Adding Client Feature After Installing to Client Machine
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 8 comments
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Hi,
Is it possible to include more client feature using the SEP Management Server after the SEP Installer Packages is installed on the client machine?
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Yes
You can assigned a another package to the group with diferent setting & the client will get it self reinstalled with those setting.
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Hi, how do i go about doing
Hi,
how do i go about doing it?
Install package
first go to SEPM -Admin -Install Package- Client Install Settings -ADD
and create a feature set that you want to deploy on the client and give it some name for identification.
Now Click on Upgrade groups with package ..select the package next--Go to Upgrade settings-- uncheck Maintain feature set..scroll down you will find the feature set you have created--Next select the group (s) on which you want to add this feature..next and finish
It will add those features in the existing client.
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ITs Simple Log into the SEPM
ITs Simple
Log into the SEPM > Go the clients Tab > Go to group that you want to add the new feature sets to.
At the right hand top there is install package tab click on that tab & then click on Add client package & in that op up uncheck the maintain the current feature set & select the feture set that you want to add.
If this does not help reffer this document
For managed clients, the installation features can be modified for an entire group through the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM).
In the SEPM click the Admin button on the left.
Click Install Packages on the bottom.
Click Client Install Feature Set on the top.
If a feature set doesn't exist that meets your needs, then choose Add Client Install Feature Set.
Give the feature set a unique name.
Select only the features you need (Antivirus/Antispyware, Network Threat Protection, Proactive Threat Protection).
Choose OK.
Still within the SEPM, click the Clients button on the left.
Select the group with your SEP clients in it and then click the Install Packages tab in the right pane.
Under Tasks, choose Add Client Install Package.
In that screen, uncheck the box next to "Maintain existing client features when updating".
Below that, select the feature set you want to use from the dropdown menu.
If you don't choose Upgrade Schedule, then clients will just pick up the instructions to change their installation as they begin to check in, which will launch MSIEXEC on the SEP client.
After the installation has finished, reboot is only required to install (or uninstall) the teefer2 driver (the NTP/PTP features).
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Hi, is it going to do a
Hi,
is it going to do a reinstall on all clients even if the package matches?
How long will it take for the installation to complete?
HOw do i know if the client has the install packages installed?
It will reinstall the SEP
It will reinstall the SEP client on the client machine
It will take time from one hour to one day depending on your network bandwidth & the number of clients.
You can check the client prtection technology under the clients tab.
The re-install wont take much
The re-install wont take much time & it will also be silent hence the user would not come to know what is happening.
You can check this from the clients tab.. Right click the client & go to properties.
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Can't remove start menu shortcuts when upgrading
Using the latet M5 release 5002/server client isntall packages. I cannot find a combination that will let me upgrade to the new package and use client install settings. I have only seen it ask for "client install settings" when exporting a package. "Client install settings" are seperate from feature sets and are the only place to disable start menu shortcuts.
Using the "upgrade group with package" utility, here are the screens I get
welcome -> next
Pick the generic client install package <I choose the 32bit 5002 client which you can't modify> -> next
Pick the group you want to upgrade->default->next
Where to downoad the package from -> mgmt server
Same page -> upgrade settings
uncheck maintain exisiting settings->choose my custom feature set->schedule/notifications off->OK
Next
Nowhere does it ask me for Client install settings. Our windows image has this correct since I used an exported package which does ask for client install settings. But now that I want to update, there is no way to not install the start menu shortcuts..
Unless there is an easy answer, I'm forced to export a package and distribute it with Altiris instead of how it should work.
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