Technical Tip: AV and IPS schedule update

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Description
This article describes how to schedule auto updates from the GUI and CLI.

Solution
From the GUI.

Go to System -> FortiGuard -> AntiVirus & IPS Updates -and under 'Scheduled Updates' there are 3 options:

1) 'Every' and 'Hours': With a minimum of one hour.

2) 'Daily' and 'AM or PM': to set a specify hour during the day (however, this is not possible to control the exact time within that hour).

3) 'Weekly', 'Sunday to Saturday' and 'AM or PM': To specify a day of the week and a specify hour (however, this is not possible to control the exact time within that hour).

From the CLI.

Use the following command:

# config system  autoupdate schedule
hh: 1-23
mm: 0-59

Important:

': 60'                                  <----- Means the schedule can start randomly within 1 hour.
': 240'                               <----- Means the schedule can start randomly within 4 hours.