I don't know if this is the case or not (we use VMWare - a unix-like server). However, at least in VIPRE, you can create a profile for the Hyper-V host and exclude the files which are the VMs. -- richard
"Matthew W. Ross" <[email protected]> wrote on 07/08/2011 01:56:31 PM: > Hey all, general AV and VM question for you. > > If I have a server running Hyper-V services and a virtual server > inside... both running XYZ antivirus... If I a file is scanned on > the VM, does that mean the physical machine will do a scan as well? > Does this mean there is double the IO load on the filesystem? > > Obviously there would be 2x the memory overhead, 1x for the physical > host running the AV client, 1x for the virtual one. > > But would the on-access scanner have to scan the file on both > machines? Are there some AVs out there which are "VM aware" and > handle this situation? Or does this just never occur, as the > physical machine never really sees a file accessed on the VM? > > Just curious. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
