SEP 12 Beta Now Announced (updated - NOW AVAILABLE)
Updated: 06 Jul 2011 | 112 comments
Interested in learning more about the new Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 Public Beta? We have a dedicated Beta Group where users and Symantec engineers will be able to share information and tips while helping each other. To join the group, please visit this page: (must be logged in)
There is a landing page http://go.symantec.com/sep12beta where you can register for Public Beta and read about datasheets, FAQ and other helpful materials.
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nice will join .... The
nice will join .... The Insight is on board ... Cool improvement !
Hi, I joined a week ago - now
Hi, I joined a week ago - now where do I download the Beta products from?
Thanks.
It's difficult to tell if
It's difficult to tell if Linux is supported with SEP in 12.1 based on the info. What's new only mentions Macs but Key features has Linux listed.
Yes, SEP includes a linux
Yes, SEP includes a linux client - but it is unmanaged - i.e. not managed through SEPM.
The Linux client is still the
The Linux client is still the SAV for Linux client that was included in version 11.
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64 bit support
are they finallly providing 64-bit device control?
yes
12.1 will offer identical features for 32 and 64 bit environments.
Waiting..
Wish they would hurry up and release it already...
week ago i was on Symantec
week ago i was on Symantec seminar
i asked several questions about new SEP 12.1
1) it will work on Tomcat (no IIS+Tomcat as in 11.0)
2) it will support Mac os clients (logs+definitions updates)
3) it will Support Linux clients (only connection to SEPM - logs, defs from internet)
4) several new features like Reputation Protection, new Sonar (truScan), ScanLess (scanning only not scanned or changed files)
5) all features (PTP, NTP) will be supported on x64
only i do not know if SEPM will be both x86 and x64
SEP Stumbling Block for our migration to 64Bit
It will be a great news if SEP 12.1 will finally support Application and Device Control and right clicking of virus scan. Hope Symantec will release this soonest as it is our stumbling block in migrating to Windows 7 64Bit.
Because of the delay we are now moving towards Win7 32Bit.
Is it really that worth waiting?
Congratulations every one for the upcoming SEP 12 Beta.
Hello All,
Congratulations every one for the upcoming SEP 12 Beta.
Now since 12 Beta is out. you all know that Symantec is working on Lot of things.
We Appreciate all you Connect members to put in your efforts.
Please Join the Group and Put in your Precious and Valuable Suggestions. We are Surely looking into the same.
Enjoy...
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Let me clarify, the SEP 12
Let me clarify, the SEP 12 beta is not out. It is announced. The public beta will begin later this spring. You can sign up to be notified when it is available by going to http://go.symanteccom/sep12beta
<Cloud detection> Why until now?
Some vendors like F-Secure, Trend or McAfee incorporated the Cloud to improve their detection process since 2008/2009
, why until now SYM will use this in SEP 12.x as corporative endpoint? or what differences or advantages will incorporate versus the competitors?
when we will be able to
when we will be able to download Beta for testing?
The public beta code is
The public beta code is planned to be available for you to download in April. You can register for the public beta now via this link "go.symantec.com/sep12beta". Once you register and enter your contact information, you will be notified when the beta code is ready to be downloaded. The link will also have more detailed information on the new features and benefits. If you have any specific questions about SEP 12, please feel free to post on this forum.
Will you be able to upgrade from SEP 11 ?
Or will you have to uninstall & install ? same with management server and databases ?
We're currently planning and testing our migration to Windows 7, so if it's a new management server & database needed then I'll wait till it's in public beta to start planning the AV protection & policies, if it's a seamless upgrade then I can forget about it completely :P
m00
You will be able to upgrade
You will be able to upgrade the existing SEP 11 Managers to the new release using the same hardware and databases. The new version of SEP can also manage SEP 11 clients.
No uninstall & install nedded to upgrade from SEP 11 to SEP 12
It's a seamless upgrade.
If you have a valid suport
If you have a valid suport for SEP 11.0, you will receive the upgrade for SEP 12.0
Cheers!
"Those who Appreciate Quality Enjoy it Responsibly"
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The SEP 12 Console will be web-based?
The SEP 12 Console will be web-based?
i have heared that it will e
i have heared that it will e possible to updrade SEP/SEPM 11 to sep/SEPM 12.1
SEPM 12.1 will support SEP 11
That's correct. The SEP 12.1
That's correct. The SEP 12.1 manager will be able to manage SEP 11 clients. The SEP 11 manager cannot manage SEP 12.1 clients.
