I know you said you're running Hyper-V, however anyone reading this thread might be interested to read about this offering from VMware....
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmware-vshield-endpoint-ds-en.pdf Jonathan On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Miller Bonnie L. < [email protected]> wrote: > You're going to configure the AV to not scan certain files, including your > VMs. > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961804 > > It is no fun when your VMs disappear. > > -Bonnie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 11:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Virtualization and AntiVirus question. > > 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 > > -- Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE ~ 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
