> Now we wonder, though, how the NVT/SCAP/CERT Feed updates are managed on each 
> scanner; in other words, when we click the "Synchronize with Feed now" 
> button, in the web interface, does the Manager remotely call a syncing action 
> with feed on *each scanner* defined in the Configuration/Scanners page? And 
> if so, how can we be sure each scanner has independently performed the sync 
> successfully? Another solution would be to launch a sync in a script as a 
> cron job on each scanner machine, but that would be useless if the 
> "Synchronize with Feed now" button does it all...

The sync button results in Manager calling the openvas-nvt-sync script,
which only syncs the Scanner that's running on the same machine as the
Manager.

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