Endpoint Protection

I want to be proactive here and I am doing this for another system that I administer so here goes.

I want to take a weekly back up of the SEPM structure so that I can preserve my entire database including sites, structure, GUP structure and exceptions. I want to be able to quickly recover this information if something goes awry. I am now using RU3 and I am going to start upgrading the clients who are primarily Windows 7 64 Bit operating systems, the server are a mix of Windows 2003 (32BIT)/Windows 2008 (64BIT) systems.

I also want to it it that when the database becomes too large that it can automatically be truncated this way I can preserve disk space. Aside from the database itself, where an I go to reduce filesize//foldersize when they become too large?

Thank you in advance.

Admin tab >> Servers, select your DB and click Edit DB properties

Check on the General tab

You can set the option to truncate and rebuild and set as a scheduled task.

On the backup settings tab, you may want to set it to keep only 1 backup to preserve space as well.

Here's a good KBA to help you stay proactive

Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1: Best Practices for Disaster Recovery with the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Symantec community.

I would be glad to answer your question.

I also want to it it that when the database becomes too large that it can automatically be truncated this way I can preserve disk space ?

--> It may happen automatically if check mark is selected to truncate the database and rebuild the indexes.

 Aside from the database itself, where an I go to reduce filesize//foldersize when they become too large?

--> Refer the following articles to save disk space.

Disk Space Management procedures for the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH96214

Changing the log settings to reduce the size of the database.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH105238 

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager: How is Database Maintenance scheduled?

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH95880