Best Practice: Piloting Symantec Antivirus In A Lab Setting; Simulating A Realistic Network Environment In A Lab Setting - Symantec 10551441 - AntiVirus Corporate Edition Installation Manual

52 Planning the installation

Best practice: Piloting Symantec AntiVirus in a lab setting

Best practice: Piloting Symantec AntiVirus in a lab
setting

Simulating a realistic network environment in a lab setting

Table 2-6 Virus definitions files update methods
Update method Description
Intelligent Updater Use with lightly managed and unmanaged computers.
This method uses Intelligent Updater files, which are self-
extracting executable files that contain virus definitions. They are
available for download from the Symantec Security Response Web
site.
If you choose this method, you must decide how you want to
distribute the Intelligent Updater files, for example, distributing
them on CDs to laptop users.
Note: This method is not supported on 64-bit computers.
Before you begin a full-scale installation, you should install Symantec AntiVirus
in a nonproduction lab setting. You can use this evaluation period to address any
installation issues before a full deployment to your production environment.
Before you begin the pilot, you may want to review preinstallation
considerations and installation requirements.
See "General preinstallation considerations"
See "Installation requirements"
When you test Symantec AntiVirus server and client components in a lab
setting, you should do the following:
Create a realistic and representative network environment.
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See "How to create a representative network environment"
Test Symantec AntiVirus server installations.
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See "Testing Symantec AntiVirus client installations"
Obtain a virus test file.
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See "Obtaining a virus test file"
Test Symantec AntiVirus client installations.
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See "Testing Symantec AntiVirus client installations"
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