I would just like to clarify,
I would just like to clarify, SEP12 for Linux? Or still SAV?
Still SAV for Linux
Still SAV for Linux
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Client installation and update
I hope SEP client installation from server and also to find clients without SEP would be easy.
Any sort of Documentation has
Any sort of Documentation has been released??? I want to get a clear idea on SEP12.1 so that i will start planning and working on it for better Symantec Business.
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There are datasheets and
There are datasheets and benchmark reports at:
http://go.symantec.com/sep12beta.
Full documentation is not yet available - but there should be some in time for the beta
Any chance some basic
Any chance some basic functions of SNAC will be included in SEP 12.1 for customers who currently are not licensed for SNAC in SEP v11?
SNAC wont change
SNAC wont change substantially in this release. It will support Mac and their are some management enhancements. SEP by itself still has self-enforcement capability. You could go with SNAC starter edition - it leverages the SEP firewall for self-enforcment.
As far as I know SNAC starter
As far as I know SNAC starter edition requires a license and isn't included in the SEP license.
Self Enforcement is part of the SPS EE
Many customers license SEP as part of the Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition. If your company has licensed SPS you can use Self Enforcement (but not the rest of the NAC functionality)
Do know any comparison
Do know any comparison between old SEP & new SEP.
GUP Monitor
Is GUP Monitor already integrated on SEP 12?
Client Endpoint Protection Status is "disabled" on the home page
Is the issue in the KB article below being addressed?
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH123000&locale=en_US
Pete
Most of the new features are
Most of the new features are listed here: http://www-uat.ges.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp... - see "What's New".
We have a feature comparison chart - see attached.
Sounds promising!
Sounds promising!
How will the Beta work? For
How will the Beta work?
For example, if I push the Beta out to a small group of users, say 50, can I easily upgrade them from Beta to the actual release when it becomes available? Or will I have to uninstall and re-install?
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Exciting times we're living
Exciting times we're living in :-D
Will there be any improvement on the deployment side of SEP?
Yes, some of the upgrades to
Yes, some of the upgrades to deployment include greater control over signatures with client deployments (to reduce bandwidth issues after a large client deployment), greater control over reboot options, email client deployments, installation status reporting and enhanced deployment wizard with options around:
–Discover unprotected computers
–Show competititive software on the system
–Import a text file containing target systems
–Autoselection of 32/64 bit systems
–Simultaneous authentication to endpoints
quando vamos ter o SEP 12
quando vamos ter o SEP 12 beta disponivel ?
Wow, a lot of improvement!! I
Wow, a lot of improvement!! I hope all this will be as effective in the field as it sounds on paper.
High expectations....holding thumbs!
I am using 12.0.122.192. Are
I am using 12.0.122.192. Are there any serice packs for this product?
Nice Person
@ Nice Person, there is a
@ Nice Person, there is a newer version available, 12.0.1001.95. Log into Fileconnect with your valid serial number and download the newer version.
https://fileconnect.symantec.com/licenselogin.jsp?...
Unmanaged Detector fixed in SEP12.1?
Unmanaged Detector in Sep11 is pretty buggy from what I have experienced and others out there.
Is there a fix for this? We don't have license for SNAC so I have been trying to use this in SEP11 to find unmanaged machines.
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/unmanaged-detector-reporting-inaccurate
Cheers
We still don't have the
We still don't have the official release notes document so I cannot tell you exactly what wil be fixed. But surely some Unmanaged Detector fixes are done for 12.1.
What are the Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) versions released officially?
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/w...
SEP 12 for Mac and HFS+, and 10.6.7/10.7
Hi, will SEP 12 for Mac support HFS+ finally? And how about support of Mac OS 10.6.7 and 10.7?
Thx's in advance and regards,
Dietger
Rumor is Beta will be
Rumor is Beta will be released tomorrow but I've also heard April as well. The sooner the better so we can discuss it at Vision this year.
Let's hope so but at a user
Let's hope so but at a user group last week it was mentioned not til April some time...but I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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SEPM performance
Any word on whether the horrific performance of SEPM is addressed? Or the rate of false positives it seems to log such as calling it's own .tmp files malware or double-counting "still infected" machines by events instead of by machine?
