Re: Anyone using Symantec's stuff with SBS 03 Premium?

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From: IBC (spamityspam_at_spam.spam)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:23:20 -0600

I apologize if I gave the impression that 98 clients didn't work. Most of
the machines I had to deal with WERE 98 clients. My point was simply that
you couldn't do a simple push install to them like W2K and above, but you
had additional work (either login script or manual command line entry) to do
for those that would take a bit longer than on a 'modern' client. 

-- 
"Nostradamus didn't mention anything about new viruses, so....I'm Cool."
.
"Rick F" <rick.REMOVE@rdfts.REMOVE.com> wrote in message
news:%23RL305CMFHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> All LiveUpdate Administrator is if you want your workstations/Servers to
> look for LU from your local LAN instead of going to Symantec. It basically
> replicates Symantec's LU Servers so it is in house. The same concept as
> Microsoft SUS. I wouldn't use it for just SAV but if you use a whole
product
> line, it could be beneficial, like Winfax, Client security, PcAnywhere,
etc,
> etc. I do agree, it could be removed but some large clients do use it.
>
> SAV works just fine for Win9X clients, it installs and updates
automatically
> via the login script that you modify with Symantec's sample scripts.
>
> -- 
> Rick Faria - MCSE / A+
> RDF Technical Services - www.rdfts.com
> Email: support at rdfts dot com
>
>
> "IBC" <spamityspam@spam.spam> wrote in message
> news:%23QQUoZ8LFHA.3540@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >I understand what LiveUpdate Administration does, and it WASN'T (as
noted)
> > on SBS. I find it humorous that Symantec continues to package it knowing
> > that even LARGE clients can't use it easily and still has NOWHERE in the
> > documentation that it shouldn't be installed.
> >
> > I agree that if you have a network with NOTHING below a W2K client The
> > Symantec product (with minimal experience) should be able to be
installed
> > on
> > everything in under a hours time. As far as stability goes, I only have
> > experience at the one place and they have only had the 2 issues. Not a
bad
> > product as I mentioned, just not at the top of my list anymore.
> > -- 
> > "Nostradamus didn't mention anything about new viruses, so....I'm Cool."
> >
> > .
> > "Rick F" <rick.REMOVE@rdfts.REMOVE.com> wrote in message
> > news:evyoiX1LFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Gotta somewhat disagree here. I am not saying Trend is better or worse
> > than
> >> Symantec or visa-versa. I've been using Symantec since 1997 when they
> > first
> >> introduced an enterprise type product. I still use them to this date,
> > mainly
> >> because I am so familar with it. Everyone has glitches, including
> >> Symantec
> >> and Trend. I always recommend "Symantec Antivirus with Groupware" to my
> > SBS
> >> clients. This includes Symantec Corporate Edition antivirus for the
> > server,
> >> Exchange and the workstations. I've never ran into an issue and it is a
> > very
> >> stable product. But why in the world would you need LiveUpdate
> >> Administration on SBS, I don't even use it for my bigger clients? I
think
> >> you just don't understand what it does. You configure your server to
> >> download the updates and it updates everything else. I can complete a
> >> Symantec antivirus installation on a SBS server and all the
workstation,
> >> with all the configuration and reboots in less than an hour with no
need
> > to
> >> look at a manual....and walk away with it working for years.....
> >>
> >> I have not had the opportunity to use any of there hardware products
but
> >> have been very interested in the VPN appliance that won't let you
connect
> >> unless your antivirus is updated and then updates them for you.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Rick Faria - MCSE / A+
> >> RDF Technical Services - www.rdfts.com
> >> Email: support at rdfts dot com
> >>
> >>
> >> "IBC" <spamityspam@spam.spam> wrote in message
> >> news:eSmVT4yLFHA.1396@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> >I do NOT use this on SBS, but I have worked with the Symantec
Enterprise
> > AV
> >> > package and I find it to be OK at best. When checking with support
> >> > regarding
> >> > the "LiveUpdate Administration" program I was told "We don't really
> >> > know
> >> > anybody that uses that, do this instead." Kind of an odd response
from
> >> > THEIR
> >> > support people in my opinion. The deployment tool is as good as any
> > other
> >> > if
> >> > your working with machines W2K and above, otherwise there is an
(albeit
> >> > tiny) amount of wrangling that needs doing. I've seen the virus defs
go
> >> > corrupt twice now within a years time and that stops the clients from
> >> > updating properly until it gets fixed. Also, Symantec only put out
> >> > virus
> >> > updates once a week unless something big comes down the pipe. Others
> > like
> >> > Trend doing them continuously each day. (to clarify, Symantec creates
> > new
> >> > defs every day but only packages them once a week for LiveUpdate to
> > grab,
> >> > whereas Trend appears to roll out fixes as they make them.)
> >> >
> >> > Not a bad product, but they've lost the #1 ranking on my totem pole
> >> > anyhow.
> >> > For the money you spend I'd look at Trend very closely. I just moved
to
> >> > them
> >> > from the CA product and the Trend product found all sorts of nasties
> >> > the
> >> > CA
> >> > product has missed for (apparently) years. I'm not going to spend
alot
> > of
> >> > time bashing CA as I think they make a decent product too, but I WAS
> >> > disheartened to see all these new viruses popping up the first 2 days
> >> > after
> >> > Trend was installed.
> >> >
> >> > JM2C
> >> >
> >> > -- 
> >> > "Nostradamus didn't mention anything about new viruses, so....I'm
> >> > Cool."
> >> >
> >> > .
> >> > "tester" <tester@testthis.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:11415v9oos52r85@corp.supernews.com...
> >> >> I am currently evaluating Symantec, McAfee, and Trend.
> >> >>
> >> >> Noone from Trend or McAfee has returned my info requests.  Symantec
> >> >> has
> >> >> given me several phone calls, online demos etc.
> >> >> I would like to know if anyone has/is using their stuff with your
SBS
> >> > server
> >> >> (I have 03 premium installed)
> >> >> I'm also looking at their 5400 gateway appliance any feedback would
be
> >> >> helpful
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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