topic Anti Virus in VCSA in VMware vCenter™ Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Anti-Virus-in-VCSA/m-p/1371076#M17377 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Would be great to get people's idea on pro's &amp; con's around installing Anti virus in vCenter Appliance (VCSA) .</P><P>Is is more important for VCSA 5.5 and SLES than 6.x and Photon, etc?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 May 2017 15:52:15 GMT vinny700 2017-05-25T15:52:15Z Anti Virus in VCSA https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Anti-Virus-in-VCSA/m-p/1371076#M17377 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Would be great to get people's idea on pro's &amp; con's around installing Anti virus in vCenter Appliance (VCSA) .</P><P>Is is more important for VCSA 5.5 and SLES than 6.x and Photon, etc?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 May 2017 15:52:15 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Anti-Virus-in-VCSA/m-p/1371076#M17377 vinny700 2017-05-25T15:52:15Z Re: Anti Virus in VCSA https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Anti-Virus-in-VCSA/m-p/1371077#M17378 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You should not install an antivirus software on VMware vCenter Server unless you have to.</P><P></P><P><STRONG>*</STRONG> VMware vCenter Server requires access to predetermined TCP and UDP ports to function. </P><P><STRONG>*</STRONG> vCenter Server constantly updates a number of log files. </P><P><STRONG>*</STRONG> vCenter Server also relies on multiple config and binary files to function correctly. </P><P><STRONG>*</STRONG> 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.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="ports.PNG"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72770i8AB8B45147BE4AEB/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="ports.PNG" alt="ports.PNG" /></span> </P><P>Raul.</P><P>VMware VDI Administrator.</P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ITCloudStream.com/" rel="nofollow">http://ITCloudStream.com/</A></P><P>Stay Connected :smileyplus: Don't forget to: </P><P>Like &gt; Share &gt; Comment &gt; Reply &gt; Helpful &gt; Answered</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 May 2017 16:55:45 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Discussions/Anti-Virus-in-VCSA/m-p/1371077#M17378 PCTechStream 2017-05-25T16:55:45Z