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Table 2-3
Internationalization requirements
RequirementsComponent
Non-English characters are supported with the following limitations:
■ Network audit may not work for a host or user that uses a double-byte character set or
a high-ASCII character set.
■ Double-byte character set names or high-ASCII character set names may not appear
properly on the Symantec Protection Center console or on the client user interface.
■ A long double-byte or high-ASCII character set host name cannot be longer than what
NetBIOS allows. If the host name is longer than what NetBIOS allows, the Home,
Monitors, and Reports pages do not appear on the Symantec Protection Center console.
Computer names,
server names, and
work group names
English characters are required in the following situations:
■ Deploy a client package to a remote computer.
■ Define the server data folder in the Server Configuration Wizard.
■ Define the installation path for Symantec Protection Center.
■ Define the credentials when you deploy the client to a remote computer.
■ Define a group name.
You can create a client package for a group name that contains non-English characters.
You might not be able to deploy the client package using the Push Deployment Wizard
when the group name contains non-English characters.
■ Push non-English characters to the client computers. Some non-English characters that
are generated on the server side may not appear properly on the client user interface.
For example, a double-byte character set location name does not appear properly on
non-double-byte character set named client computers.
English characters
VMware support
Symantec software is supported on VMware.
27Planning the installation
System requirements