup
directly from the CD-ROM. After installation, F-Secure
Management Agent sends a registration message to F-Secure
Policy Manager. The administrator can then view and accept the
new host by choosing the Import Autoregistered Hosts command
from the Edit menu in F-Secure Policy Manager Console.
Local Installation and Updates with pre-configured packages
- Instead of using the standard CD-ROM setup, you can use
F-Secure Policy Manager to prepare a customized installation
package (JAR or MSI) that includes information about the
settings used for the installation. The end user’s computer can be
set up silently, since the pre-configured package contains all of
the settings that are normally requested from the user.
F-Secure Virus Definition Database Updates - F-Secure Policy
Manager can update the latest Anti-Virus databases by
downloading them automatically from F-Secure’s Automatic
Update site. Managed hosts will fetch the updates from F-Secure
Policy Manager according to the host policy, either automatically