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Top 25 Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0

Updated: 24 May 2010 | 24 comments
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Top 25  Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0
 

DEPLOYMENT & DESIGN
 
Top 10 Symantec Best Practices - Deploying Symantec Endpoint Protection Architecture
 http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009012721190648?Open&seg=ent
 

Best Practices for Installing Symantec Endpoint Protection on Windows Servers
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009021811070448?Open&seg=ent

 

Best Practices documents for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008040314131948?Open&seg=ent

Best practices guide for installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) on a Windows XP operating system
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009010714075548

 

Best Practices for Central Deployment and Management of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) in a Workgroup environment
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009010622472148

 

Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection on Citrix and Terminal Servers
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008112414453348

 

 
SECURITY & THREATS
 
Security Best Practice Recommendations
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009010808340848?Open&seg=ent

 
Best practices for responding to active threats on a network
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2010011510455048

 
 
Security Response recommendations for Symantec Endpoint Protection settings
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2010020308592948

 
 
Best Practice when Symantec Endpoint Protection or Symantec AntiVirus is Detecting a File that is Believed to be Safe
http://service1.symantec.com/ent-security.nsf/docid/2010010319585948

 
Best practices regarding Intrusion Prevention System technology
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009080314433948

 

 
REPLICATION
 
Best Practice for setting replication frequency
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008121913532148

 

DISASTER RECOVERY and SQL
 
Best Practices for Disaster Recovery with the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007082112135948

 

Best Practices to Backing up a Microsoft SQL Database on Demand from the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Console
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009092814233048

 

Best Practices guide for Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager with a SQL Server 2005 Database
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008031504445748?Open&seg=ent

Best Practices guide for Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11 RU5 with a SQL Server 2008 Database
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009093006181448?Open&seg=ent

Best Practices guide for moving the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager SQL Server database from one drive to another on the same machine'
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008101011093048?Open&seg=ent

Best Practices guide to moving the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager SQL Server database from an existing SQL Server database to a new SQL Server database
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008041601053448

 

LIVEUPDATE
 
Best Practices with Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Group Update Providers (GUP)
 
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009050510573148

 

Best practices for Group Update Provider (GUP) from Symantec Endpoint Protection MR3 or earlier builds
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008081810593048

Best Practices for configuring the number of content revisions to keep in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager'
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009020514050748?Open&seg=ent

Best practice for configuring LiveUpdate when installing a Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager and Symantec Endpoint Protection client on the same machine.'
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007082209152648?Open&seg=ent

Best Practices for LiveUpdate Administrator (LUA) 2.x
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009041314165848

 
CONFIGURATION
 
Best Practices for Changing a Client's Group Using the Endpoint Protection Manager Console
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008070716164248

 

Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection Location Awareness
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009122010495848?Open&seg=ent

 

Best Practices for file and folder scan exclusions are recommended when using QuickBooks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
 
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009120811114948

 
 
 
 
VIRTUALIZATION
 
Best Practice for Symantec Endpoint Protection Scheduled Scans in VMWare
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009090206565248

 
 
 
Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection integration with Workspace Virtualization (formerly SVS)
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009052511265248

 
 
Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection in virtual environments
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security....

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Re

Thanks prachand for sharing this great information.

Regards, M.R

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very good

Hello Prachand,
Thank you for this good article. It is very useful.

Best Regards.
Fatih

 Everything works better when everything works together.

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Awesome work mate!!!  I shall

Awesome work mate!!! 

I shall bookmark this too.

Aniket

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Nice collection...

Nice collection...

Please don't forget to mark your thread solved with whatever answer helped you : ) Thanks & Regards Aravind

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A must have !

Let me archive these pages

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Great Information !

Great Information !

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The first linkTop 10

There are some link problems that need looked at please:

Top 10 Symantec Best Practices - Deploying Symantec Endpoint Protection Architecture
 http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009012721190648?Open&seg=ent

Comes up as a bad link.


Best Practice when Symantec Endpoint Protection or Symantec AntiVirus is Detecting a File that is Believed to be Safe
http://service1.symantec.com/ent-security.nsf/docid/2010010319585948

Comes up as a bad link, says "Error 404 HTTP Web Server: Lotus Notes Exception - File does not exist"

Best Practices for file and folder scan exclusions are recommended when using QuickBooks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
 
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009120811114948

Goes to a Symantec page that links to an Intuit page that doesn't talk about folder/fle exclusions but firewall exclusions.

 

Best Practices guide for Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11 RU5 with a SQL Server 2008 Database
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009093006181448?Open&seg=ent

Comes up as a bad link saying "We're Sorry ...  An error has occurred in the Symantec Knowledge Base. You may have: accessed a document which is no longer available attempted to open an invalid document OR ... there could be a temporary problem. "

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Hi This one is working, Best

Hi

This one is working,
Best Practices for file and folder scan exclusions are recommended when using QuickBooks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 for me.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009120811114948.

About the rest let me re check

Prachand Kumar MCSE-2003 Symantec Technical Specialist (SCTS)

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No it's not. The link goes to

No it's not. The link goes to a page entitled "Firewall and Internet security for updates and network access" that isn't about file exclusions it's about firewall exceptions.

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very useful

very useful

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thanks for sharing

thanks for sharing

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This will be very useful

This will be very useful thanks, migrating our environment to SEP at the end of next week. Shame the symantec knowledgebase isn't working right now though....

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Would really like the link to the SQL 2008 best practice guide

Would appreciate this link being fixed/updated, thanks.

Best Practices guide for Installing the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11 RU5 with a SQL Server 2008 Database
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009093006181448?Open&seg=ent

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Hi Bob We will try to fix

Hi Bob

We will try to fix the links ASAP.

Sorry for the inconvinence.
 

Prachand Kumar MCSE-2003 Symantec Technical Specialist (SCTS)

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Thanks

Great article

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wonderful collection! Thanks

wonderful collection!
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nice collection

nice collection

Swapnil

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Good Collection

Good Collection

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awesome, marvelous,

awesome, marvelous, phenomenal :)

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Q on AutoProtect enabled for Network scanning??

Always under the impression that allowing AutoProtect to scan over the network was a horrible idea.  Could someone comment on the both the pros and cons of enabling this?  Thanks.

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Yes, there are some good

Yes, there are some good rules to be further promoted. But more important is it to and respect. That is the purpose for which have already been launched. vanzari autoI hope to do so.

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Can you please update this KB

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Good collection...........

Good collection...........