Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 3.0 Maintenance Release 2 (version 3.2.99.5024) release info

Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 3.0 Maintenance Release 2 version 3.2.99.5024 has been released on December 4, 2014.

What's new in Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 3.0 Maintenance Release 2

• Support of new hypervisors:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with the Hyper-V server role (in the full installaion mode or the Server Code mode);
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with the Hyper-V server role (in the Server Core mode);
  • Citrix XenServer 6.2 SP1.
• Support of new guest operating systems:
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit);
  • Windows 8.1 Pro / 8.1 Enterprise (32-bit, 64-bit).
• Compatibility with the applications Citrix Provisioning Services 7.1 and Citrix XenDesktop 7.5.
• Domain authentication for SVM in the Hyper-V environments.
• Support of network labels (VLAN) for SVM in the Hyper-V environments.
• Support of static network settings for SVM.
• Possibility to change the address of the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server for already deployed SVMs.
• Possibility to upgrade the previous version of the application to Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 3.0 Light Agent Maintenance Release 2.
• Mechanism of limiting peak loads that occur when multiple protected virtual machines are scanned at the same time.
• Optimized SVM deplyment process.
• Optimized CPU resource consumption on protected virtual machines.

Upgrading from the previous version of Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 3.0

Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 3.0 Light Agent Maintenance Release 2 features the possibility of upgrading from the previous version of the application. The procedure consists of the two stages:

• Kaspersky Security management plug-ins upgrade. Policies and tasks configured with previous versions of Kaspersky Security plug-ins are converted automatically into policies and tasks of Kaspersky Security for Virtualization 3.0 Light Agent Maintenance Release 2 during plug-in upgrade.
• Upgrading the Scan server component. SVMs with the previous version of the application continue to run on hypervisors. This ensures seamless protection of virtual machines during the application upgrade. To upgrade Scan Server, deploy a new version of the SVM on the hypervisor where the SVM of the old version is deployed, and then remove the previous version of the SVM manually after upgrading Light Agent on all protected virtual machines powered by this hypervisor.
• The Light Agent component is upgraded by installing the new version of Light Agent on SVMs.

Upgrading Light Agent on a protected virtual machine (PVM) will result in incompatibility with Citrix PVS if the latter is used on the PVM. To ensure the support of Citrix PVS on the protected virtual machine, it is necessary that you remove the previous version of Light Agent and install a new one, with Citrix PVS compatibility enabled.

By default, the SVM search function is enabled after the Light Agent component has been upgraded. If the SVM search function was disabled prior to the upgrade, then, while upgrading the Light Agent component, you can specify the IP address of the new SVM to which Light Agent should connect when you start the Light Agent installation wizard on the protected virtual machine in the installation wizard settings, or specify it in the settings of the Light Agent installation package when you create the package if you are planning to upgrade the application remotely using Kaspersky Security Center tools.