Migrating from Symantec Client Security or Symantec AntiVirus

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Created: 2011-06-29

Updated: 2011-12-20

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Migrating from Symantec Client Security or Symantec AntiVirus

You can migrate the clients that run Symantec legacy virus protection software. During migration, the database in Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition is populated with the group data and policy data from the legacy installation. Installation packages are created for the legacy clients.

Note:

Management servers migrate the legacy clients.

See About migrating to Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition.

Table: Migration summary

Step	Action	Description
1	Prepare Symantec Client Security or Symantec AntiVirus for migration	Prepare your legacy installation for migration as follows: Disable scheduled scans. The migration might fail if a scan is running during migration. See Disabling scheduled scans in Symantec System Center when you migrate client computers. Disable LiveUpdate. Conflicts might occur if LiveUpdate runs on the client computers during migration. See Disabling LiveUpdate in Symantec AntiVirus before migration. Turn off roaming service. Migration might hang and fail to complete if the roaming service is running on the client computers. See Turning off the roaming service. Unlock server groups. If you are migrating from Symantec AntiVirus, unpredictable results might occur if the server groups are locked. See Unlocking server groups in Symantec System Center. Turn off Tamper Protection. Tamper Protection can cause unpredictable results during migration. Uninstall and delete reporting servers. Uninstall the reporting servers, and optionally delete the database files. See Uninstalling and deleting reporting servers. See your Symantec legacy virus protection software documentation for more information.
2	Migrate legacy group and policy settings	Migrate the legacy group settings and policy settings. See About migrating computer groups. See Migrating group settings and policy settings.
3	Verify migrated data	Verify and optionally adjust the migrated group settings and policy settings. See Viewing assigned computers. See Moving a client computer to another group. See Viewing assigned policies.
4	Import legacy license	Import your legacy license file into Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition. See Importing a license.
5	Deploy the client software	Deploy the client to the legacy computers. See About client deployment methods.

Note:

When you upgrade from Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Small Business Edition, your upgrade license activates new features on previously installed clients.

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