Issue

• Set up more than one update mirror to distribute updates across a large network

Solution

Instructions for an alternate method of distributing updates to client workstations over large networks, “Replication”, can be found here.

1. Install ESET Remote Administrator on each machine that will be used as an update mirror. For step-by-step instructions, see the following Knowledgebase article: 
   
   
   • How do I install ESET Remote Administrator and configure a Mirror server? (5.x) 
      
   To configure a client workstation to serve as an update mirror, see the following Knowledgebase article: 
   
   
   • How do I configure an ESET update mirror on a client workstation?
      
2. Configure desired client workstations to point to a given update mirror: 
   
   
   • How do I configure a client workstation to point to an update mirror?  
      
3. Point each update mirror to a single ESET Remote Administrator Console:|
   
   
   1. In the ESET Remote Administrator Console, click Tools → Server Options.
       
   2. Click the Updates tab. 
       
   3. Select <User defined update server> from the Update server drop-down menu and enter in the address of the ESET Remote Administrator Server you'd like this Console to point at, in the following format: 
      
      http://servername:2221/ 
      
      where servername is replaced by the name/IP address of the server you are pointing to.
       
   4. Click OK.
      
      
   5. Repeat steps 1-4 on each machine that you've configured to act as an update mirror.