Manage Symantec Antivirus Clients Based On Their Connectivity; Centrally Manage And Update Security - Symantec 10551441 - AntiVirus Corporate Edition Installation Manual

34 Introducing Symantec AntiVirus
What you can do with Symantec AntiVirus

Manage Symantec AntiVirus clients based on their connectivity

Centrally manage and update security

Symantec AntiVirus provides protection for clients with varying levels of
network connectivity. Client connectivity is classified as follows:
Fully managed clients attach and log on to the network on a regular basis.
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They are managed by the Symantec System Center console.
Sometimes managed clients typically are mobile or telecommuting users
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who use a virtual private network (VPN) to connect to the network. They
share most of the characteristics of managed clients and are managed by the
Symantec System Center console.
Lightly managed clients are typically mobile computers that do not connect
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to the network, but have email. They are configured outside of the Symantec
System Center through a configurations file (Grc.dat).
Unmanaged clients do not connect to the network and have no parent server
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with which to communicate. They use a configurations file during
installation and are self-managed.
Roaming clients are typically mobile computers that connect to a parent
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server while traveling. They are managed using RoamAdmn.exe and
SavRoam.exe.
The Symantec System Center is a management framework used for controlling
Symantec AntiVirus components, solving problems, and performing routine
maintenance.
From the Symantec System Center, you can do the following:
Discover computers that are running Symantec AntiVirus server.
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Find computers that are not running antivirus protection.
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Roll out the installation of Symantec AntiVirus to supported Windows
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workstations and network servers.
Set up and administer Symantec AntiVirus server groups and client groups.
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Configure antivirus protection.
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Manage events by using alerts.
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Perform remote operations, such as threat scans and virus definitions files
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updates.
If your site has a decentralized administration structure with multiple
administrators, you can run as many copies of the Symantec System Center