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  • 1.  How do I automatically update Defs within the client install package for SEP 14?

    Posted Jan 16, 2018 06:25 PM

    Hi,

    Quite a few years ago I created an install source location with the expanded client package files so the various teams could automate the installation of SEP. I used a script to copy the various AV Def files from the IIS locations on the SEPM server into the client packages so they would always be up to date when a new PC/Server is rolled out. This worked fine with SEP 11 & 12.

    Now that SEP 14's using the micro def format, the original KB's are no longer relevent. (https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH204910.html) 

    Exporting 10-12 packages once a week is chewing up about 30-40 minutes at a time and I'm getting sick of doing it. (And I sometimes forget to do it and the desktop guys get AV def out of date alerts on newly installed PCs and it freaks them out, thinking our SEPM server is broken or something.)

    Does anyone have a script / process they can share that will enable this to continue to be done using SEP 14 that uses the cloud lookup configuration? Or ideally, can Symantec please update the above document to reflect the new architecture?

    Cheers

    Steve



  • 2.  RE: How do I automatically update Defs within the client install package for SEP 14?

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Jan 17, 2018 02:45 AM

    Write a script to download the latest defs from this FTP site

    https://www.symantec.com/security_response/definitions/download/detail.jsp?gid=sep

    Extract the .exe, grab the .zip and transfer it over to whereever you need it and bob's your uncle. :)