Best Practices with Anti Virus installations on windows 2003

[Guest Samuel]

Hi,

 

I am trying to find out whether its a good practice to install Symantec

server or client on a windows 2003 terminal server?

 

2) Also on a sql server 2000 running on windows 2003 should one install

Symantec server or client?

 

3) On MOSS ??

 

4) On Isa Server 2004?

 

Thanks

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Best Practices with Anti Virus installations on windows 2003

 

Hello Samuel,

 

Have a look here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815263/

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hi,

>

> I am trying to find out whether its a good practice to install

> Symantec server or client on a windows 2003 terminal server?

>

> 2) Also on a sql server 2000 running on windows 2003 should one

> install Symantec server or client?

>

> 3) On MOSS ??

>

> 4) On Isa Server 2004?

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest Samuel]

Re: Best Practices with Anti Virus installations on windows 2003

 

Thank you for your feedback.

 

Its an interesting article no doubt.

 

1) But what do you think about installing the client or server versions of

Symantec 10v on the above windows 2003

 

2) According to the article:

 

"where possible, do not use the domain controller as a file sharing server.

Virus scanning software must be run against all files on those share, and

this can put an unsatisifactory load on the processor and the memory

resources of the server"

 

.... so am I correct to conclude that in a ideally network setup one should

have 2 DC's, one exchange server, one ISA server and 2 file servers (with FRS

or DFS implemented)?

 

Thanks

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Best Practices with Anti Virus installations on windows 2003

 

Hello Samuel,

 

1. We do not use Symantec AntiVirus so i have no experience with it. We use

Sophos Antivirus and have never had problems on our DC's with it. But only

because our DC's are not file servers.

 

2. Your setup is a good solution. We have in different networks minimum 2

DC's with DNS/DHCP/GC, member server for exchange, member for file/print

and also a 2 node cluster for user profiles and user homedrive. Especialy

the ISA should be a separat box with min. 2 NIC's and do nothing else.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Thank you for your feedback.

>

> Its an interesting article no doubt.

>

> 1) But what do you think about installing the client or server

> versions of Symantec 10v on the above windows 2003

>

> 2) According to the article:

>

> "where possible, do not use the domain controller as a file sharing

> server. Virus scanning software must be run against all files on those

> share, and this can put an unsatisifactory load on the processor and

> the memory resources of the server"

>

> ... so am I correct to conclude that in a ideally network setup one

> should have 2 DC's, one exchange server, one ISA server and 2 file

> servers (with FRS or DFS implemented)?

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest Samuel]

Re: Best Practices with Anti Virus installations on windows 2003

 

Hello Meinolf,

 

you say you have a member for file/print and also a 2 node cluster for user

profiles and user homedrives?

 

what do you mean?

 

Are their 2 file servers for user profiles and homedrives or a one cluster

with a SAN (for storing user profiles and homedrives)?

 

I slightly not sure on the terminolgy on this area.

 

Thanks

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Best Practices with Anti Virus installations on windows 2003

 

Hello Samuel,

 

We have both, a file/print server, a single machine for data from all branches.

The 2 node cluster, 2 hardware servers with SAN only for user data/profile

is used so that they always can logon even if one of the cluster nodes is

down.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hello Meinolf,

>

> you say you have a member for file/print and also a 2 node cluster for

> user profiles and user homedrives?

>

> what do you mean?

>

> Are their 2 file servers for user profiles and homedrives or a one

> cluster with a SAN (for storing user profiles and homedrives)?

>

> I slightly not sure on the terminolgy on this area.

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest Samuel]

Re: Best Practices with Anti Virus installations on windows 2003

 

 

 

Hi Meinolf ,

 

As part of this ideal network setup discussion ... what about the exchange

piece ... is it clustered or front end back end?

 

Or just a single server exchange with data stored on locally attached hard

disks?

(DAS)

 

Thanks