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Dave
Its not just the update. Maximo is constantly writing to the disk, log files, integration etc so the virus software is constantly monitoring this and causing the degradation.
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in2data <in2data@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
Yes there is but our security team keeps saying that the virus software cannot be causing any issues.
But I can show them the disc queue shooting off the charts just after an update is completed.
I guess they think that's just voodoo making that happen?
Dave Bone
--- In MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Wertz <wertzee@...> wrote:
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> Isn't there a way to set up the virus detection software so that it will
> only update like at 3am or something?
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> KW
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> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:52 PM, <peter_camarsh@...> wrote:
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> > I have seen an IBM note on Virus Detection software and they said that you
> > had to remove the Virus protection software from the Servers. We had this
> > problem initially and once the virus protection was removed the problem
> > went away. How to convince the people responsible for the servers to
> > remove the virus proetction softwafre is another story.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Our servers are set up to update the virus definitions when Symantec
> > > releases them. So basically we get three or four a day. This then kicks
> > > off a quick scan of the server.
> > >
> > > Most of the time users do not notice this. But the servers max out the
> > > disk queue and CPU usage goes up to 100%. If users are trying to run
> > > reports the report server just does not respond. Or does so slowly.
> > >
> > > These are VMWare Quad Xeon 2.4 GHz 8 GB ram servers so I don't think the
> > > hardware is an issue.
> > >
> > > Running version 7.1.1.6 WebSpeher 6.1.
> > >
> > > I don't have control of the servers themselves and the people that do
> > > think the virus scans are not an issue.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Dave Bone
> > >
> > >
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