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SEPM: Remote SEP deployment within a common WORKGROUP

Enable Computer Browser service SEPM has to discover the computers within the WORKGROUP before it can deploy SEP remotely to the computers. You have to turn on Computer Browser service, by default this service is disabled. You only require this … Continue reading

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SEPM: Run liveupdate for SEPM

Running live update from SEPM is different from live update on SEP. From Common task found at the top right hand corner of SEPM, select Run LiveUpdate.

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SEPM: Convert an unmanaged SEP client to a managed client

Unmanaged Symantec Endpoint Protection client You can uninstall the unmanaged SEP then deploy SEP from SEPM or you can import the communication setting file to the unmanaged SEP. Export sylink.xml from SEPM and import sylink.xml to SEP You can export … Continue reading

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SEPM: Offline virus definition update.

Overview Unlike McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, SEPM does not have import or virus definition check-in feature that makes virus definition update easy. In an environment where internet is not available, you have to download the .jdb file from symantec website, then … Continue reading

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VMware: Register vcenter server

vcenter server must be registered in vSphere Web Client Administration Tool before you can use vSphere web client to login the vcenter server.

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Troubleshoot: VMware VirtualCenter Server service cannot start automatically and manually

Problem An user forgot the domain user password for SQL and Vcenter server; reset the password of the domain users. Unable to login to vcenter server with vsphere client, vsphere client said connection fail despite correct domain user credential was … Continue reading

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Security: Whitelist WSUS server

About whitelist All applications within the whitelist can be executed, those that are not within the whitelist cannot be executed. One of the scenarios of malicious file being inadvertently downloaded by the user, this file downloaded cannot be executed since … Continue reading

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Windows Server Update Service: Add WSUS client

I want my Windows 7 to get windows update from my local WSUS server instead of getting updates from the internet. Group policy editor Launch the group policy editor (gpedit.msc) Go to Computer Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components … Continue reading

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Windows Service update server: An HTTP error occurred

When I first installed the WSUS version 3 SP1 I could not get the server to synchronize with the upstream server, an http error occurred message appear when attempting to synchronize. The fix of this problem is to download an … Continue reading

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VMware: Enable fault tolerance on nested VM

Reference: http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-11-vmotion-fault-tolerance/ Introduction I have built a vmware lab environment entirely with vmware workstation 9.0, this post document the process on enabling fault tolerance (FT) in nested VM. The nested VM was created with vcenter which is another vm created … Continue reading

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