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Installing Symantec Endpoint Protection clients via group policy in a mixed environment

we're upgrading to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 using group policy in a mixed environment from SAV 10. how can we tell which machines are 32-bit v. 64-bit? we tried looking at the properties in ...
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Symantec Endpoint Protection toggle of firewall rules by script

I'm running Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 and I'm hoping to be able to toggle a simple firewall rule with a script. If I can do it from the command line that would be preferred.
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How to backup Symantec Backup Exec's catalog?

I'm running Backup Exec 12.5 on Windows Server 2008 Standard x64. The Server is connected to a Dell Powervault 124T with a SCSI interface and i run backups for the server itself and other jobs that ...
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Make sense of SEP11 log entry

I have this log entry from SEP: 2011-04-05T10:52:37+02:00 SymantecServer SomeServer: SomePC,[SID: 23179] OS Attack: MS Windows Server Service RPC Handling CVE-2008-4250 detected. Traffic has been ...
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Does Symantec Endpoint Use Windows Server User Licenses? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing issue? I'm evaluating how many user licenses I need for Windows Server 2008. There will only be two users who need physical / ...
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best way to backup Exchange 2003 using Symantec Backup Exec 12.5

I'm a newbie admin for an Exchange 2003 server running on Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard, all storage on the server is local, no DAS, SAN or NAS. The server is being backed up to magnetic tape using ...
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Hyper-v back-up

We are trying to decide a good backup strategy for our new Hyper-V setup. We have 3 VMs on Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V host. We installed Symantec BackupExec 2010 on the host and have the Hyper-V Agent ...
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Hyper-V and Backup Exec 2010

We are using Backup Exec 2010 R2 with the Hyper-V agent installed on our Hyper-V host. THe backup exec media server is also installed on the Hyper-V host. When we backup our VMs, BExec backs up the ...
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Is there any reason why BackupExec 2010 cant find any Windows 7 machines?

If I install RAWS (from the backup exec directory) on Windows XP machines, my backup exec server is able to find them quite easily. Is Win7 not allowing RAWS to publish? Thanks
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Access VPN established on another subnet within network

I have three locations: A is a host with T1 internet connection, B and C are point-to-point with A. Each location also has their on default gateway. A, B, C all have different subnets: A: 10.30.7.x ...
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Symantec Mail Security 8240 OS

What's the operating system and version on a Symantec Mail Security 8240 appliance?
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Email flow problem in Exchange 2003

I have a problem whit some emails that are not being delivered to the user inbox. The SMTP server on the DMZ that receives email from the internet is a Symantec Brigthmail Gateway, this server reports ...
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SMSMSE Quarantine problems

Does anyone know what happens to quarantined messages that are sent after the quarantine limit has been met? Our limit is set to 1000 but that was met 3 hours ago and all messages are currently being ...
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If I cannot recover the database that Symantec Backup Exec used to store information about tape backups then can I recover my tape backups?

First off I admit that I might not fully know what I am talking about and any clarification to my question you can provide would be helpful. My understanding is that Symantec Backup Exec stores ...
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Symantec backupexec for laptops & desktops

I'm considering buying this product to pull backups from our laptop users to a SMB share. Are there other products out there that can do the same but are not so pricey? Let me know Thanks
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So what do we use instead of PartitionMagic now that Symantec's killed it? [closed]

Apparently, since the last time I had to do a lot of playing with partitions and images, Symantec acquired, neglected, and killed off PartitionMagic. (Yeah, it's been a while.) What, then, are we ...
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Is it possible to backup a guest operating system in Hyper-V R2 with Backup Exec 12.5?

Is it possible to backup a server with just a remote agent on the guest operating system on a Server 2008 R2 host server? If it is possible would there be any major overhead? I understand Symantec ...
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Calculate rate of changed data

I'm looking to deploy Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and I am trying to figure out how much storage my media server should have to allow for adequate growth and retention periods. 2010 offers block level ...
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Symantec End Point Protection

We are planning a mass rollout of Symantec Endpoint protection. We currently have Symantec antivirus version 10 running on the systems. From testing the roll out works fine but it does not take affect ...
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How can I configure Symantec Endpoint Protection Agent to allow access to windows shares?

I'm having some difficulties exposing a standard windows file share on a Windows Embedded Standard 2009 device that is running Symantec Endpoint Protection Agent 5.1. I'm using simply file sharing to ...
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Are There Any Known IE6 Side-Effects From Symantec Endpoint Protection?

Are There Any Known IE6 Side-Effects From Symantec Endpoint Protection? When I view my company's website with IE6 on a QA box with 'Symantec Endpoint Protection' running in the background, the login ...
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Automate BESR 8.5 Restore

I have been searching for a way, script, rain dance, to automate the restore of several BESR 8.5 created images (v2i file extension). Does anyone have any experience on how to pull this off? I have ...
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Symantec Gateway Security 320 VPN/Port Forwarding trouble

How do I check to see if port forward is enabled with one of my dynamic tunnels on this device? I'm having trouble using a feature in our software that requires a vpn to be used. My firewalls shows it ...
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symantec backupexec 11d slow backup

I have a IBM blade center H with modules HS21 type 8853 with Windows 2003R2 (32 bits). My backup is very slow (transfer starts with 16MB/min and slow down o 3 MB/min). I have update all firmware, all ...
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Should I upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection? [closed]

I'm the IT manager at an animal shelter in Upstate New York. We have a Windows network with about 50 desktops running Windows XP Pro. We used to use CA eTrust Antivirus, but that product didn't work ...
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Symantec Antivirus Corporate -- two problems

We have a Windows network with a domain and about 50 clients. A few months ago, we installed Symantec Antivirus, Corporate Edition ver. 10.1.8.8000. There are two problems. The larger problem is ...
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Missing management console for Symantec Antivirus, Corporate Edition

I work for a small (80 employees) non-profit organization. We have a Windows network with a domain. The file server is running Server 2003. A vendor recently installed Symantec Antivirus, Corporate ...
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How should Symantec Endpoint Protection be set up on an IIS 6 web and SQL 2008 server

We have a small server running a couple of internal classic asp and .net websites. SQL 2008 is also installed on this box. How should Endpoint Protection be configured to not screw with the normal ...
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BackupExec - write a yearly backup to multiple tapes in a library?

