How do I move a large number of Endpoint Protection clients to a new group at once?

Products

• Endpoint Protection

Issue/Introduction

Is there a tool available to bulk move Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) clients from one group to another via Manager (SEPM)?

Resolution

MoveClient tool can be used to bulk move SEP Clients from one Group to another.

This tool is available on the SEPM Full installation media under Tools\NoSupport\MoveClient.

NOTE: The MoveClient utility is unsupported. Refer to MoveClients.pdf included with the tool for full documentation.

MoveClient is a Visual Basic script that moves clients from one SEPM group to another group based on the client's host name, user name, IP address, or operating system. It also can switch clients from user mode to computer mode and vice versa (Article ID: 154091).

MoveClient will read a text data file, connect to the database and can accomplish the above tasks

This video explains how this tool can be used for moving clients from one group to another based on their IP addresses.