I upgraded our management console to MP3 yesterday and saw that there is a Reduced-Client available, recommended for Embedded and VDI environments. I installed SEP 12.1.6 on one of my servers, and am amazed at how little disk space the defs take up. With the same version of defs on a standard client, it took up 770 megs on the standard client, and 85 megs compressed on the reduced. I'm guessing Symantec accomplished this by removing older versions of signatures from the daily definition package. Question, is there any reason I shouldn't use this client? Am I left more vulnerable by using Reduced-Client, or am I adequately protected? And can I update from a 12.1.5 Standard client to a 12.1.6 Reduced client with one reboot or would I have to remove 12.1.5 standard, reboot and install 12.1.6 reduced and reboot again?
I have some 2003 server guests with small disks that I can't adjust where I could see this being useful. Some of those 2003 servers are running SEP 11.0.6 because there isn't enough space to upgrade, so I guess I'd also like to know if I can install 12.1.6 Reduced on a server running 11.0.6.
Thanks,
Joel