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  • 1.  manage to unmanage

    Posted Jun 09, 2014 01:31 AM

    Change the manage to unmanage client without uninstall it?



  • 2.  RE: manage to unmanage
    Best Answer

    Posted Jun 09, 2014 01:34 AM

    Edit

    Steps

    1. Logon SEPM management console, click Clients and build a new group
    2.     Move the SEP client to this new group
    3.     Edit the Liveupdate Settings policy, choose “create Non-Shared Policy from copy” , enter “Server Settings”, choose use a liveupdate Server.
    4.     Choose Advanced Settings->check “Allow the user to manually launch liveupdate” “Allow the user to modify Liveupdate schedule” “Download Symantec Endpoint Protection product updates using a LiveUpdate server”   Then click “OK “ to save
    5.     Expand the Location-specific Settings, click on the “Server Control” ,change it to “Client control”. Ok to save.
    6.     After a while, right click on SEP client icon and update policy. 
    7.     Click Start -> Run -> input command “smc  -stop”
    8.     Locate to “C:\Program files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\”, use Notepad to edit the sylink.xml file, delete the content and save. Then the sylink.xml file will be a empty file.
    9.     Delete the sylink.bak and sylinkex.bak file in the same folder
    10.     Click Start -> Run -> input command “smc  -start”

    How to change managed Symantec Endpoint Protection(SEP) client to unmanaged SEP client?

    Article:HOWTO36107  |  Created: 2010-11-21  |  Updated: 2011-01-31  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO36107     

     



  • 3.  RE: manage to unmanage

    Posted Jun 09, 2014 01:34 AM

    Yes you can, u need the replace the sylink file which is in the CD1 , let me get that steps

    • Insert Symantec installation CD 1 and open the "SEP" folder. Find the file labeled "Sylink.xml" and copy it to the computer desktop.

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      Insert installation CD 2 and navigate to the following folder: "CD2\TOOLS\NOSUPPORT\SYLINKDROP." If this folder is not located on CD2, then it will be located in CD3.

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      Double-click the file named "SylinkDrop.exe" to run the program.

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      Select "browse" when the program starts. Select the "Sylink.xml" file and click "open."

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      Select "Update Sylink" and the program will automatically change the endpoint protection to unmanaged.


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  • 5.  RE: manage to unmanage

    Posted Jun 09, 2014 05:17 AM

    Thumbs up to the above posts! yes

    On a related note, clients converted from being managed to unmanaged, retain the mamaged policies they were assigned.  You might find the below article handy in reverting back to the "default unmanaged" policies:

    How to regain policies for unmanaged client after converting it from managed

    Article:TECH92877  |  Created: 2009-01-13  |  Updated: 2009-01-23  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH92877


  • 6.  RE: manage to unmanage

    Posted Jun 09, 2014 08:09 AM

    Keep in mind you need to set the client to "Client mode" first otherwise you won't be able to access any of the options when it goes unmanaged.

    Also, this question has come up multiple times in the past. Try using the Connect Search feature.