Vipre requires file/print sharing to be enabled? News to me. I don't see that anywhere in the Vipre Enterprise Guide. That's a good question for the Vipre forum though. There really isn't much admin overhead to making a local machine an update machine. I had my techs do it whenever they had to go to a site, so it was done over a month or so. We just use labels to keep the machine powered on. At our larger sites we just used an old low-end XP box that sits in the communications closet. We had SAV and each server at each T1 site was also a distribution point. I know what you are saying, only 7 PCs. But a few of my sites have less than 10 PCs and I did it anyway. Getting a little off topic, apologies. Tom
>>> "David Mazzaccaro" <david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com> 5/6/2009 11:43 AM >>> I have thought about that, but it just annoys me that I would have to do that. Symantec never had this "problem". Creating extra administrative overhead for that one computer (7 really) just doesn't make sense (to me). Making sure that computer is on.. what about end users on vacation, out sick, etc... This also relates to why Vipre requires Windows file/print sharing to be enabled. I assume they are using that to copy the definitions/updates to the clients, and that's just horrible. /rant From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: BITS question Your comment about Vipre is interesting. I pick a local workstation at each site, give it a static IP, and make that the "distribution point". It can be a user's PC as long as it stays powered on. That will cut down your A/V defs/agent updates. >>> "David Mazzaccaro" <david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com> 5/6/2009 10:58 AM >>> not sure, but I do know this - I have 8 locations in 5 states, all low bandwidth connections back to me (512k - 768k). WSUS updates NEVER slow down/clog up the circuits. Now, on the other hand... we do use this anitivirus application called Vipre which is not so nice with bandwidth restrictions (I wish it used BITS!!!!) ;-P From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: BITS question Question about Microsoft BITS: If a machine is on a fast LAN link locally but connected to a remote office via slow link, how does BITS determine network bandwidth for throttling? IE remote office grabbing Windows Updates via WSUS – does the application using BITS do some end-to-end test? My network guy is telling me WSUS updates for 17 PC’s is killing T1 bandwidth (we have VoIP on the same link). I know I can throttle BITS via GPO but would like to know if I *need* to make the change or not. Any links to MS articles on BITS would be helpful. I already found this one and downloaded the Word doc: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/bits.mspx Thanks, David Lum// SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025// (Cell) 503.267.9764 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
