Preparing the VMware virtual infrastructure

Prior to installing the application in a VMware infrastructure, you must perform the following actions:

• Combine VMware ESXi hypervisors into one or several VMware clusters.
• Configure the Agent VM Settings in the properties of each hypervisor: select a network and storage for service virtual machines and SVMs. For details on configuring Agent VM Settings, please refer to the VMware product documentation.
• Deploy the Guest Introspection service on each VMware cluster on which SVMs with the File Anti-Virus component will be deployed.
• On each VMware cluster on which SVMs with the Network Threat Detection component will be deployed, prepare hypervisors for network protection deployment. To do so, you must install VMware NSX components on hypervisors. Installation is performed in the VMware vSphere Web Client console in the Networking & Security / Installation and Upgrade section on the Host Preparation tab. To install VMware NSX components to hypervisors, you must select Actions / Install for the VMware cluster. See the Knowledge Base for details.
• Install the Guest Introspection Thin Agent on each virtual machine that you want to protect using Kaspersky Security.

  Guest Introspection Thin Agent is included in the VMware Tools distribution kit. For more details please refer to documentation attached to VMware products.

• If you want to install the Network Threat Detection component, make sure that a license for NSX for vSphere Advanced or NSX for vSphere Enterprise is being used for VMware NSX for vSphere.