The Group Update Provider then updates the rest of the clients in the group. In this scenario, the Group Update Provider downloads the latest updates from the management server. One reason that you might want to create a Group Update Provider is to conserve bandwidth to clients in a remote location over a slow link.

Use the Group Update Provider as the default LiveUpdate server Specifies one client in the group to act a proxy LiveUpdate server for the group. If the management server provides named update versions to clients, and the clients have previously downloaded the latest updates from a LiveUpdate server, the clients do not download and install the named (previous) versions. Typically, do not enable both options unless you have a specific reason. If both options are enabled, clients try to retrieve updates from both sources. You can use and specify multiple internal LiveUpdate servers for failover support. This option is the simplest and requires no configuration other than applying this policy to a group.ĭownloads the updates from either the Default Symantec LiveUpdate server over the Internet, or from an internal LiveUpdate Server. Use the default management server (recommended)ĭownloads the updates from the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, and this setting is recommended for most organizations.

Table 1: LiveUpdate policy server settings Setting

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