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Move Symantec EndPoint 11 Database to other location without re-installation

Symantec EndPoint Protection 11 Manager come with embedded database. The default location for the database is stored in "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db\sem5.db". This database might grow and this will cause your C: drive running low of disk space.

Solution: Move the DB folder into other drive / location

1. Stop "Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager" and then follow by "Symantec Embedded Database" in Windows services.

2. Move "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db" to new location. For our example, we move it to E: drive with same folder structure. "E:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db"

3. Run registry editor "regedit"

4. Replace the location path in the following registry key

"My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControSet\Services\ASANYs_sem5\Parameters\Parameters""

For example:

default parameters -c 64m -ch 64m -gp 8192 -gc 30 -gr 30 -o "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db\out.log" -oe "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db\err.log" -os 1m -gn 80 -n servername "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db\sem5.db" -n sem5 -sb 0 -x tcpip(localonly=yes;port=2638) new parameters -c 64m -ch 64m -gp 8192 -gc 30 -gr 30 -o "E:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db\out.log" -oe "E:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db\err.log" -os 1m -gn 80 -n servername "E:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\db\sem5.db" -n sem5 -sb 0 -x tcpip(localonly=yes;port=2638)