Enterprise Console: how to configure managed computers to update from the Sophos website when necessary

This article describes how to configure computers, running Sophos Anti-Virus and usually managed by Enterprise Console, to update from the Sophos website, should your primary server be inaccessible.

What to do

At the server where Enterprise Console is installed:

1. Open Enterprise Console. In the tree in the left-hand panel of the window, select a group for which you want to configure updating.
2. On the toolbar, click 'Updating Policy'.
3. In the 'Set updating policy...' window, select the operating system used by the computer(s) in the group that you want to configure.
4. Click 'Configure'.
5. In the 'Set updating policy...' dialog box that now opens, select the 'Primary server' tab. From the dropdown list, select the Central Installation Directory (CID) on your server and specify a user (and their password) who has access to this CID.
6. Select the 'Secondary server' tab. In the 'Secondary server' field, select Sophos from the dropdown list. Enter the username and password that Sophos has given you for downloading updates. If access to the Internet is via a proxy, select 'Proxy details' and enter any required details.
7. Click 'OK', and close the dialog boxes.

You can also locally configure a single computer to update from the Sophos website.