NovaGuard

NovaGuard supports auto update, concurrent update, and P2P upgrade of the NovaGuard agent and databases.

1. Auto update : Only one agent is updated first when agents on some servers need to be updated. Other agents are updated only after it is confirmed that the first updated agent is normal.

2. Concurrent update : To prevent network congestion due to simultaneous updates of a large number of agents, you can set the maximum number

of concurrently updated endpoints to reduce the update's impact on the network bandwidth.

3. P2P update : In this upgrade mode, the NovaGuard agent is downloaded from multiple seed nodes (endpoints that have installed the NovaGuard agent). Compared to the previous single-channel NovaGuard agent download from the NovaGuard manager, this mode accelerates the upgrade and reduces bandwidth usage. P2P upgrade is supported for the NovaGuard agent installation, NovaGuard agent upgrade, and antivirus database update.

To configure the upgrade settings, go to System - System - Deployment and Upgrade, as shown in the following figure.

• Agent and Database Update : Specify the NovaGuard agent upgrade method and the number of endpoints for concurrent upgrade.

• Auto Update : Specify the auto upgrade policy.

• Concurrent Update : Specify the concurrent upgrade policy to limit the number of concurrent upgrade endpoints and reduce the upgrade's impact on bandwidth.

• P2P Settings : If you enable P2P for installation and upgrade, NovaGuard agent installation, NovaGuard agent upgrade, and antivirus database update are executed in P2P mode. The endpoints serving as P2P seed nodes will enable the HTTP service for download in pieces. To exclude an endpoint from serving as a seed node, select it from Non-distribution Endpoints .

• Vulnerability Update : Specify the time for the automatic update of the vulnerability database of the NovaGuard manager.

1. The P2P upgrade is not supported in scenarios where the NovaGuard manager is exposed

to the Internet through port mapping.

2. The P2P upgrade is supported for NovaGuard agent installation, upgrade, and antivirus

database update.

3. The P2P upgrade is applicable only to Windows PC endpoints, and is inapplicable to

Windows XP, Windows Server, macOS, and Linux.