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  • 1.  What happens if we stop upgrading a user machine?

    Posted May 28, 2015 04:15 PM

    Mac or Windows.  Windows we can push upgrades out to, so that's doable.  Macs are always manually upgrades?  That's what I've been doing.

     

    We got a handful of potential user machines we will prep and probably never see again.  They'll be online and around but we won't work with them anymore.  They will have SEP on them before we part with them.

     

    We can push out updates to Windows machines.

    Are Macs always a manual update?  There's no push option available for Macs?

    If we do prep a Mac with 12.1.5 (or now 12.1.6 we we do that), what happens if we never upgrade it after that?  How much of a security concern is that?

     

     



  • 2.  RE: What happens if we stop upgrading a user machine?

    Posted May 28, 2015 04:48 PM

    You can configure the SEPM as a reverse proxy to update Macs or they will get updates from LiveUpdate.

    Symantec Endpoint Protection for Macintosh Frequently Asked Questions (SEP for Mac FAQ)

    In terms of upgrading, unless there is a vulnerability or bug, I suppose it could run on the version you set it up with. Ideally, you want to stay on the latest release but that's not always doable. Shouldn't be much harm in doing this.



  • 3.  RE: What happens if we stop upgrading a user machine?

    Posted Jun 01, 2015 02:38 AM

    A new version is release when ever any problem identified in old version and any vulnerability found in last version.

    If you can have runned with old version it will come danger for the systems in future

    Check all the fix and feature

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH230558

    I recommend you to upgrade in new version for the safety of your systems

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/sep-121-ru6-12161686000-enterprise-edition-has-been-released-available-download-flexnet