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  • 1.  GUP question...

    Posted Feb 27, 2012 10:28 AM

    Would it be possible to run SEP client on Linux utilizing Wine (Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, Linux, and Unix).  Trying to reduce costs and address issue of having to buy Windows server license for multiple GUPs supporting more than 10 workstations.



  • 2.  RE: GUP question...

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Feb 27, 2012 11:05 AM

    SEP is only supported on Windows OS. Hence GUP cannot be on Linux machine



  • 3.  RE: GUP question...

    Posted Feb 27, 2012 11:44 AM

    Not sure where Pete_4u2002 is coming from. SEP will run on Linux...

    http://www.symantec.com/products/sysreq.jsp?pcid=pcat_security&pvid=endpt_prot_1

    According to this any SEP client can be a GUP:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH93813&locale=en_US

    I haven't personally tried it on Linux, so I don't know if that is true or not.



  • 4.  RE: GUP question...

    Posted Feb 27, 2012 12:24 PM

    Not sure where dsmith19534 is coming from. There is no such thing as SEP for linux.

    www.symantec.com/docs/TECH162125

    The linux product bundled in the SEP release is actually Symantec Antivirus for linux not SEP.



  • 5.  RE: GUP question...

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Feb 27, 2012 12:30 PM

    dsmith1954,

    actually the SAV for linux is the one that you are talking about. For client to be GUP, you should be configuring LU policy on SEPM, since SAV for linux does not contact SEPM, hence it cannot be GUP. Hope I'm clear.



  • 6.  RE: GUP question...

    Posted Feb 27, 2012 12:50 PM

    Then your documentation needs to be corrected. There is nothing on the webpage I referenced that states that the version bundled with SEP is actually SAV...

    I suppose that is the same with the MAC version? The MAC client communicates with the SEP Manager.



  • 7.  RE: GUP question...

    Posted May 05, 2012 04:00 AM

    To summarize,

    SEP won't run on any  Linux or Unix. Although there is a SAV package included for Linux installations.

    You can assign any clients as GUP. Set clients to 'pull' mode to have better bandwidth control. Unless you are running a pure Linux environment.

    (Found this on the "Can you solve these?" side panel.)



  • 8.  RE: GUP question...

    Posted May 05, 2012 05:49 AM

    How far beyond 10 clients will your GUPs be expected to support? With clients in Pull mode the connections will be on demand so even a desktop OS GUP can comfortably support more than 10 clients as they will not have concurrent connections. The initial update on client installation may be large so you may want to stagger the installs, but subsequent updates will be a delta package representing only definition changes, so LAN traffic to your GUP will be relatively low.