Slow backups after installing Norton Antivirus client.

[SMT]

Backups ran fine until the Norton Antivirus client was pushed to the Backup Server. Logs show throughput at an acceptable rate, however backups are taking entirely too long. Is this because all files that are being backed up, are being checked for viruses. If so, should I just disable the "realtime" scanning?
Thanks.

 

[Tilo]

I would stop the Norton Service before a backup, or you could use the pre - post command in backup exec to stop and start the service automatically.

Tilo

 

[SMT]

Thanks Tilo.
Where can I find more information on the pre - post command?

 

[Tilo]

If you have the 8.5 manual, you should find the information about these commands on page 77. There also some technotes about this on the veritas site under support.veritas.com

Tilo

 

[Zelandakh]

The other way is to uninstall the Norton client and get the Norton AV server to run a sweep acroos the network.

 

[SMT]

Thanks Tilo and Zelandakh. I'll be sure to look into these options.