

From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM), use the Client Deployment Wizard to create an installation package that you save to a network location that can be accessed by the KACE 1000.


Even so, there is a way around the KACE limitation that I will explain in the last step. Dell KACE’s limitation is that the software inventory is unable to distinguish between a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of the exact same software title and version. The Windows 64-bit OS must have a Windows 64-bit SEP install file. Symantec's limitation is that a Windows 32-bit SEP install file cannot be installed on a Windows 64-bit OS. This limitation is due to limitations with both the Symantec product and the Dell KACE product. There is one limitation: you can use KACE 1000 to deploy either a 32-bit OR a 64-bit installation package at any one time, but cannot deploy both concurrently. I did this with my KACE 1000 and it worked very well. Even though Symantec does not support a command line install of the Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 client, using the default Symantec installation files, there is a way around that limitation if you want to deploy the SEP.
