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Additional update manager installed on a separate server
In this scenario, there are two methods of configuring the update sources of the update managers.

Additional update manager installed on a separate server

In this scenario, there are two methods of configuring the update sources of the update managers.

The first method is to:

Configure the main update manager that is installed alongside the Sophos Enterprise Console management console to update from Sophos directly.
Configure the additional update manager to update from the main update manager.

Figure 1: Deployment scenario example: Additional update manager updating from the main update manager

The second method is to:

Configure the additional update manager to update from Sophos directly.
Configure the update manager that is installed alongside the Sophos Enterprise Console management console to update from the additional update manager.