Schedule a DAT update task Published on Sep 13, 2026
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Open in ChatGPT Ask ChatGPT about this page Open in Claude Ask Claude about this page Prev Next Run the DAT update task at a specified time or at periodic intervals.
You must have created a DAT update task.
Log on to the system as a user with administrator rights.
Navigate to the directory.
cd /opt/McAfee/ens/tp/bin
View the tasks list to confirm that the DAT update task is created.
./mfetpcli --listtasks
Schedule the task.
./mfetpcli --scheduletask --index <index_number> --daily --starttime <HH:MM>
Example: Schedule a DAT update task to run every day at 12.45
./mfetpcli --scheduletask --index 3 --daily --starttime 12:45
When you run the command from the /opt/McAfee/ens/tp/bin directory, the software runs the DAT update task everyday at 12:45.
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