Endpoint Protection

Hello, we have a SEP 11.x infrastructure, now windows servers 2012 are deployed. i see that SEP 11.x do not support WS2012 clients.

I think that an upgrade to SEP 12 will be planned in the (near) future, but for now, is there a way of manage the situation ?

I suppose that I need to install a SEP manager 12 to create a setup package with SEP 12 clients or is there a download package for SEP 12 clients ?

Is this R2? If only 2012 (not R2) you can try this

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH207005

yes it is 2012 (not R2)

How many 2012 server you have in your network?

12.1.3 can support 2012 . For R2 you need to have 12.1.4

go to https://fileconnect.symantec.com

put the serial number 

download 12.1.3

run the sep from SEP folder ( this will install the client as unmanged mode)

when you upgrade your SEPM to 12.1.3 or .4

You can use this method to make them as managed

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO81109

Hi,

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8.  Here's a little info about it, including estimated release dates, from a quick Internet search:

http://rcpmag.com/articles/2011/02/01/the-2011-microsoft-product-roadmap.aspx#server8

There is at present no SEP version which runs on Windows 8.  "Thumbs up" to the suggestions above about the beta of SEP 12.1 RU2.  Also, you may wish to show your support by voting for this enhancement request:

http://www.symantec.com/connect/ideas/support-windows-8-symantec-endpoint-protection-121

Here's Symantec's official article:

About Windows 8 and Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1
Article: TECH174348   |  Created: 2011-11-14   |  Updated: 2011-11-30   | 
Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH174348

Hope this helps!  &: )

Hello,

If you are planning to upgrade or migrate to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.3, please take a look at the latest how-to article created by our very own SEP content council team.

Best practices for upgrading to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.x

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH163700

However, In your case, you could either perform the steps above provided by Brian

OR

Import the SEP 12.1 client packages to the SEPM 11.x and deploy the same to all clients via Auto-upgrade.

How to manually import client packages into Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM)

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH122824

Please go through the link.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/sites/default/files/Release_Notes_SEP12.1.2.pdf

You can now install Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager onthe following operating systems:

■ Windows 8

■ Windows Server 2012

You can now install the Symantec Endpoint Protection client on the following operating systems:

■ Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

■ Mac OSX10.8, Mountain Lion

■ Mac OSX case-sensitive formatted volumes

You can now use Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager from the following browsers:

■ Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

■ Google Chrome, through 22.0.1229.79

Dear Swing,

SEP 11 is not supported on Windows 2012 and there's no workaround for that, you need to install SEP 12.1 on them.

You cannot manage SEP 12.1 clients from your SEP Manager 11, thus you need a dedicated SEPM 12.1 or have them self-managed.

Thanks Giuseppe. Self-managed means that they can get signatures updates only from the symantec internet site ?

Since these are servers, by default can not browse internet so in this case we need to configure a rule for them to allow connection to symantec

And, the self managed package can be downloaded from symantec fileconnect ?

Yes , if you download the entire CD1 of SEPM 12.1

when you extract it you will get a folder named SEP install from there.