Configure Automatic Software Updates

• Overview
• How to get here in the GigaVaultStorage Web Console?
• Configure Automatic Software Updates
• Troubleshooting Tips
• Limitations

Overview

From GigaVaultStorage v2.3, clients can automatically download updates from the backup server and upgrade themselves. The updates have to be first uploaded into the backup server and the uploaded files have to be selected from the backup server web console. Client machines will check the backup server for available updates every one hour (when the client is not backing up). If an update is available in the backup server, it will automatically download and install it. The client will download only compatible updates.

How to get here in the GigaVaultStorage Web Console?
 In the top menu, select: " Administration -> Advanced Options -> Configure Automatic Software Updates" page.

Configure Automatic Software Updates

Software update is enabled by default from GigaVaultStorage 2.3.5. If no backup schedule (not including same machine backup or remote server backup to the same machine) is configured in the client machine, the backup server for detecting new updates is not selected by default. If a backup schedule is created in this machine, that schedule's backup server will be automatically selected for detecting updates and it will show up in this page.

• Turning on Automatic Software Update: Select this option to enable Automatic Software Update. Once enabled, the client machine, when not backing up, will check with the backup server once every hour for the availability of new updates. If updates are available in the backup server (selected below), it will automatically download it to the location (specified below) and then install the updates and restart GigaVaultStorage automatically.

  • Set the backup server for detecting new update(s): The backup server from which the client will download the updates.

  • Specify the location to store downloaded update(s): The location in the client system where the downloaded updates will be stored. Make sure GigaVaultStorage can write to that location. By default, GigaVaultStorage will store the downloaded updates in the "<GigaVaultStorage Home>/downloadedUpdates/" folder.

• Turn off Automatic Updates: This option is to disable the automatic software update feature.

Troubleshooting Tips

	Unable to save the automatic software update configuration.
Solution : Check if the update download location specified is a valid location and GigaVaultStorage has write access to it.

Limitations