I have done some Googling but I cannot get a definitive answer certainly not from the Symantec KB.
I have a Virtualised Win 2003R2 server 32bit.
It has been provisioned to me with Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.62xxx CLIENT (not a definitions server)
the directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs is 750MB
IT doesn't contain .tmp directories so it is NOT a corrupt definitions server.
IT does contain directories named with a date pattern YYYYMMDD.xxx
Some of these folders are 12 months old and I would like to recover the space. The sysmantect forums are full of this stuff but a lot of the postings contain links back to documents that are not specific to End Point Protection Client.
It appears that I should be able to delete the older folders and all will be OK. with a service restart however there is a warning about having Live Update Administrator Installed
Firstly I have no idea if I have this installed how to I check and
secondly can I just ditch these old files and restart?
I have followed some instructions found on the Symantec site and assumed that the response from Nixphoe would resolve my issue.
It appears that as I am on a provisioned VM from a central IT unit I cannot run the Symantec commands from the Run prompt as my admin creds to get me in. (smc -stop)
Basically I need to claw back some Diskspace from the c: drive which is being filed up with WSUS patches and Symantec files. I have managed to delete one symantec cache through the live update control panel and recovered 470Mb
I suppose my last question for those more experienced than myself is,
can I simply remove say the two oldest virus definition folders
without completely foobaring the End Point protection and the server?
Best Answer
Live update should show up in your add/remove programs, as well as under your Start > Programs.
Read over the Content Cache Directory. It should be safe to clean that up. It also has a link about how to use Client Cache Control