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Check for incompatible anti-virus products.
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Install the Sophos requirements.
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Install the Sophos security VM.
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Install the vShield Endpoint Thin Agent (if not already installed).
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Check that the security VM is working.
4 Check the system requirements
This section tells you the requirements and how to check that you comply with them.
It also tells you about any information (such as computer details) that you should gather now so
that you will have it available when you install the security VMs.
It covers:
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VMware requirements.
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Guest VM requirements.
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Sophos requirements (Sophos software you need before you install the Sophos security VMs).
4.1 VMware requirements
This section shows you the VMware software you need.
The requirements shown are the minimum. Note that Sophos Anti-Virus supports version 5.5
of the VMware and vShield products.
For help with setting up VMware software, see the Sophos guide VMware and vShield: an overview
of setup. You can also read these VMware knowledgebase articles:
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Installing vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.x best practices
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Guest operating systems that are supported for vShield Endpoint Thin Agent
4.1.1 ESXi host
You should install the following on each host that will run a Sophos security VM:
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VMware ESXi host 5.1 or later.
Hardware requirements
The ESXi host must be able to allocate the following resources for the Sophos security VM:
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2 CPUs.
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16 Gb disk space.
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