Anti Virus in VCSA

[vinny700]

Would be great to get people's idea on pro's & con's around installing Anti virus in vCenter Appliance (VCSA) .

Is is more important for VCSA 5.5 and SLES than 6.x and Photon, etc?

[PCTechStream · Accepted solution]

You should not install an antivirus software on VMware vCenter Server unless you have to.

* VMware vCenter Server requires access to predetermined TCP and UDP ports to function.

* vCenter Server constantly updates a number of log files.

* vCenter Server also relies on multiple config and binary files to function correctly.

* If these files and folders are being monitored or scanned by the anti-virus software, then this may cause performance issues with vCenter Server or cause the service to fail.

Raul.

VMware VDI Administrator.

http://ITCloudStream.com/

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