Manual Update Via Command Line/Script

Question

Hello,

I have searched both the web and these forums for a way to kick off a manual update for Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 9.5 via a script or the command line. I can right click on the Sophos tray icon and choose 'Update now' just fine, but need a script or command line to be able to manually force an update on a machine remotely. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks

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jak · Accepted Answer

Hi,

The following piece of VBS will kick off an update:

dim objALC : set objALC = CreateObject("ActiveLinkClient.ClientUpdate.1") objALC.UpdateNow 1,1

CreateObject ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dcw63t7z(v=vs.85).aspx ) can take a location as a parameter otherwise PsExec ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553 ) to run it remotely could be an option.

Regards, 
 Jak :12575

nem · Answer

This is how I trigger an update with Powershell: PS C:	emp> $sophos = New-Object -ComObject "activelinkclient.clientupdate.1" 
 PS C:	emp> $sophos.updatenow($true,1) 
   
#You can list the available commands with the get-member cmdlet (Alias is gm):
 
PS C:	emp>  $sophos | gm
 
 
   TypeName: System.__ComObject#{eeca3174-b9e3-43be-98b3-a97732f41972}
 
Name                     MemberType Definition
----                     ---------- ----------
BootstrapUpdate          Method     void BootstrapUpdate (bool, bool)
DisableStartupAutoUpdate Method     void DisableStartupAutoUpdate ()
EnableStartupAutoUpdate  Method     void EnableStartupAutoUpdate ()
MonitorConnectEvent      Method     void MonitorConnectEvent ()
RefreshConfiguration     Method     void RefreshConfiguration ()
UpdateNow                Method     void UpdateNow (bool, InstallMode) :38435