Hi I know this have nothing to do with silent install, but I hope some of you can help me. Symantec do not offer any tool to backup the groupsettings in 9.x but you it can be backup if you follow the procedure discripe below (Unsupported !!) (Copy from an email I got from Symantec Support). I want to collect the settings from all my primery parent servers remote on one server. Does any one know how to do that? --- Copy from Email start--- Solution: The following method is not a supported means of product configuration. We strongly recommend backing up the registry on both servers before moving forward with these instructions. Because of the changes being made and the volatile nature of making these types of changes we also strongly recommend doing thorough testing in a test network environment before attempting these changes in the production environment. The following steps will outline the process of retaining client groups between server groups when moving the primary server of one group into another. It is also suggested that you read through the entire document before following the steps provided. 1. If Symantec Antivirus 9 right click the client group and ensure "Inherit settings from Server Group" is Not Checked 2. Go to the registry of the primary server you will be moving 3. Backup the registry entry (Registry (or) File -> Export Registry File) for each client group you want to keep and put them in a shared location Example: If I have three client groups with the names testgroup1, testgroup2, and testgroup3. I would backup the following keys: HKLM\Software\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Groups\ testgroup1 HKLM\Software\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Groups\ testgroup2 HKLM\Software\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Groups\ testgroup3 CRITICAL NOTE: DO NOT BACKUP THE GROUPS KEY 4. Move the Primary server to the new server group 5. CRITICAL: When prompted with "Do you want to apply settings from the New Server Group? This could take several minutes" choose "NO" 6. At the Primary Server of the new server group Import each .reg file you created in step 3 7. Lock the server group 8. Unlock the server group You should now see all the client groups and they should have maintained all of their settings. If you would like your new secondary server to have same Auto-Protect Settings as the new server group please do the following: 1. Right click the new server group 2. Go to All Tasks --> Symantec Antivirus --> Client Auto-Protect Options 3. Click Yes on the message 4. Click Reset All --> Reset All This will propagate the server group settings to the new secondary server. If your client group has "Inherit settings from Server Group" Unchecked they will not be affected by this change. --- Copy from Email end---