How to change the number of downloaded content revisions that are kept in 11.0.2000 (MR2) or later.

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How to change the number of downloaded content revisions that are kept in 11.0.2000 (MR2) or later.

Question/Issue:
The Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager is keeping too many revision related files in the "Inetpub\content" folder. Version 11.0.2000 (MR2) or later is set to keep fewer folders, but after the upgrade, ten folders are still present.

Symptoms:
Content is consuming too much disk space and did not change after an upgrade to version 11.0.2000 (MR2) or later.

Solution:
In Symantec Endpoint Protection version 11.0.2000 (MR2) or later the number of content revisions stored is configurable through the console.
Note:

If you select Simple as an installation parameter, then the stored content revisions will be set to 3.
If you select Advanced as an installation parameter, then the number of content revisions retained by default is directly related to the number of clients associated with the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager:
- Less then 500: 3 revisions
- Between 500 and 1000: 10 revisions
- More than 1000: 30 revisions

If you upgraded the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, the previously configured settings will be preserved (For versions prior to 11.0.2000 (MR2) the default was 10).

To configure the number of content revisions retained in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager follow the below steps:

In the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager console, click Admin> Servers> Local Site.
Right-click Local Site and select Edit Properties.
Click LiveUpdate.
Under "Disk Space Management for Downloads", select the number of content revisions to be retained.

References:
"Best Practices for Disaster Recovery with Symantec Endpoint Protection" at:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007082112135948

Document ID: 2008050210542148
Last Modified: 12/20/2008
Date Created: 05/02/2008
Operating System(s): Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition
Product(s): Endpoint Protection 11
Release(s): Endpoint Protection 11 [All Releases], Endpoint Protection 11.0, Endpoint Protection 11.0.1, Endpoint Protection 11.0.2