This article provides a quick summary of the content of the installation guide.
For more complete details, see the installation guide available here:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7067
The Symantec Encryption Management Server is installed using a CD image that is available for download at http://fileconnect.symantec.com. The product download page includes the following options:
Note: See http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH149096 for examples on how to create a CD image.
The server software can be installed in either a virtual machine environment or on physical hardware.
The current Encryption Management Server Certified Hardware List is available here:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH149007
If using a virtual machine, refer to the best practices for creating a new virtual machine for Symantec Encryption Management Server:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH186060
Virtual Machine requirements
Note: VMware Tools must be installed and configured in the Symantec Encryption Management Server operating system.
Disk space requirements for a stable operation:
Small/medium environment - This includes environments that manage a small number of Drive Encryption clients or a Keyserver only:
50 GB minimum allocated to the VMware instance; 4 GB RAM dedicated to the VMware instance.
Medium/large environment - This includes other environments that actively encrypt mails and/or host Web services:
100 GB minimum allocated to the VMware instance; 8 GB RAM dedicated to the VMware instance.
Symantec Encryption Management Server - Considerations:
In order to use all available functionality, consider the following environmental requirements for Symantec Encryption Management Server.
Symantec Encryption Management Server - Installation:
For a quick illustrated guide and overview, see the following article:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH197003
Further details about the initial text mode installation steps, see the following article:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO95021
For how to configure and license the server via the administrative interface, see this article:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO95024
After the setup is complete, your server will be in Learn Mode. This is a training mode which the server does not encrypt mail messages, but allows you to see how mail traffic would be affected by the mail policies you configure. When you are done with configuring the server, you can disable the Learn Mode with the yellow button in the upper right corner of the administrative interface.