Configuring SVM discovery settings

You can configure SVM discovery settings by Light Agents in one of the following ways:

• In Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console, in Light Agent for Windows policy properties and Light Agent for Linux policy properties.
• In the local interface of Light Agent for Windows.
• Using the Web Console during creating or editing Light Agent for Windows policy and Light Agent for Linux policy settings (Application settings → Connection to SVM → SVM discovery settings).

This section describes how to configure the settings using the Administration Console and in Light Agent for Windows local interface.

To configure SVM discovery settings for Light Agents in the Administration Console:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
4. In the list of policies, select Light Agent for Windows policy to configure Light Agent for Windows settings, or Light Agent for Linux policy to configure Light Agent for Linux settings, and open the Settings: <Policy name> window by double-clicking it.
5. In the policy properties window, select the SVM discovery settings section in the list on the left.
6. In the right part of the window, select the method that Light Agents use to detect SVMs:
   • Use Integration Server

     If this option is selected, Light Agent connects to Integration Server to get a list of SVMs available for connection and their details.

     If you want to use the Integration Server, configure the settings for connecting Light Agents to the Integration Server.

   • Use a custom list of SVM addresses

     If this option is selected, you can specify the list of SVMs to which Light Agents managed by the specified policy can connect. Light Agents will connect only to the SVMs specified in the list.

     If you selected the Use a custom list of SVM addresses option and the extended SVM selection algorithm is used, the value of the SVM path parameter in the SVM selection algorithm section must be set to Ignore SVM path. If any other value is set, the Light Agents will not be available to connect to SVM.

7. If the Use a custom list of SVM addresses option is selected, create a list of SVMs. To do this, perform the following actions:
   1. Click the Add button located above the list of SVM addresses.

      The SVM addresses window opens.

   2. Enter the IP address in IPv4 format or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the SVM to which Light Agents managed by the policy can connect. You can enter several IP addresses or full domain names of the SVMs by typing them from a new line.

      In the list of SVM addresses, specify only full domain names (FQDN) that are matched by a single IP address. Using a full domain name matched by several IP addresses can cause application errors.

   3. In the SVM addresses window, click OK.

      The specified addresses and fully qualified domain names of SVMs are checked. If some addresses or names are not recognized, a relevant message with the number of addresses or names that have not been recognized appears in a separate window. Recognized addresses and fully qualified domain names appear in the list of addresses of SVMs.

   4. To remove an IP address or fully qualified domain name of an SVM from the list, select it in the list and click the Delete button above the list.
8. Click the Apply button.
9. In a large-sized virtual infrastructure running the TIONIX Cloud Platform or OpenStack platform, if you selected the Use Integration Server option, you can configure the size of the available SVMs list that the Integration Server relays to Light Agents. To do this, perform the following actions:
   1. Open the Integration Server configuration file %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Kaspersky VIISLA\viislaservice.exe.config for editing.
   2. Configure value of the OpenStackMaxSvmCountToReturn parameter:
      • If you want to limit the size of available SVM list, which the Integration Server transmits to Light Agents, then specify number of SVMs, whose information must be included into this list.
      • If you want the Integration Server to transfer full list of available SVMs to Light Agents, specify a value of 0.
   3. Save the viislaservice.exe.config file.
   4. Restart the Integration Server.

To configure the SVM discovery settings for Light Agent in the local interface:

1. Open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Connection to SVM section, select SVM discovery settings.

   If the settings in the local interface are not available, this means that the values of settings defined by the policy are used for all protected virtual machines of the administration group.

3. Complete steps 7–8 of the previous instructions.
4. To save changes, click the Save button.
5. In a large-sized virtual infrastructure running the TIONIX Cloud Platform or OpenStack platform: if necessary, configure the size of the available SVMs list that the Integration Server relays to Light Agents (see step 9 of the previous instructions).