Conclusion : SAP - Antivirus File/Folder Exclusions Windows & SQL

[patelyogesh]

Hello All,

 

As per SAP recommendation excluding the file shares SAPMNT and SAPLOC from the monitoring via the real-time scan engine of the virus scanner. The same applies for all directories of the database (data files, log files, archive logs, and so on).

 

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SAP ABAP and JAVA based Systems  : Reference SAP note: 106267 - Virus scanner software on Windows

 

Exclusions:

 

All SAPMNT and SAPLOC directories in to <drive>:\usr\sap\*.*

 

All data files and log files in to <Drive>:\ All File types of  mdf and  ndf; <Drive>:\ All File types of  ldf; <Drive>:\ All File types of mdf  and <Drive>:\ All File types of  ldf

 

SAP Host Agent <Drive>:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\*.*

Note: In addition Interface directory (I:\Interfaces\*.*) has to be excluded.

 

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SAP Data Services: Reference SAP Note : 1984459 - Which files and directories should be excluded from an antivirus scan for SAP Data Services

 

Exclusions:

Application installation folder E:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\*.*

 

All data files and log files in to <Drive>:\ All File types of  mdf and  ndf; <Drive>:\ All File types of  ldf; <Drive>:\ All File types of mdf  and <Drive>:\ All File types of  ldf

 

SAP Host Agent <Drive>:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\*.*

 

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SAP Business Objects: Reference SAP note: 1497394 - Which files and directories should be excluded from an antivirus scan for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform products in Windows?

 

Exclusions:

Binary files: - (Note: All files may already include in application folder)

AAAnalytics.exe

AADashboard.exe

SvcMgr.exe

CMS.exe

ConnectionServer.exe

ConnectionServer.exe (32bit)

crcache.exe

crproc.exe

crproc.exe (32bit)

crystalras.exe (32bit)

EventServer.exe

fileserver.exe

JobServer.exe

JobServerChild.exe

sia.exe

WIReportServer.exe

xccache.exe

xcproc.exe

java.exe

tomcat6.exe

sqlservr.exe

svnserve.exe (32bit)

dbsvr12.exe

dbsvr16.exe

tomcat7.exe

tomcat8.exe

 

Application folder <Drive>:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\*.*

 

All data files and log files in to <Drive>:\ All File types of  mdf and  ndf; <Drive>:\ All File types of  ldf; <Drive>:\ All File types of mdf  and <Drive>:\ All File types of  ldf

 

SAP Host Agent <Drive>:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\*.*

 

 

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Operating system and SQL instance:

There might be some guideline from Microsoft OS file exclusion for better performance of operating system that guide should be followed according to Microsoft recommendations.

 

Ref for Operating System             : Virus scanning recommendations for Enterprise computers that are running currently supported version...

 

Ref for SQL                                          : How to choose antivirus software to run on computers that are running SQL Server

 

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Hope this information is enough to produce exclusion list. If you have any question please let me know.

 

Thank you

Yogesh Patel