Symantec updates management to minimize bandwidth utilization of links to sub-offices (SEPM 12.1)

What are efficient means to manage bandwidth / minimize bandwidth utilization of links to site / sub-offices?

(we don’t use Liveupdate server)

You can Use GUP on branch office and sub office.

Minimizing network traffic from client-to-server communications in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 12.1

How To Optimize Endpoint Protection for Branch Offices using GUPs, Load Balancing, and Location Awareness

Best practices for Group Update Provider (GUP) from Symantec Endpoint Protection MR3 or earlier builds

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For the low bandwidth site, you can manage it through the GUP.

SEPM server will distribute the data to GUP client all the remote site client will direct communicate to GUP client.

Open Port 2967 for this communication.

Hi,

1- Kindly confirm, that the GUP shall only be utilized for communications related to updates push to clients..

2- and the remaining communications e.g. policy enforcement and clients monitoring on the SEPM server shall remain direct with SEPM server? 

regards.

1- Kindly confirm, that the GUP shall only be utilized for communications related to updates push to clients..

Yes.. SEPM gup only provide virus defination.

2- and the remaining communications e.g. policy enforcement and clients monitoring on the SEPM server shall remain direct with SEPM server?

yes

The GUP provides content for ALL components (AV, NTP, PTP)

Yes, clients still contact the SEPM to upload logs, update policies, etc.

Now, if Symantec would add software upgrade capabilty to the GUP function that would be super awesome!

Guys,

Just to confirm.. is it possible to throttle bandwidth of SEPM updates to clients? (without GUP, Liveupdate server)

Regards.

It is not possible.