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hmTitle:"ESET Management Agent automatic upgrade",
hmDescription:"ESET PROTECT On-Prem provides an automatic upgrade (auto-upgrade) of ESET Management Agent on managed computers.",
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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">ESET Management Agent automatic upgrade<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Normal\">ESET PROTECT On-Prem provides an automatic upgrade (auto-upgrade) of ESET Management Agent on managed computers.<\/p>\n\r<h2 class=\"p_Heading2\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading2\">How ESET Management Agent auto-upgrade works<\/span><\/h2>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">The Agent upgrades to the latest version compatible with the installed ESET PROTECT Server. This is typically the version of the installed ESET PROTECT Server (for example, 12.1).<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">The Agent auto-upgrade is enabled by default. You can disable it in the <a href=\"agent_settings.html\" class=\"topiclink\">ESET Management Agent policy<\/a> &gt; <\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Updates<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"> &gt; disable the <\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Enable automatic upgrade<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"> toggle.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>The ESET Management Agent auto-upgrade triggers around two weeks after the latest ESET Management Agent version is released into the repository.<\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\"><table class=\"Table_note\" >\n\r<tr class=\"Table_note\">\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:4px; background-color:#3DAAE1;\"><br \/>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\" style=\"width:20px;\"><p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"Note\" title=\"Note\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" style=\"margin:2px 0 0 0;width:20px;height:20px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/note.svg\"\/><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_note\"><p class=\"p_Normal\">When a later ESET Management Agent version is available and the auto-upgrade has not occurred yet, you can initiate the Agent upgrade manually from <span class=\"f_UI\">Dashboard<\/span> &gt; <a href=\"dashboard.html#version_status\" class=\"topiclink\">Component version status<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Alternatively, you can use the <a href=\"client_tasks_upgrade_components.html\" class=\"topiclink\">ESET PROTECT Components Upgrade<\/a> Client Task.<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>The auto-upgrade\'s design assures a phased upgrade process distributed during a longer period to prevent increased impact on the network and managed computers.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>The auto-updates do not work if you use an offline repository that does not contain the metadata (for example, if you copied installers onto a shared network drive). Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.eset.com\/getHelp?product=protect_install&amp;version=12.1&amp;lang=en-US&amp;topic=mirror_tool_windows\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">Mirror Tool<\/a> to create an offline repository that supports auto-updates. The Mirror Tool offline repository distributes the auto-updates simultaneously across the whole network (an online repository distributes the auto-updates gradually).<\/p>"
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