Configuring general application settings via the Application Console

General settings and malfunction diagnostics settings for Kaspersky Security for Windows Server establish general operating conditions. These settings allow you to control the number of working processes used by the application, enable recovery of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server tasks after an abnormal termination, maintain the log, enable creation of dump files of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server processes after abnormal termination, and configure other general settings.

Application settings cannot be configured in the Application Console if the active Kaspersky Security Center policy blocks changes to these settings.

To configure Kaspersky Security for Windows Server settings:

  1. In the Application Console tree, select the Kaspersky Security node and do one of the following:
    • Click the Application properties link in the results pane of the node.
    • Select Properties in the node context menu.

    The Application settings window opens.

  2. Configure Kaspersky Security for Windows Server general settings according to your preferences:
    • The following settings can be configured on the Scalability and interface tab:
      • In the Scalability settings section:
        • Maximum number of working processes that Kaspersky Security for Windows Server can run
        • Number of processes for Real-Time Server Protection
        • Number of working processes for background On-Demand Scan tasks

    • The following settings can be configured on the Security and reliability tab:
      • In the Self-defense section, configure protection of application processes.
      • In the Self-defense section, configure the settings for password-protection for the application functions.
      • In the Password protection settings section, specify the number of attempts to recover an On-Demand Scan task if it crashes.

    • In the Recover on-demand scan tasks no more than (times) section, specify actions that Kaspersky Security for Windows Server performs after switching to UPS power.
    • On the Scan settings tab:
      • Restore file attributes after scanning
      • Limit CPU usage for scanning threads
        • Upper limit (in percents)
      • Folder for temporary files created during scanning
    • On the Connection settings tab:
      • In the Proxy server settings section, specify the proxy server settings.
      • In the Proxy server authentication settings section, specify the authentication type and details required for authentication on the proxy server.
      • In the Licensing section, indicate whether Kaspersky Security Center will be used as a proxy-server for application activation.
    • On the Malfunction diagnosis tab:
      • If you want the application to write debug information to a file, select the Write debug information to trace file check box.
        • In the field below specify the folder in which Kaspersky Security for Windows Server will save trace files.
        • Configure the level of detail of debug information.
        • Specify the maximum size of trace files.
        • Specify the maximum number of files for one trace log. Kaspersky Security for Windows Server will create up to the maximum number of trace files for each component to be debugged.
        • Specify the components to be debugged.
      • If you want the application to create a dump file, select the Create crash dump file check box.
      • In the field below, specify the folder in which Kaspersky Security for Windows Server will save the dump file.

      Kaspersky Security for Windows Server does not send any trace or dump files automatically. Diagnostics data can only be sent by a user with the corresponding permissions.

      Kaspersky Security for Windows Server writes information to trace files and the dump files in unencrypted form. The folder where files are saved is selected by the user and is managed by the operating system configuration and Kaspersky Security for Windows Server settings. You can configure access permissions and allow only required users to access logs, trace files, and dump files.

  3. Click OK.

Kaspersky Security for Windows Server settings are saved.

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