Troubleshooting
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Avira Security Management Center
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Troubleshooting
Please make sure you keep all SMC components and Avira products up to date, in order
to ensure effective communication between them over the Security Environment.
8.1
Prerequisites for communication between
SMC Agents and SMC Server
3
If there is a firewall installed on a client computer, the following ports (TCP)
have to be open: 7000, 7001, 7010, 7030, 7080, 7100. Furthermore, ICMP
requests must be allowed. Incoming port 7030 must be activated for SMC
Server connection.
3
The Simple file sharing should be deactivated: in Windows Explorer, Tools/
Folder Options/ View/ Use simple file sharing (recommended).
3
The SMC Server must have access to the client’s hidden drive C$ (\\<client’s IP
address>\c$\).
3
To ease the installation of SMC Agents over the network, you should use an
administrative user account, common to all computers.
8.2
Prerequisites for ADS synchronization
3
Domain names must be DNS-resolved.
3
In case you use a firewall, you must open all Active Directory ports, such as:
- 389 (LDAP)
- 88 (Kerberos)
- 636 (LDAP over SSL)
- 3268 (Global Catalog LDAP)
- 3269 (Global Catalog LDAP over SSL)
3
The user account for SMC Server must have access rights to the Active
Directory.
3
There must not exist group rules, which would deny access to the Active
Directory.
8.3
Backup SMC Server Files
To keep a backup for SMC Server, right-click the Avira SMC Frontend node and
select
Backup server files
.
