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How to monitor RTVSCAN.exe

Updated: 10 Oct 2011 | 7 comments
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I have a user that is experiencing a very slow system scan. Within the SEPM I believe I have done everything to improve performance as much as I possibly can. I want her to not to notice this scan is running on her machine. She is running Xp and 11.MP3 with only Antivirus and Antispyware enabled. The CPU usuage is high but she mentions often that this is affecting her performance on her machine and I need to know how to effectively monitor this process to target what is going on for her.

 

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hi

upgarde to 11.0.6 and check the version.

Please don't forget to mark your thread solved with whatever answer helped you : ) Rafeeq

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We are on 11.06 MP3 Rafeeq

We are on 11.06 MP3 Rafeeq

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Suggestions.

Hello,

Make sure you are carrying the Latest version of SEP 11.0.6300.

Are there any Network mapped drives on the machine??

Exclude the mapped network drives from scheduled scans on SEP clients.

Instead, perform scheduled scans on these drives from the server to which they are attached.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH97017

Mithun Sanghavi
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We are using the latest

We are using the latest version of 11MP3. The machine does have network mapped drives. They are not being scanned already with SEP clients. We only use antivirus and antispyware part of Endpoint protection. We already do your suggestion but thank you.

 

I need to know how to monitor this process what settings to set in perfmon.

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RU6 MP3 not the newest build

Technically speaking, RU6 MP3 is not the latest version. RU7 (11.0.7000.975) or SEP 12.1 would be the latest.

I want her to not to notice this scan is running on her machine.

You can try using the 'scan tuning options' document noted below, but even with 'best application performance' chosen, there is bound to be some kind of performance hit when a scheduled scan is running during those times she's working. In all honesty your best bet is to run the scan after hours (provided she is not habitually turning the machine off at night) and/or disable scanning of compressed files (scanning compressed files makes the scan take longer, it's processor intensive, and the contents of the compressed files would be scanned by Auto-Protect when uncompressed).

Symantec Endpoint Protection scan tuning options
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH105706

This may also be of use:

Symantec Endpoint Protection Client configuration changes for performance optimization
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH102711

I need to know how to monitor this process what settings to set in perfmon.

I don't really have advice on Performance Monitor settings, but if you're looking to throttle the process, use the scan tuning options.

sandra

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Tuning the configurationwill help, If this only happened on few

Tuning the configuraiotn will help, If this only happened on few machines, I would recommend to run some tools to check what rtvscan attempted to scan, filemon, regmon and others are pretty good tools to start with.  

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I have tried to adjust the

I have tried to adjust the configuration settings within the SEPM and this had no affect whatsoever on her machine per the user. I finally opened a case with support and after nearly a month received a response:

 

 

1.How to Configure Sysinternals' Process Monitor to Record Symantec's Auto-Protect Events

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH98079

References
Sysinternals / Microsoft page on Process Monitor: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

Sysinternals / Microsoft page on Process Explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Also check if this Information is Useful for you.

VPdebug will tell you about RTVScan's activities, including what files are being scanned.

2.How to enable "Vpdebug logging" on Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security....