About Customizing The Client And Server Installation Files Using Windows Installer Options; About Configuring User Rights With Active Directory; About Setting Administrative Rights To Target Computers - Symantec 10551441 - AntiVirus Corporate Edition Installation Manual

58 Preparing to install Symantec AntiVirus
General preinstallation considerations
About customizing the client and server installation files using
Windows Installer options

About configuring user rights with Active Directory

About setting administrative rights to target computers

The Symantec System Center can manage any earlier supported versions of
Symantec AntiVirus, but the computer that is running the Symantec System
Center must be using the current version of Symantec AntiVirus. You can install
the Symantec System Center console to as many computers as you need to
manage Symantec AntiVirus.
The Symantec AntiVirus client and server installation packages are Windows
Installer (.msi) files that are fully configurable and deployable using the
standard Windows Installer options. You can use environment management
tools that support .msi deployment, such as Active Directory or Tivoli, to install
clients on your network.
See "Windows Installer (.msi) command-line reference"
If you are using Active Directory to manage Windows-based computers on your
network, you can create a Group Policy that provides the necessary user rights
to install Symantec AntiVirus.
For more information on using Active Directory, see the Active Directory
documentation provided by Microsoft.
To install Symantec AntiVirus server to a computer running supported
Windows operating systems, you must have administrator rights to the
computer or to the Windows NT domain to which the computer belongs, and log
on as administrator. The Symantec AntiVirus server installation program
launches a second installation program on the computer to create and start
services and to modify the registry.
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