About the Protection Server component

Kaspersky Security Protection Server (hereinafter also referred to as the "Protection Server") is a scanserver service installed on a special virtual machine called an SVM (secure virtual machine). An SVM is included in the Kaspersky Security distribution kit as a virtual machine image. During installation of the solution, you need to deploy SVMs from an image on hypervisors in the virtual infrastructure.

An SVM is a special virtual machine with Kaspersky software installed. You can reconfigure the SVM only by means of the Integration Server or by installing patches provided by Kaspersky. Installing additional software on SVMs or making any changes that are not described in the Help of the solution or in the recommendations of Technical Support is not supported.

Protection Server performs the following functions:

• Scans the fragments of files sent by Light Agents installed on virtual machines for viruses and other malware. The SharedCache technology is used for scan. It optimizes the speed of file scan by excluding files that have been already scanned on another virtual machine. The Protection Server stores information about scanned files in a cache on the SVM in order to not scan them again.
• This ensures that the application receives an update package from the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server repository, which contains the database and application module updates necessary for operation of the solution.
• Manages license keys and licensing restrictions.

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