About the Integration Server

Integration Server is a Kaspersky Security component that supports interaction between Kaspersky Security components and a virtual infrastructure.

The Integration Server is used for performing the following tasks:

• Deployment, removal, and reconfiguration of SVMs with the Protection Server component. The Wizard used for performing these procedures is started from the Integration Server Management Console.
• Retrieval of information about the virtual infrastructure (about hypervisors and virtual machines operating on each hypervisor) from the hypervisor or virtual infrastructure administration server, and relay of the retrieved information to the Protection Server component. SVMs query the Integration Server for information about the protected infrastructure during their operations.
• Retrieval of information about SVMs with the Protection Server installed by Light Agents. SVMs relay to the Integration Server the information required for connecting Light Agents to SVMs. Light Agents receive this information from the Integration Server.

To use the Integration Server, you must configure the settings for connecting SVMs and Light Agents to the Integration Server.

SVMs with the Integration Server connection settings configured in their policy relay information to the Integration Server once every 5 minutes.

SVMs relay the following information to the Integration Server:

• IP address and number of ports for connecting to the SVM
• Name of the hypervisor on which the SVM is running
• Information that helps Light Agent to determine which SVM is deployed on the same hypervisor on which Light Agent is running
• License information
• Average time during which file scan requests remain in the queue

Light Agents for which Integration Server connection settings are configured attempt to connect to the Integration Server once every 30 seconds if:

• Light Agent does not have information about a single SVM
• The last attempt of Light Agent to connect to the Integration Server was unsuccessful

After Light Agents receive information about SVMs from the Integration Server, the interval between Light Agent connections to the Integration Server increases to 5 minutes.

Light Agents receive the list of SVMs available to connect to and information about them from the Integration Server. Based on this information, Light Agents select the SVM to connect to.

During its operation, the Integration Server saves the following information:

• Information necessary for connecting the SVM, Light Agents, and the Integration Server Management Console to the Integration Server.
• Settings required for connecting Light Agents to the SVM.

All data is stored in encrypted form. Information is stored on the computer on which Integration Server is installed and is not sent to Kaspersky Lab.

You can configure the Integration Server settings in the Integration Server Management Console.

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