Setting up Symantec AV on PT 8.52 & WLS 10.xx

Setting up Symantec AV (Protection engine 7.0) on WLS 10/PT 8.52.


Issue encountered:

>>  2 GB RAM was not enough & so increased to 4GB
>> Scan was not working from PeopleSoft online page, found that virusscan.xml not updated on below TWO path.

Weblogic:

ps_home>/webserv//applications/peoplesoft/PORTAL.war/WEB-INF/classes/psft/pt8/virusscan

/webserv//applications/peoplesoft/PSIGW.war/WEB-INF/classes/psft/pt8/virusscan



Installation on RHEL 5.8.

>> It is recommended to use JRE 7.0 (update 03 or later). Install the JRE using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM). Ensure that you note the installation location; default location is /usr/java. You must provide the location of the JRE if the installer is unable to detect it. Note: Symantec Protection Engine supports only 32-bit versions of Java Runtime Environment. Symantec Protection Engine cannot be installed with 64-bit JRE versions.

1.        Super user (root) needed to install  & uninstall this software

2.        execute >> SymantecProtectionEngine.sh.

            3.       Install Script Questions

a.        Do you agree with the terms of this license?  (default: n) [y,n,?,q] – Answer Y

b.       InstallDir (default: /opt/SYMCScan) [?,q] – Answer /appl/psft/symantec

c.        Do you want this product to run as root?  (default: n) [y,n,?,q] – Answer N

                                                                           i.      - Answer psadmin

                                                                          ii.      When prompted for the password enter it.

d.       AdminPort (default: 8004) [?,q] – Answer 8004

e.       SSLPort (default: 8005) [?,q]  - Answer 8005

f.         Specify the password for the Administrator on Web Interface.

                                                                           i.      AdminPassword [?,q] – Enter the password for the ‘xxx’

                                                                          ii.      Confirm AdminPassword [?,q] – Enter the password for the ‘xxx’

g.       Do you want to enable URL filtering and download URL definitions?  (default: n) [y,n,?,q] – Answer No, URL scanning is not supported with PeopleSoft.

4.        Install will run for several minutes & completes.