Endpoint Protection

I have installed a replication server at location B and pointed the Clients from Location B to Server B and it works fine. I am tyring to install a 3rd repliation Server in Location C. When I am at the replication part I have the screen "The Database is being created and initalized. This will take a few Minutes."  i left that overnight and it was timed out this morning. I have since re-installed the End Point and am waiting for the replication to finish it has been going probally almost a hour now. Any ideas why the replication is not taking place. Both servers can ping each other and have no problem comunnicating. The reponce time is anywhere from 120 MS to 200 MS from location C and 40 - 100 MS from Location B.

Please read the
Top 10 Symantec Best Practices - Deploying Symantec Endpoint Protection Architecture

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2009012721190648

Take note of  #8 on the list.

Regards,
Thomas

It could caould be because of the Bandwidth issue.
Also how much is the szie of database that you are trying to replicate.

If this is not recomended what the best way to handle about 18 sites, We want a management server at the  sites that handle the respective clients so that the clients do not comunicate over the LAN. There are not many clients at each site the most is the main location of maybe 200 client all the other locations are under 50 and many under 20.

The best option for you will be to use GrouP Update Providers

You can check this document

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008070715030248

Or you can go through the Administartion Guide in Cd1 & read about Group Update Provider.

See if this is helpful.

How to: Setup a Group Update Provider (GUP)

http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008052712534748

So I just set one location to point to the server out there that has the client on iby following

Solution:
How To: Setup a GUP:

1. On the console, click Policies.
2. In the View Policies pane, click LiveUpdate.
3. In the LiveUpdate Policies pane, on the LiveUpdate Settings tab, under Name, select the policy to edit.
4. In the Tasks pane, click Edit the Policy.
5. In the LiveUpdate Policy window, click Server Settings.
6. On the LiveUpdate Server tab, under Local Network server Option, check Use the Group Update Provider as the default LiveUpdate server.
7. Click Group Update Provider.
8. In the Group Update Provider dialog box, in the Host box, type an IP address or a host name.
9. In the Port box, accept or change the default, and then click OK.

Is there anything I have to do on the Server in the remote location?

You just have to make the policy changes.

check this documents

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007092720522748

 

 

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008081810593048

 

Please make sure that port 2967 is opned and not blocked as this is the port that  is used by the GUP

I can telnet to that port so it should be open, the system that I set as the GUP has no firewall installed. But in the Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SharedUpdates there are no updates. I have followed the links and changed the policy is there a delay in the updates.

The SharedUpdates directory will not immediately be populated, but rather, when the GUP receives a request it checks to see if the requested file(s) are present in the local cache. If it is, it responds to the request with the file. If it isn’t, then GUP holds the pending request, and reissues the same GetLUFile SyLink request to the server. When that file arrives it is added to the GUP cache.



Title: 'Troubleshooting the Group Update Provider (GUP) in Symantec Endpoint Protection'
Document ID: 2008040113243148
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