On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 15:48, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > In terms of the update mechanism for PCs in work groups (we have 50 or so at > various locations), Vipre support instructs that the local admin,password, > and machine name be specified in a central console. I don't recall doing > this when I had SAV, and it's a pain. I did that - still no updates.
I created a service account, called _vipre, and put it in an AD group called workstationAdmins. I then pushed that group to the workstations' local Administrators' groups with an additive GPO. Took about 10 minutes. > Support told me you need to be able to map a drive to \\pcname\c$, which > internally is fine with credentials, but via VPN or just remote user at > locations we don't manage, I don't see how this would work. Is this working > for you other Vipre users with stand alone PCs at remote locations? I must > be missing something. Yes, it does sound like you're missing something - control over your environment. You have responsibility with no authority. You must gain authority, or shed responsibility. > I use managed Forticlient A/V suite for most of our laptops, and I know I > don't have to configure any of this. For Forticlient, the agent just > communicates via port 80/443 to the FortiManager appliance, and the upgrades > run without issue. These are all remote PCs at sites we don't manage. I'm > about to just put Forticlient on these other PCs and be done with it and > just use Vipre for LAN/WAN sites. How is the Forticlient software installed on those machines? VIPRE communicates over ports 18082 and 18086 by default, and is installed in any of a number of ways. You can do a push deployment from the server using the console, which requires an administrator-level password in common across the machines you manage, or you can use the server console to produce a standalone package with the policy settings you've configured, which can then be installed manually or via a script or via group policy in Active Directory. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
