How to create Client install packages in 12.1
Login into your existing Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.
Now click on the Clients Tab
And Click on Add a client ( As Highlighted in the above picture.)
The minute you click on the Add a client option the following window would launch.
Click Next on the Window
Explanation of Each Component:
1) Install packages
It would be only of 2 types i.e. Mac or for Windows
2) Group:
Allows you to choose which group you would want your client to appear after it's installed with SEP
3) Install Feature Sets:-
By default there are 3 feature sets included:
Full Protection for clients, Full Protection for Servers, Basic Protection for Servers.
These can be used by anyone Servers or Clients. Full protection includes all the components (Virus And Spyware Protection, Pro active Threat Protection and Network Threat Protection.) Where as the Basic only includes Virus And Spyware Protection.
If you may want to customize the features one could go to the Admin tab in the SEPM console and then to the Install Packages Tab and then to Client Install Feature Set and Create a new feature as per desire.
4) Content Options:-
All Content : When you select this feature the package would also consist that day's virus definitions and thus the SEP client when finished installing would be updated the very same minute. Gives maximum security immediately.
Basic Content: When you select this feature the package would be created without the virus definitions allowing the package to be created fast and less bulky in size as well. Virus Definitions would get updated when the client gets installed via Liveupdate.
After selecting the content option Click Next Here you would find 3 different ways of deploying a client.
One can either Deploy the client using any one of teh above shown options and successfully deploy a SEP client.