

It brings a increased CPU, Network latency and memory usage on servers. IPS – Intrusion prevention system works on Network level. This is especially needed when the clients are on a shared storage and in a Virtual environment.ĥ. Don’t set SEP to scan for viruses on clients once the definitions are downloaded into them. SEP has an inbuilt embedded database, but it is not recommended for an environment which has > 5000 clients. Hearbeat interval: For an environment with 1000+ clients, heartbeat interval should be atleast 30 minutes.ģ. Under “ Disk Space Management for Downloads“, select the number of content revisions to be retained.Ģ.Right-click Local Site and select Edit Properties.In the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager console, click Admin > Servers > Local Site.Storing higher revisions increase the storage space requirements on SEP server but clients will get update from SEP server instead of going to online to get updates. Symantec release 3 revisions a day and for 3 days it will be 9 revisions. Store atleast 3- 4 days of SEP content revisions. Ensure clients having up to date SEP definitionsġ. SEP general recommendations for virus / worm preventionĥ. SEP -> Use either default embedded database or Microsoft SQL serverĮmbedded database: Recommended for organization with one site and one management server
