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Combining two SEP infrastructures

  • 1.  Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 10:35 AM
    I've just been informed that my company will be picking up a new company in the immediate future.  I understand that they are already running SEP 11.0.4 and presumably a SEPM server.  I will need to merge their existing infrastructure into mine, which is also 11.0.4.  Has anyone done this before?  Is there any documentation for this?

    Thanks.



  • 2.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures
    Best Answer

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 11:25 AM
    Two diffrent databases can not be combined together.So one has to sacrifice.
    Lets say Site A has 100 client and site B has 50 clients.
    all are installed and working properly...now you decide to combine both these SEPMs.
    So what you can do is.Export the list of IP address for the clients in site B ( only because they are less--so I wont consider this site as main site )
    Then either Run Management server configuration wizard and select Add replication parter and connect to SEPM on Site A for replication.
    Or Un-install SEPM on Site B ..install fresh and select Add a replication parter.
    Once SEPM is installed and both Sites are replicating Use SylinkReplacer  Tool ( for this tool you will have to contact support --This tool remotely replaces sylink.xml files on client machines either by selecting list of IP address or by selecting a range of IP address ).
    Use Sylinkreplacer to connect those 50 clients in SIte B to the SEPM.
    Once this is done it will become centrally managed.then you can apply Management Server list on the clients groups ( Clients in which group will report to which SEPM ).

    Note :As mentioned above even if you choose management server configuration wizard  it will wipe out the current database.



  • 3.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 11:48 AM

    You can SETUP the replication between both the sites
    The site that low number of machine make that site as the secondary partner
    You can follow this document
    http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008091703483748

    once done with that you can Drop the sylink file on the client on the new location so thta they can restore the communiction

    http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2008062412271448


    NOTE:- In making the replication partner you will be loosing the database of the secondary server


  • 4.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 12:29 PM
    Thanks guys.  This gives me an idea of what I need to do.


  • 5.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 12:54 PM
    Basically, you'll be assigning the other clients to your SEPM server, and then use the other one as a replication and probably an update server.


  • 6.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 11:52 PM
    how about the db of both servers..
    how would they be combined...
    thanks


  • 7.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 12:41 AM
    If they combined the db server what will be the possible output..,


  • 8.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 12:44 AM
    it is not an option to sacrifice another db..
    there must be something else aside from that..
    thanks


  • 9.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 02:00 AM
     you are not sacrificng the whole SEPM foreever but you are just sacrificing the DB and rebuilding it..

    Two half-semi or full filled DBs can not combine.



  • 10.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 05:56 AM
    Good Soltion Kavish
     I will work upon it as well.


  • 11.  RE: Combining two SEP infrastructures

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 10:34 AM
    As soon as you added a client from the other server, the new server would get all the info on that client, including the logs. If that's your concern.