Selecting the SVM image

At this step, select the file of the SVM image for deployment on the hypervisor. The SVM image file and the SVM image description file (in XML format) must be located in the same folder. If you are installing the Protection Server on different types of hypervisors, the SVM image files for each type of hypervisor and the SVM image description file must be located in the same folder.

To specify the SVM image, click Browse and in the window that opens select the SVM image description file (in XML format).

After a file has been selected, the field to the left of the button displays the full path to the file and its name. The Wizard automatically selects the required SVM image file:

• A VHDX file for deployment on a Microsoft Windows Server (Hyper-V) hypervisor.
• An XVA file for deployment on a Citrix Hypervisor.
• An OVA file for deployment on a VMware ESXi hypervisor.
• A QCOW2 file for deployment on a KVM hypervisor (including on a KVM hypervisor running on OpenStack Platform, Astra Linux Platform or TIONIX Cloud Platform), on a Proxmox VE hypervisor, on an R-Virtualization hypervisor, on a HUAWEI FusionCompute CNA hypervisor, on a Nutanix AHV hypervisor, or on an ALT Virtualization Server platform basic hypervisor.

The window displays the following information about the selected image:

• Vendor

  The vendor of the application installed on the SVM.

• Publisher

  The publisher of the SVM image file. Deploy SVMs using image files published by Kaspersky.

• Application name

  The name of the application installed on the SVM.

• SVM version

  SVM image version number.

• Description

  Brief description of the SVM image.

• Virtual drive size

  The size of disk space required for deployment of the SVM in the data storage.

The Wizard verifies the authenticity of the image. The verification results are displayed in the window as follows:

• If the image is authentic, the Publisher field displays the value AO Kaspersky Lab.
• If the authenticity of the image has not been verified, the upper part of the window displays an error message and the Publisher field shows Unknown.

If the authenticity of the image has not been verified, it is recommended to use a different image for SVM deployment. To do so, you must re-download the archive containing the files necessary for SVM deployment.

The SVM Image integrity check section displays information about the results of SVM image file integrity check for each type of hypervisor. If integrity check was not performed, the Validation not performed message is displayed.

It is recommended to validate the SVM image. To do so, click the Validate button in the SVM image integrity check section. The verification results are displayed in the window as follows:

• If the image file successfully passed the integrity check, the Valid message is displayed.
• If the image file gets modified or corrupted while being transmitted from the publisher to the end user or if the image format is not supported, the upper part of the window shows an error message and the SVM image integrity check section displays information about the detected problem.

If an SVM image file integrity check ended with an error, it is recommended to use a different image for SVM deployment. To do so, you must re-download the archive containing the files necessary for SVM deployment.

If the authenticity of an image has been verified and the image file integrity check completed successfully, proceed to the next step of the Wizard.

If the authenticity of an image has not been verified or an image file integrity check has not been performed or ended with an error but you accept the risk and want to use the selected SVM image, to proceed to the next step of the Wizard you need to select the check box located in the lower part of the window.