Craig
SEPM: good performance. No false positives here.
SEPM performance is good when used as designed. If you are having an issue, I hope you are able to resolve it.
In our enterprise we find the false positive rate to be zero, unless you count one detection several years ago involving a personal install of non-sanctioned software a user installed for his home printer. We use a large variety of software, and as you can see, our workstations are not locked down from user installs.
Our remedy for the DWHxxxx.tmp file issue was to basically clear the \xfer folder and the \xfer_tmp folder under here:
\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\
Thanks
This is true in smaller SEP
This is true in smaller SEP deployments but in larger more geographically dispersed deployments such as mine (30,000+ globally) SEPM performance could be better.
SEPM's performance has been
SEPM's performance has been improved in 12.1 - there has been a lot of db optimization. The reporting of infected status of machines will also be more accurate.
SEP has alway had a low FP rate, but it will be even lower with 12.1 because we can do a reputation check on files before indicting them. The Norton products have been using this for 2 years - and the results are extremely strong.
SEP 11 Issues & SEP 12 Beta
From all the posts so far, I am happy that SEP 12 will be able to resolve this issue for me, where it is not able to scan removable drives upon insertion. And there's much better improvements mentioned. I'd like to put the beta on trial on my environment as soon as it is out.
Will you be able to
Will you be able to automatically assign a endpoint agent to a group/policy based on its ip or other criteria?
This would eliminate the need to have multiple packages for various locations due to policy variations between them
USB/Removable Storage analysis?
To confirm, SEP 12 will be adding "Malware Scan Analysis" as soon as the USB device is inserted in the desktop/laptop?
Any additional detail abou this?
Thanks,
JP
Fixed Client on Windows File Server Now?
Hello
Will SEP 12 finally work on Windows File Servers without causing logins with roaming profiles to take hours as opposed to seconds and file transfers to crash and never complete or to transfer at a few kb/sec?
I have been able to re-produce this issue on every server I have installed the client on. As a result the servers remain unprotected as the client was causing too many issues. I logged it with Microsoft and it was recommended to uninstall the client as this was the only solution as Microsoft agreed it was incompatible with Vista/7. I tried turning off Windows Server 2008 R1/R2's advanced networking features and various other troubleshooting steps but it made no difference and just caused serious network slowness each time. Version 10 never gave me any problems and still doesn't.
As soon as the client was uninstalled everythnig returned to normal.
This was with Network Threat Protection disabled too.
Can you confirm this is fixed?
Thanks
Robin
Did you open a case with
Did you open a case with Symantec so they could review this?
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Hello Brian81 Yes I did
Hello Brian81
Yes I did open a case althought the post appears to have been moved or deleted now. It had been here: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/after-install-domain-controller-profies-folder-redirection-take-30-minutes-log-first-timeThanks. I think there was at least one more but I cannot find it anymore.
I did log one or two related issues which I initially logged with Microsoft until I tracked the issues down to Symantec:
After moving to new domain controller getting issues with roaming profiles:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winservergen/thread/f23a14b1-490b-4c76-ac2a-d21230bc2393
Endpoint Protection Blocking File Copying to Network Shares and Crashing Explorer:
http://news.support.veritas.com/connect/forums/endpoint-protection-blocking-file-copying-network-shares-and-crashing-explorer
Need permission from myself to delete files:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprosecurity/thread/2791c825-c726-4570-9fb7-8165f7b3ecad
I could find no workaround but to uinstall the product from any server where I intended to access shares over the network. Normally shares would work initially but them just stop working and lock up any pc which attempted to access the shares.
Sometimes the only solution was to do a hard reset of the domain controllers and client pcs to bring everything back online until the next time it went off.
These issues did seem to affect others too and I tried every troubleshooting step suggested. Everything went back to normal after removing the antivirus so I have just left the servers unprotected ever since. Actually I did give it another chance more recently with a newer version and Server 2008 R2 but the same issues started occuring straight away.
Robin
RU6 MP3 was just released
RU6 MP3 was just released today. You may want to try that to see if it was fixed.
Release notes for RU6 MP3 are here:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag...
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The release notes are not there yet.
at 17:52 CDT.
They should be up, I've seen
They should be up, I've seen them up there for awhile now.
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No, MP3 was added later that evening.
No, Release Notes were there, but not for MP3.
