vShield Endpoint thin-agent and 64-bit Client-OS support

[MKguy]

Taken from http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vshield_41_quickstart.pdf page 27:

Make sure that the guest virtual machine has a supported version of Windows installed. Supported

versions of the Windows operating system for vShield Endpoint 1.0 are:

Windows Vista (32 bit)

Windows 7 (32 bit)

Windows XP (32 bit)

Windows 2003 (32/64 bit)

Windows 2008 (32/64 bit)

So 64-bit Windows 7 for example is not supported? I guess this is not an error in the documention, huh? A bit troubling.

Btw., did anyone here actually use vShield Endpoint with agentless AV yet? Since there doesn't seem to be a 3rd party AV product out yet. Deep Security, 7.5 with vShield Endpoint agentless AV is``coming soon''.

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/datacenter-security/deep-security/index.html

[JonathanG]

Greetings

Yes, TrendMicro has released agentless anti-malware/virus for Virtual Machines.

Details here:

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/datacenter-security/deep-security/[http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/datacenter-security/deep-security/]

VMware requirements for the TrendMicro solution:

VMware 4.1

Vshield 4.1 with license for vShield EndPoint 1.0

32 & 64 bit Microsoft Windows VMs are supported

[MKguy]

Sorry, but did you even bother to properly read my post and question at all?

I received word from our reseller that Trendmicros Deep Security 7.5 is going to be released next week. Let's hope it will be or otherwise, VMware has been selling a product (vShield Endpoint) that nobody could use for about 3 months.

[admin]

Hi there,

I spoke to vShield engineering regarding your question. The vShield team is currently testing Windows 7 compatibility. We will report back shortly with a committed date for Windows 7 support.

Thank you.

Gargi Keeling

vShield Product Team