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I am an experienced Consulting Architect for VMware’s Professional Services Organization, End-user Computing specializing in VMware Horizon Suite product-line and SDDC. I have over 23 years of experience in the IT industry. In addition to his past experience, I have a passion for technology and thrives on educating customers. Additionally, I have 10 years of hands-on virtualization experience deploying full-life cycle solutions using VMware, CITRIX, and Hyper-V. I also has 18 years of experience in computer programming in various languages ranging from basic scripting to C, C++, PERL, .NET, SQL, and PowerShell. I’ve received acclaim from several clients for my in-depth and varied technical experience and exceptional hands-on customer satisfaction skills. In February 2013, I received VMware’s Spotlight award for my outstanding persistence and dedication to customers and was nominated again in October of 2013. I was awarded 2015 – 2017 vEXPERT.

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App Vols, Mirage, Horizon Antivirus Exclusions

Jeremy Wheeler
May 6, 2015March 25, 2018 3 mins

 VMware App Volumes Antivirus Exclusions

On Desktops:

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\CloudVolumes
  • C:\SnapVolumesTemp
  • C:\SVROOT

VMware Mirage Antivirus Exclusions

On the Servers:

  • Mirage Storage Volumes
  • Mirage Local Cache. This is configured during installation, but is located by default at:
  • C:\ProgramData\Wanova\Mirage\LocalCache

On Desktops:

  • Mirage Staging Area – C:\Wanova Volume Information
  • Configure these services to be white listed by the computer protection software:

On the Servers:

  • Wanova.Management.Service.exe
  • Wanova.Server.Service.exe

 On Desktops:

  • Wanova.Desktop.Service.exe

 Source: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2052489

VMware Horizon Antivirus Exclusions

General Exclusions for All Windows Platforms

 

     •     Pagefile.sys

 

     •     *.pst

 

     •     %systemroot%\System32\Spool (replace %systemroot% with actual directory)

 

     •     %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore (replace %systemroot% with actual directory)

 

     •     %allusersprofile%\NTUser.pol

 

     •     %systemroot%\system32\GroupPolicy\registry.pol

Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller

     •     <drive>: \ WINNT \ SYSVOL

 

     •     <drive>: \ WINNT \ NTDS

 

     •     <drive>: \ WINNT \ ntfrs

 

     •     <drive>: \ WINNT \ system32 \ dhcp

 

     •     <drive> : \ WINNT \ system32 \ dns

Microsoft IIS Server

     •     Web Server log files should be excluded from scanning. By default, IIS logs are saved in

 

     •     <drive>: \ WINNT \ system32 \ LogFiles

 

     •     <drive>: \ WINNT \ system32 \ IIS Temporary Compressed Files

Cisco CallManager

     •     Drive:\Program Files\Call Manager

 

     •     Drive:\Program Files\Call Manager Serviceability

 

     •     Drive:\Program Files\Call Manager Attendant

Microsoft SQL Server

Because scanning may hinder performance, large databases should not be scanned. Since Microsoft SQL Server databases are dynamic, exclude the directory and backup folders from the scan list. If it is necessary to scan database files, a scheduled task can be created to scan them during off-peak hours.

     •     <drive>: \ Program Files \ Microsoft SQL Server \ MSSQL \ Data

 

     •     <drive: \ WINNT \ Cluster (if using SQL Clustering)

 

     •     Q:\ (if using SQL Clustering)

Cluster Servers

     •     Q:\ (Quorum drive)

 

     •     C:\Windows\Cluster

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server

     •     <drive>: \ Program Files \ SharePoint Portal Server

 

     •     <drive>: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ Microsoft Shared \ Web Storage System

 

     •     <drive>: \ Windows \ Temp \ Frontpagetempdir

 

     •     M:\

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)

     •     SMS \ Inboxes \ SMS_Executive Thread Name

 

     •     SMS_CCM \ ServiceData

 

     •     Microsoft Operations Manager Server (MOM)

 

     •     <drive>: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ Microsoft

 

     •     Operations Manager

 

     •     <drive>: \ Program Files \ Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA)

     •     <drive>: \ Program Files \ Microsoft ISA Server \ ISALogs

 

     •     <drive>: \ Program Files \ Microsoft SQL Server \ MSSQL$MSFW \ Data

Microsoft Windows System Update Server (WSUS)

     •     <drive:> \ WSUS

 

     •     <drive:> \ WsusDatabase

Other file extension types that should be added to the exclusion list include large flat and designed files, such as VMware disk partitions. Scanning VMware partitions while attempting to access them can affect session loading performance and the ability to interact with the virtual machine.

     •     Exclusions can be configured for the directories that contain the Virtual Machines, or by excluding *.vmdk and *.vmem files.

 

     •     VMware View Connection Server—Java Message Bus

 Source: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-AntiVirusDeployment-WP-en.pdf

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