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kevin203

Here's straight from the horses mouth:

Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.0
System Requirements

SYMANTEC ANTIVIRUS MANAGEMENT SERVER ? 32-BIT WINDOWS

* Windows XP Professional; Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
* 64 MB RAM
* 111 MB available disk space
* 15 MB available disk space for AMS2 server files (If you choose to install AMS2 Server)
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later

SYMANTEC ANTIVIRUS FOR 32-BIT WINDOWS CLIENTS

* Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Home/Professional; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
* 64 MB of disk space
* 55 MB of RAM
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later
* Intel Pentium processor at 150 MHz (Pentium II or higher recommended)

SYMANTEC SYSTEM CENTER

* Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Web/ Standard/Enterprise and Datacenter Editions
* Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
* Microsoft Management Console 1.2 (If MMC is not already installed, you will need 3 MB of available disk space - 10 MB during installation)
* 36 MB of disk space
* 32 MB RAM
* Intel Pentium processor at 150 MHz (Pentium II or higher recommended)


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I would say for your Win98 clients there are a few options. 1)Don't install SAV10, configure SAV8 to check for updates periodically. 2)Install SAV8 System Center on a separate server specifically for your Win98 clients and install SAV10 System Center on a server specifically for your SAV10 clients. 3)Upgrade your Win98 systems, hardware & software (probably not economically feasible, as well as legacy apps?).

DISCLAIMER: I haven't tested having two server versions right along side each other, may want to test before rolling out.

Good luck!

If you're set on running Norton for AV, might I suggest using McAfee for management of your environment and installing McAfee on your servers. McAfee's ePolicy Orchestrator will manage and report on the Norton AV products as well as manage all the McAfee products. I would leave the Win98 machines covered with SAC8 since there aren't many vendors who still support the platform.

Now I'm sure you're asking yourself "why is this guy suggesting I switch my server protection to McAfee". The answer is that McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i is the only AV solution to have integrated AV, Host Intrusion Prevention, and Desktop Firewall technologies. VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i saved the day a few weeks back when all the worms and the IRC bot were running around. McAfee provides proactive protection which is referred to as Zero Day. It means you are protected without having to run an update or apply a patch.

I would also recommend migrating those machines from Win98 to NT, 2000, or XP and seeing if you can at least get current with a supported OS with stronger security features.

Hi Kelvin203,
I don't know how u going about your roll out but these thinsg are for sure.

1. Password issue: If you initially installed the
SAV 8.0 you need to supply the password with
which you installed the server, if this didn't
work use the default password "symantec"

2.I wonder how you feel seeing WIN 98 boxes on
your network. PLEASE UPGRADE them!!. WIN2k is a
wise choice, if you don't want to spend money
on hardware.

3. Uninstall all SAV 8.0 clients giving you
trouble and install SAV 10 afresh.

Some of my client are using SAC 7.6 and 8.0. During uninstallation, an error appear "fatal error during installation".

When i click ok then it will cancel the uninstall process. From that on it stoping me from install or uninstall SAC from that win XP machine.

TQ

Same issue here, but when i uninstall the Live update, i can uninstall the SAV ...

you can try that, maybe that's the solution.