Configuration
Avira GmbH
Avira Security Management Center
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Apart from executing
direct updates
(see below), the Security Management Center
supports
automatic updates
:
•
via Avira Internet Update Manager (see
Connecting to SMC Server
–
Page 17)or
•
through scheduled update tasks (see
Creating an SMC Server Update Task
–
Page 55), if the automatic mode is inactive.
5.8.1 Updating SMC Server and Frontend
Performing Direct Updates
Right-click
Avira Security Management Center Frontend
and select
Update
.
Select
Server/Start update
for immediate Server update
– OR –
Select
Frontend
for immediate Frontend update.
The following message appears:
– for Server update:
– for Frontend update:
Confirm with
Yes
and close SMC Frontend if necessary.
The connection to the SMC Server will be interrupted.
The Avira SMC connects to the Internet, downloads the update files from the
Avira GmbH server and installs them.
Restart SMC Frontend and connect to SMC Server (see
Starting SMC Frontend
and Connecting to SMC Server
– Page 16).
Updating via the Internet Update Manager
When using the
automatic update mode
(activated by default, see
General Settings
– Page 44), you can select one of the IUM servers, to update SMC Server and
Frontend: right-click the root node
Avira Security Management Center Frontend
,
select
Update
and click one of the options
Use <server> for updating the SMC
in
the submenu.
