One Linux machine not getting updated.

savlog on the machine with the problem might give some more information on the failure.

Or you can try running savupdate directly: the arguments: "-v5" "--debug" may give some more information on the update failure.

I cannot find a savlog file on my machine. A search shows various with this name but none with a recent date.

How do I run savupdate directly?

Thanks

If you've installed to the default location:

/opt/sophos-av/bin/savlog

And to run savupdate directly:

/opt/sophos-av/bin/savupdate -v5

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.

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.