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One Linux machine not getting updated.

I have Sophos Enterprise Console running on a Windows 2008 Server R2 machine and 3 machines each running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.1.  The Console is reporting that one of the Linux machines is failing to download savupdate from the EC machine since 3 February but the other two machines have updated with no problem.  The problem machine has updated successfully for months before this.  I don't remember doing anything different on this machine around 3 February.  The machine works fine otherwise - no problems with connectivity or network access.  I do not know where to look next for the problem.



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  • Ah! Thanks for that. savlog just has lines saying 'Update failed - Failed to replicate from all update sources'

    and the output from running savupdate -v5 just gives:

    Updating from \\W2K8SVR1\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\savlinux
    Reading \\W2K8SVR1\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\savlinux/cidsync.upd
    Reading /opt/sophos-av/update/cache/Primary/cidsync.upd
    Failed to replicate from \\W2K8SVR1\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\savlinux
    Failed to replicate from all update sources

    which does not seem too much more informative.

    I would like to know what the problem is but perhaps the easiest thing to try is just to reinstall it.
  • "savupdate -v5 --debug" might tell us something. I suspect /opt/sophos-av/update/cache/Primary/cidsync.upd has got corrupted.
  • Yes - I think you are right. Running that command with --debug produces a fair amount of output. The lines where it appears to go wrong are:

    Updating from \\W2K8SVR1\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\savlinux
    Reading \\W2K8SVR1\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\savlinux/cidsync.upd
    Reading /opt/sophos-av/update/cache/Primary/cidsync.upd
    Failed to replicate from \\W2K8SVR1\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\savlinux
    Incorrect checksum

    What is the best way of curing this?
  • Please try moving /opt/sophos-av/update/cache/Primary/cidsync.upd to a different directory.
  • Moved cidsync.upd and ran savupdate which locally reported a successful update. Enterprise Console is reporting code 0000006a Installation caught error savupdate which I assume is the fact that it was missing because I had moved it. If I am right then thank you very much for you patience and your help. Very much appreciated.
  • Further to my message timed at 4:18pm Enterprise Console is now reporting a successful update and removed its error flag. Very many thanks again.