"Release Update 6 Maintenance Patch 3 (RU6 MP3)" was added later that day.
I saw release notes for RU6
I saw release notes for RU6 MP3 at 5pm CST. Not sure why you didn't. Trying clearing your browser history/cookies.
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@robinwilson16
The file copy to network file server issue was running rampant in our network - this pair of Forum posts contain good info and the fix provided remediated our issues;
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/cannot-copy-files-using-smb-20-protocol-sep-11-ru6-and-ru6a
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/downloads/smb2-toggle-too-mikes-tool-set
Watch for ETHO about 2/3 the way down in the first linked forum thread. It appears to be a conflict between SEP NTP and Windows SMB v.2.0
Thanks a lot
Hello tommyhawk
Thanks for the info. This does indeed seem to be the problem I have faced.
Back in 2009 when I first experienced the issue I couldn't find much on it then and tried all kinds of things such as setting up new domain controllers and DNS servers and disabling extra settings on the network adapters and some of the new networking protocols which Windows Vista/7 have. I have tested it again which each new release I have rolled out and it is always the same.
It occurred when I moved the domain to 2008 servers so I thought it was something to do with that (as the issue doesn't occur on 2003 fileservers) so spent ages working on the domain setup.
From the sounds of it MR3 fixes the issue so I'll try that.
Thanks for your help.
Robin
SEP 12 Beta Now Announced hi
SEP 12 Beta Now Announced
hi there,
is there some download link of SEPM 12 demo?
or not yet :)
If you signed up for Beta
If you signed up for Beta testing, you will receive an email when it's ready for download.
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Compatibility with Internet Explorer 9
There was a compatibility issue between SEP 11 and Internet Explorer 9 (Beta). Managed client stopped updating. I had to return to IE 8 (PTP never began to upgrade again on managed client).
Will SEP 12 correct this and allow use with IE9? Has that problem been addressed yet in SEP 11?
Thank you,
Richard
This was fixed in SEP11 RU6
This was fixed in SEP11 RU6 MP2:
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SEP11 / 12 for Win7SP1 64bit endpoints
Greetings folks,
I was under the impression that a compatibility problem exists with SEP 11 on Win7 SP1 endpoints.
I did not see this mentioned in the release notes forRU6MP3.
Is there a SEP 12 fix in scope for that, or was it addressed and just not mentioned?
tl;dr - is RU6MP3 compatibile with Win7SP1 64 bit endpoints?
The upcoming release of SEP
The upcoming release of SEP 11 RU7 will support Windows 7 SP1. No release date is available at this time.
Thomas
I have registered a month ago
I have registered a month ago for the beta but still I didn't recieve any download links. Is it available for download?
Keep watching your email, SEP
Keep watching your email, SEP 12 beta for the public should be out sometime next month.
April?
Listened to Symantec web-cast today. Been told that beta will be available in April. Exact date is not available yet. Keep on checking e-mail.
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And...It's APRIL!!
And sadly; still waiting for an email to download the beta...
David Clapp
Security Practice Leader
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It has not released yet.
It has not released yet. Please hang tight.
No sign of my SEP 12 public
No sign of my SEP 12 public beta participation yet in my email Inbox.
Coming some time in April, no
Coming some time in April, no exact date given.
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Any ETA for SEP 12.1 SBE . . .
Any ETA for SEP 12.1 SBE?
How does one get invited for beta?
http://go.symantec.com\sep12b
http://go.symantec.com\sep12beta
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any updates?
any updates?
Is a SEP12.1 forum going to
Is a SEP12.1 forum going to be available? I have a bunch of questions since I began testing.
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Hi Brian81, It's not decided
Hi Brian81,
It's not decided yet. Will let you know.
Thanks and Regards,
Chetan Savade
Technical Support Analyst,
End Point Security, Enterprise Technical Support
Brian81, for those in the
Brian81, for those in the restricted beta there is a technical product forum through SymBeta.
As dschrader stated, go to
As dschrader stated, go to the Beta site. Here is the Beta forum link.
https://symbeta.symantec.com/login.html
hi cycletech, for this beta
hi cycletech,
for this beta forum link can i use current account or i have to register separate one?
register a new one
register a new one
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thank u bro
thank u bro
To get into Symbeta, use the
To get into Symbeta, use the account you created when signing up for the beta product download.
There is no fourm link to
There is no fourm link to choose from in SymBeta
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