I guess I just need to demonstrate ( a presentation for my company) whereby I will first install the se-console, then add comps and do some remote protect. It will take a very long time if the wizard is going to start downloading after installation finishes.
a presentation I see, but: I will [...] do some remote protect - for this you will need the software deployed (i.e. at least one CID populated) - and to deploy the software you have to download it first. There's one thing you could do though (guess it should be considerably faster), create a folder (say, SophosDowndloads) on the demo machine and share it, copy the \Warehouse (from a server with the appropriate subscriptions) to it, in the wizard specify \\DemoServer\SophosDowndloads as update source. I think this should work.
a presentation I see, but: I will [...] do some remote protect - for this you will need the software deployed (i.e. at least one CID populated) - and to deploy the software you have to download it first. There's one thing you could do though (guess it should be considerably faster), create a folder (say, SophosDowndloads) on the demo machine and share it, copy the \Warehouse (from a server with the appropriate subscriptions) to it, in the wizard specify \\DemoServer\SophosDowndloads as update source. I think this should work.
yup, didn't cancel the wizard actually but I copied the warehouse into the share and let the wizard run in background and now it let me protect. cancelling the wizard freezes the protect function. thanks anyway but can I stop the downloading?
don't think you can cancel a download once it's in progress. Dunno when Protect becomes available (the sensible thing would be when Last updated has a value and is no longer Never). The best sequence is probably: Cancel the wizard, verify (View/Edit) the Recommended subscription, View/Edit configuration add the share as (only) Source, make sure Recommended is in Subscriptions under Subscribed to, finish the configuration. SUM should start the "download" from the local share - guess it'll take a few minutes at most (meanwhile you could demonstrate groups and computers).
