The location of the defs file will be a mapped network drive ( P:\Norton Virus Dfinitions ) and will be called Current Definitions. The file location and name can change if it will make the script easier to create.

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the Board !

maybe this link might help you out: http://kixtart.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=002838

Let us know if you'd like more help with it.

Norton has a .bat file called vplogon .bat I use this as the logon batch file and at the end I call a KIX script to map drives etc.. If Norton is installed on your PC's and they are clients of one of your Norton Servers, configure the server to check for updates nightly say....0300 and set the clients to check the server for updates. If clients fail to connect to the server or lose their way, you can add this line to your KIX script to check and copy the GRC.dat file from the server to the client. This forces it to re-register.

code:

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Select
Case InGroup ("Bethesda") = 1
	If @inwin=1
			If Exist ("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5")
				Shell '%COMSPEC% /C XCOPY "\\BETHESDA\Apps\NAV\GRC.DAT" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5" /D /H /I /R /Y > NUL'
			EndIf
	Else
			If Exist ("C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\")
 		 		Shell '%COMSPEC% /C XCOPY "\\BETHESDA\Apps\NAV\GRC.DAT" "C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\" /D /H /I /R /Y > NUL'       
			EndIf
	EndIf
Case InGroup ("Linthicum") = 1
	If @inwin=1
			If Exist ("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5")
				Shell '%COMSPEC% /C XCOPY "\\LINTHICUM\Apps\NAV\GRC.DAT" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5" /D /H /I /R /Y > NUL'
			EndIf
	Else
			If Exist ("C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\")
 		 		Shell '%COMSPEC% /C XCOPY "\\LINTHICUM\Apps\NAV\GRC.DAT" "C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\" /D /H /I /R /Y > NUL'       
			EndIf
	EndIf
Case InGroup ("Gaithersburg") = 1
Case InGroup ("Herndon") = 1
EndSelect
  

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Later

That leaves only some special cases like dial-in/standalone users and Wintendo that you need to deal with.

I don't mean to disagree with your solution, but NAV CE has a limit of 3 concurrent machine updates at one time through the console. If you have a small business that might be okay, but if you have more then a couple hundred this is just not realistic. The batch file method that Norton uses has its own faults and lack of control.

If the clients currently have no Antivirus then you can create a silent package and deliver via SMS or similar tools, or a Logon script. Yes, this would not be able to be done though if the users are not local Admins on the system. Nigel also says he has 95/98 clients to update. Those are quite easy since they will automatically reboot when done and you have no permission problem to deal with.

That is why I worked on the other script pointed out by DrillSergeant. Note though that I still have not tested it in production, and it may still require some tweaking but it can easily be modified if needed.

As far as updating the definition files, I do agree that using the console to update a Parent and then allow the children clients to update is the best method.

Here is a link though for checking the date and trying to "force" an update if the console is having trouble updating the client.

Update NAV Definitions

BTW, I finally got my 7.6 CD and will be sitting down to plan the upgrade. How's your 7.6 upgrade going? I have yet to upgrade KiX on my network to 4.02 (still on 3.62). Now I need to decide whether to do KiX before NAV. Maybe wee should continue this via email. Don't be a stranger. Drop me a note.

Thanks

Newer release of NAV available now.

Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.61 Build 32b

New fixes and enhancements addressed in 32b:

Incorrect sorting by virus definitions date in SSC
Corrupted information in NAV Server/Client Tree in SSC
Upgrade Install Fails using MSI File
Win95 client cannot update virus definitions from server
QServer consumes 100% of CPU on client disconnects
Client/Server connectivity lost with multiple NIC cards
CPU use at 100% on shutdown with Lotus Notes 4.5
Windows 2000 users cannot launch LiveUpdate
NAV CE installation fails

[ 23 February 2002: Message edited by: NTDOC ]