Upgrading Nod32 Business to Smart Security

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade our clients copy of Nod32 Buisnes V2.7 to Smart security V3.0. Our client has about 100 computers with several Exchange servers and windows servers. Will this be a simple process and is smart Security fully compatible with exchange server etc. Does someone have a URL to a Procedure for doing this?

Thanks
Lyall Dilkes

 

You cannot run Smart Security on servers but the license allows you to download EAV 3.0 (and NOD32 2.7 as well) under the same license so just use EAV on your servers.

I you have XMON 2.7 on the Exchange servers (the one scanning inside Exchange) you will have to stick with that version for a while on the Exchange servers as it haven't been upgraded to the 3.0 platform yet.

If you just have plain NOD32 2.7 on your Exchange servers you can run EAV 3.0 on them as long as you remember to exclude the files Microsoft recommends from being scanned (just as you must on NOD32 2.7):

• %ProgramFiles%\Exchsrvr\MDBData\
• %ProgramFiles%\Exchsrvr\Mtadata\
• %ProgramFiles%\Exchsrvr\%SERVERNAME%.log
• %ProgramFiles%\Exchsrvr\Mailroot
• %ProgramFiles%\Exchsrvr\Srsdata
• %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv
• %ProgramFiles%\Exchsrvr\IMCData

The files may be located elsewhere on your servers.

/Preben

 

As well as those for Exchange Server...there are exclusions for the Server OS itself..especially if it's a DC...
Granted the below link is for SBS...but you can easily separate what's for Exchange, a DC, and regular server with other infrastructure duties.

From this site...
http://www.sbsfaq.com/Lists/FAQs/DispForm.aspx?ID=137

Exchange Server Database = C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mdbdata (see note above)
Exchange MTA files = C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mtadata
Exchange Message tracking log files = C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\server_name.log
Exchange SMTP Mailroot = C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot
Exchange working files = C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mdbdata
Site Replication Service (not normally used in SBS but should be excluded anyway) = C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\srsdata
C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Conndata

IIS related Exclusions
IIS System Files = C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv
IIS Compression Folder = C:\WINDOWS\IIS Temporary Compressed Files

Domain Controller related exclusions
Active Directory database files = C:\WINDOWS\NTDS
SYSVOL C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL
NTFRS Database Files = C:\WINDOWS\ntfrs

Windows SharePoint Services
Temporary SharePoint space = C:\windows\temp\Frontpagetempdir

Additional Exclusions
Removable Storage Database (used by SBS Backup) = C:\Windows\System32\ntmsdata
SBS POP3 connector Failed Mail = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\Networking\POP3\Failed Mail
SBS POP3 connector Incoming Mail = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\Networking\POP3\Incoming Mail
Windows Update Store = C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore
DHCP Database Store = C:\WINDOWS\system32\dhcp
WINS Database Store = C:\WINDOWS\system32\wins


Desktop Folder Exclusions
These folders need to be excluded in the desktops and notebooks clients.

Windows Update Store = C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore

 

Thanks