Article Number: 000126416
This article discusses how to check the local signature version for VMware Carbon Black. VMware Carbon Black uses a technology that is called Virus Definition Files (VDF) to load signatures for use locally. Several methods are available to validate the latest VDF version and the VDF version that is installed on an endpoint.
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To verify the latest VDF version available and the Published Date open the link below:
https://www.carbonblack.com/vdflookup/
Figure 1: (English Only) VDF History Search Page
It is possible to verify the VDF version that is installed on a specific endpoint following the steps below:
Figure 2: (English Only) Click Endpoints
Figure 3: (English Only) Search for endpoint
Figure 4: (English Only) Hover over SIG field
With online access not always being available, it is possible to check the local signature version on the endpoint through RepCLI
. Approved administrators through CLI_USERS
do not have to have been set to leverage this method.
Figure 5: (English Only) Run cmd
cd C:\Program Files\Confer
Repcli status
The Local Scanner Version correlates to the version of the VDF files on the endpoint.
Figure 6: (English Only) Run commands in Command Prompt
To update the local signature version on the endpoint through RepCLI Follow the below steps.
Figure 7: (English Only) Run cmd
cd C:\Program Files\Confer
Repcli updateavsignature -wait
Figure 8: (English Only) Run commands in Command Prompt
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VMware Carbon Black
03 aug. 2023
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