Installing Guest Components

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Install guest components on Linux and Windows virtual machines. Guest components include installing file introspection and network introspection drivers.

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Install the Guest Introspection Thin Agent for Anti-virus on Linux Virtual Machines
Guest Introspection supports File Introspection in Linux for anti-virus only. To protect Linux VMs using a Guest Introspection security solution, you must install the Guest Introspection thin agent.
Install the Linux Thin Agent for Network Introspection
Install the Linux thin agent to introspect network traffic. The network introspection driver will be used by NSX Malware Prevention functionality to introspect traffic for any malware.
Install the Guest Introspection Thin Agent on Windows Virtual Machines for Anti-virus
To protect VMs from anti-virus using a Guest Introspection security solution, you must install Guest Introspection thin agent, also called Guest Introspection drivers, on the VM. Guest Introspection drivers are included with VMware Tools for Windows, but are not part of the default installation. To install Guest Introspection on a Windows VM, you must perform a custom install and select the drivers or run complete install.
Install the Guest Introspection Thin Agent on Windows Virtual Machines for Network Introspection
To protect VMs using a Guest Introspection security solution, you must install Guest Introspection thin agent, also called Guest Introspection drivers, on the VM. Guest Introspection drivers are included with VMware Tools for Windows, but are not part of the default installation. To install Guest Introspection on a Windows VM, you must perform a custom install and select the drivers or run complete install.

Parent topic: NSX Guest Introspection Platform

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