Software Auto-Update

ActivClient provides an Automatic Software Update feature.

The following tasks detail the ActivClient auto-update policy settings that you can configure:

Important:

Restart Workstation

For the Auto-Update Service policy changes to be applied, you must restart the workstation.

Enable software auto update

Description:

Defines if ActivClient will automatically check if software update is made available.

Enabling this setting requires to specify the network location (URL) where ActivClient Auto-Update service looks for the software updates, and the path to the local folder where the software updates are downloaded. The ActivClient Auto-Update service must have read and write permissions to the folder.

If this setting is not configured or disabled, then the values remain empty and so no automatic update is performed.

Possible Values:

Software automatic update URL

  • Not Configured

  • Enabled – enter the URL where ActivClient looks for software updates

  • Disabled

Download path for software update

  • Not Configured

  • Enabled – enter the path to local folder where software updates are downloaded

  • Disabled

Delay between update retries (in minutes)

Description:

Defines the waiting period (in minutes) before the ActivClient Auto-Update service retries to update the software when a failure occurs.

If this setting is not configured or disabled, then the delay is set to 15 minutes.

If this setting is configured to 0, an update attempt is immediately performed after a failure.

Possible Values:

  • Not Configured

  • Enabled – displays the default value, 15, and can be updated

  • Disabled

Frequency of update (in days)

Description:

Defines the interval (in days) between checks for software updates.

If this setting is not configured or disabled, then the delay is set to 1 day.

Possible Values:

  • Not Configured

  • Enabled – displays the default value, 1, and can be updated

  • Disabled

Maximum number of updates retries

Description:

Defines the number of times the ActivClient Auto-Update service retries to update the software.

If this setting is not configured or disabled, the delay is set to 3.

Possible Values:

  • Not Configured

  • Enabled – displays the default value, 3, and can be updated

  • Disabled