I have BackupExec 12.5. I have about 25 servers that need to be backed up to tape. I already have the tape library "partitioned" into the 12 tape slots for normal backups, so it isn't just a single ...
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gateway-to-gateway timeout

How do I make a backup of all settings on my symantec gateway 320, my company needs a new one due to having to reset all the time because one of our tunnels is contstantly timing out. Company has no ...
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Explorer.exe not starting after login on Windows Server 2003 (Terminal Services and console)

When users login to a Windows Server 2003 R2 running Terminal Services they have a blank desktop. Upon inspection, explorer.exe is not running. When I login as administrator, using either RDP or to ...
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Backup Exec 12.5 runs until another tape is inserted

Any ideas why Backup Exec 12.5 would keep a job in the "running" state until a new tape is inserted (when it doesn't need to write anything to the new tape)? We've got an LTO-3 drive (400/800GB), ...
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Symantec VPN equivalent for Linux client

I have a customer that I connect to via Symantec Client VPN (v9 if that matters) on Windows. I'm doing some tidying up and was wondering if there was a simple way to be able to connect to the same ...
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Symantec Backup Exec 12 not restoring Shared Folders

I am trying to retore shared Folders. They do retore but not with the shared properties. I have checked the option under general - Restore all files and directories. Thanks Vee
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Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Console looks strange -- installed correctly?

I have Symantec Endpoint Protection installed on a Windows Server 2003 box, and the management console looks strange. It looks like pieces are missing [0]. What's more is I can't generate reports, and ...
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Problems installing Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 for Windows Vista

I'm having some problems installing Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2 for Windows Vista. My client requires this exact version. The system on which I'm installing the software is recently ...
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Novell, Symantec, and 802.1x

We are running Novell 4.91 sp5 with Symantec Endpoint. We are authenticating via 802.1x and when Symantec is running we get an 802.1x Auth Fail. RPC error occurred. Failed to authenticate" We ...
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Symantec Ghost And Corrupted Images

I am using Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition (centralised server et al) version 11 to ease deployment of new desktops, and I am having a couple of issues. At the moment we have a very very basic use ...
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Should I install an AV product on my domain controllers?

Should I run a server-specific antivirus, regular antivirus, or no antivirus at all on my servers, particularly my Domain Controllers? Here's some background about why I'm asking this question: I've ...
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Running Norton Internet Security 2009 from command line

I'd like to be able to run Norton Internet Security 2009 from the command line and have the status of that scan set the errorlevel in Windows. With older versions, you could so something like this: ...
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Best backup strategy with Symantec Backup Exec?

I am not proficient in the use of Symantec Backup Exec, I will like to know what is the best known backup strategies for a simple file server. I have 5 LTO 3 cartriges new and available to start this ...
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How to use Symantec Backup Exec with S3 Amazon Storage?

Is there any proven efficient way on how to use Symantec Backup Exect for Windows Servers to use S3 as one of the Devices to backup to. Even if it means to use a plug-in to make it work. thanks!
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Symantec Mail Security MTA Compontents Fail

We're using Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. Every so often (perhaps every few weeks) we start getting an email alert like the following: Symantec Mail Security Alert Notification for xxxx ALERT ...
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Does Norton Antivirus 11 for Mac OS X pull signature updates as deltas?

I manage a Mac OS X (Leopard), laptop that has Norton Antivirus 11 installed. Whenever LiveUpdate executes, it proceeds to pull down a sig database of approx. 30 MB. Does anyone know why the updates ...
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What does it means a Media Set with 26 weeks Overwrite protection period and 1 year appendable period?

On Symantec Backup Exec, I see there is a Media set with 26 Weeks Overwrite protection period and 1 year appendable period. On all the help information I was able to find the appendable period is ...
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Symantec Backup Exec 12 Tape Alert

Every day, I run 5 backups using 6 tapes. Each day, when I run the inventory, I get a tape alert Error. This occurs every day, on the same job. The error is: Job 'Inventory Daily ************' has ...
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Symantec Backup Exec Error 0xe0009413

I received the following error on a weekly full backup job on Symantec Backup Exec: Final error: 0xe0009413 - An error occurred during the snapshot cleanup, or could not locate a snapped volume from ...
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Automated tool to remove symantec AV

I need a tool to automatically remove Symantec AV (~v10.0) from desktops when the uninstall password is not known or the install is corrupt. I know some AV products will do this for you if they can (...
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How to stop Symantec Endpoint from screwing up my internet connection proxy settings?

We have a Symantec Endpoint infrastructure in our organization. Also, the individual computers connect to the internet through a proxy server. Now, for some reason, the Endpoint client is repeatedly ...
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Symantec Endpoint Protection - Replicating my sites

I have Symantec Endpoint Protection Installed on a Windows Server 2003 machine, this has VPN links to two other offices with Windows Server 2003 machines. I am trying to replicate Symantec Endpoint ...
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