Converting on-premises Symantec Endpoint Protection clients to cloud-managed Symantec Agents in Symantec Endpoint Security
Symantec Endpoint Protection
clients to cloud-managed Symantec Agents in Symantec Endpoint Security
You can convert your
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
-managed Symantec Endpoint Protection
clients to cloud-managed Symantec Agents in several ways. You convert your clients as part of an migration to Symantec Endpoint Security
. Once you upgrade, you can fully manage all agents in the cloud with imported policies from Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
.Method | Description |
|---|---|
Install a package from Symantec Endpoint Security | You create a package on the cloud console and install it on any device that you want to manage with the cloud. You do not need to uninstall the agent first if version 12.1.6 MP5 or later is already installed. You can also install this package over the same Symantec agent version to convert it to cloud-managed. |
Use the command-line smc | You can use the Symantec Management Client (smc) service with a switch to convert an existing Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.2.x client to cloud-managed. This process requires an installation package from the cloud, but completes without a need to restart the computer.You can also send this command through Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to groups. However, client versions earlier than 14.2 RU1 cannot interpret this command. |
Use a REST API command | You can use the following REST API command: /api/v1/command-queue/cloudmanaged You can target specific groups or agents. |