SMCINST
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November 6th, 2009
hello friends,
Can any one tell me the reason why Smcinst service will re-start automatically, this happened on one of my server.
Can any one tell me the reason why Smcinst service will re-start automatically, this happened on one of my server.
Hi
SMCINST.EXE is related to Symantec Auto-upgrade Agent.
If you have assigned any package or assigned the package to upgrade to MR5 autoupgrade this service will start.
Rafeeq
No i dident assigned any
No i dident assigned any upgrade package for this,
will it stop while taking new virus definitions ???
Hi
No liveudapte will run without any problem.
this is related to auto upgrade feature in SEPM 11
Look for smcinst.log file under
C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\smcinst.log for more info
http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007122711551348
Upgrading the Symantec Endpoint Protection clients
The easiest way to migrate the Symantec Endpoint Protection clients is by using the auto-upgrade feature. All other client software deployment methods are supported, but the auto-upgrade approach is the best method. The client migration installation can take up to 30 minutes. Therefore, you should migrate when most users are not logged on to their computers.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007121216360648
Rafeeq
have you installed a
have you installed a liveupdate server ? if yes then it may be downloading the software updates for you and client updating from liveupdate server may be reciving these updates and installing softwares updates on clients which inturn restarts the SMCINST.EXE service after a software update.
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