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  • 1.  How to get a mail report for clients with old definitions ?

    Posted Feb 24, 2011 02:02 PM

    Hello folks,

     

    Does anyone knows how to create a scheduled report for virus definitions distribution that shows the hostnames of the outdated clients ?

    I'm able to generate such a report at Monitor/Logs or at Reports/Quick reports page without much effort.

    But, what if I want to have this report monthly at my mailbox ?

    I'm trying to create a scheduled report using :

    Report type = Computer status
    Report = Virus definitions distribution
    and define filter using Definitions date = older than the last 30 days for e.g.

    Then I receive an email with a summary page attached with the amount of outdated clients for each SEPM, but what about the hostnames ???



  • 2.  RE: How to get a mail report for clients with old definitions ?

    Posted Feb 24, 2011 03:01 PM

    I don't think this is possible, unfortunately. Scheduled reports, by design, aren't going to give you specifics... that's what the SEPM console is for.

    You might search our Idea forums to see if someone else has brought this up as an enhancement request and give them your vote.

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/security/ideas



  • 3.  RE: How to get a mail report for clients with old definitions ?

    Posted Feb 24, 2011 03:42 PM

    You can create a notification:

    Monitors | Notifications tab | Notification Conditions | Add and then select Virus definitions out-of-date

    From here you can edit accordingly. However, you can only set the damper to a max of 10 hours.

    That's about the best you will get in terms of getting it mailed to you.



  • 4.  RE: How to get a mail report for clients with old definitions ?

    Posted Feb 25, 2011 07:22 AM

     

    Yeap... so far, Notifications are the best approach, but I’ll got the mail only when if there’s a problem…

     

    Any other suggestion for a monthly-mail-report with hostnames ?



  • 5.  RE: How to get a mail report for clients with old definitions ?

    Posted Feb 25, 2011 07:36 AM

    no host names as of now..create  computer status report , export it as .txt then rename it to .csv..

    sort the definition files....



  • 6.  RE: How to get a mail report for clients with old definitions ?

    Posted Feb 26, 2011 12:08 AM

    Hi.

    You might want to look into SQL stored procedures.

    read the raw data in your db as per the db schema doc & build your own query that SQL then runs on a regular interval.



  • 7.  RE: How to get a mail report for clients with old definitions ?
    Best Answer

    Posted Apr 07, 2011 04:14 PM

    Since that's currently not possible , I've created an IDEA :

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/ideas/sep11-scheduled-reports-defs-distribution-hostnames

    If you need it/like it , please vote !