Supported platforms, environments, and operating systems for VirusScan Enterprise for Linux

When new operating systems or Service Packs are released, the original Product Guides might not reflect the current support policy for those platforms. Most of the following information is available in the product installation guides and Release Notes. But, some of the information is available only in Product Management statements published in the Knowledge Base. Content in this article supersedes all other published content in both the guides and release notes.

Recent updates to this article:

Date	Update
December 10, 2018	Support for Novell Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 added.
November 30, 2018	Added support for 6000 Scan Engine.
July 20, 2018	Updated Supported Platforms table to include RHEL / CentOS 6.10
June 20, 2018	Added details for hotfixes Released to Support (RTS): VSEL 2.0.3 Hotfix 1231126 VSEL 1.9.2 Hotfix 1229391

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Release information

To view the known issues for:

VSEL 2.0.x, see KB80085
VSEL 1.9x, see KB78126

GA = General Availability
RTS = Released to Support

VSEL Release	Release Notes	Release Date	EOL Date
VSEL 2.0.3 (RTS) ⁶ Hotfix 1231126 (HF1231126)	PD27823	June 20, 2018	-
VSEL 2.0.3 Hotfix 1196448 (HF1196448)	PD27175	July 6, 2017	-
VSEL 2.0.3 Hotfix 1156487 (HF1156487)	PD26753	October 27, 2016	-
VSEL 2.0.3 (GA)	PD26579	June 10, 2016	-
VSEL 2.0.2 Hotfix 1087457 (HF1087457) ¹	PD25989	October 12, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 2.0.2 Hotfix 1064407 (HF1064407)	PD25989	May 21, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 2.0.2 (GA)	PD25784	February 19, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 2.0.1 Hotfix 1017258 (HF1017258)	PD25612	November 17, 2015	December 31, 2016
VSEL 2.0.1 (GA)	PD25464	October 8, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 2.0 Hotfix 967083 (HF967083)	PD25267	June 23, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 2.0 Hotfix 960961 (HF960961) ⁵	n/a	April 22, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 2.0 Hotfix 947660 (HF947660)	PD25420	March 19, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 2.0 (GA)	PD25003	February 4, 2014	December 31, 2016

VSEL 1.9.2 (RTS) ⁶ Hotfix 1229391 (HF1229391)	PD27822	June 20, 2018	-
VSEL 1.9.2 Hotfix1139720 (HF1139720)	PD26682	September 2, 2016	-
VSEL 1.9.2 (GA)	PD26452	March 29, 2016	-
VSEL 1.9.1 Hotfix 1073855 (HF1073855) ⁴	PD26098	August 20, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 1.9.1 Hotfix 1065267 (HF1065267)^1,³	PD26058	June 25, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 1.9.1 Hotfix 988521 (HF988521) ¹	PD26057	May 25, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 1.9.1 Hotfix 102392 (HF102392)	n/a	April 20, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 1.9.1 (GA)	PD25820	March 4, 2015	December 31, 2017
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 1017264 (HF1017264)	PD25611	November 17, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 977781 (HF977781)	PD25380	August 28, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 972024 (HF972024)	PD25266	June 23, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 964170 (HF964170)	PD25194	May 15, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 960962 (HF960962) ²	n/a	April 22, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 947629 (HF947629) ¹	n/a	March 24, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 948633 (HF948633) ¹	n/a	March 17, 2014	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 Hotfix 872066 (HF872066)	PD24781	October 4, 2013	December 31, 2016
VSEL 1.9 (GA)	PD24455	April 29, 2013	December 31, 2016

n/a = not available

¹	Cumulative hotfix release.
²	VSEL 1.9 HF960962 requires you to have VSEL 1.9 HF872066 installed on the computer you intend to update to this hotfix.
³	VSEL 1.9.1 does not contain VSEL 1.9.1 HF988521 solutions; so, installing HF1065267 requires VSEL 1.9.1 + HF988521.
⁴	VSEL 1.9.1 HF1073855 is a superset of HF1065267 and does not contain VSEL 1.9.1 HF988521 solutions. So, installing HF1073855 requires VSEL 1.9.1 + HF988521.
⁵	VSEL 2.0 HF960961. IMPORTANT: Technical Support strongly recommends that you reset the VSEL Administrator password after applying this hotfix.
⁶	McAfee investigated this issue and a solution is currently available. This solution is currently not generally available, but is in Released to Support (RTS) status. To obtain the RTS build, log on to the ServicePortal and create a Service Request (https://support.mcafee.com/ServicePortal/faces/serviceRequests/createSR). Include this article number in the Problem Description field. See KB51560 for detailed information on release cycles.

Supported platforms

NOTE: Supported Linux kernels (operating system).

VSEL 1.9.x supports all kernel versions on the supported operating systems.
For VSEL 2.0.x, the kernel version must be 2.6.38 or later for the supported operating systems.
Linux distributions, based on a supported version such as RHEL but modified and hardened by vendors, are treated as separate distributions and are not supported, unless explicitly specified in this article.

IMPORTANT:

Excluding the distributions and operating systems (OS) listed below, VSEL will not support future OS releases because of known vulnerabilities.
Existing customers are required to upgrade to Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL). For ENSL supported environments, see KB87073.
Distributions that are not supported by the OS vendor, will also not be supported.

Supported Distributions and Versions	Supported VSEL Versions
Supported Distributions and Versions	1.9.0 EOL	1.9.1	1.9.2	2.0 EOL	2.0.1 EOL	2.0.2	2.0.3
RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux OS Versions: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11 Server, Workstation, Client (32-bit and 64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux OS Versions: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8 Kernel Version: 2.6.x Server, Workstation, Client (32-bit and 64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Oracle Enterprise Linux OS Version: 6.7, 6.8 Kernel Version: 3.8.x¹ Server, Workstation, Client (32-bit and 64-bit)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
RHEL / CentOS OS Versions: 6.9, 6.10 Kernel Version: 2.6.x Server, Workstation, Client (32-bit and 64-bit)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux OS Versions: 7.0, 7.1 Server, Workstation, Client (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux OS Version: 7.2 Server, Workstation, Client (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
RHEL / CentOS /Oracle Enterprise Linux OS Version: 7.3 Server, Workstation, Client (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 10 SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4 (32-bit and 64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11 SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11 SP2, SP3 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11 SP4 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1/SP2 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2.x, 11.x (32-bit and 64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Ubuntu 10.04 (Desktop / Server) (32-bit and 64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ubuntu 10.10 / 11.04 (Desktop / Server) (32-bit and 64-bit)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ubuntu 11.10 (Desktop / Server) (32-bit and 64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 (Desktop / Server) (32-bit only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu 13.04 / 13.10 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu 14.04 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu 14.10 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu 15.04 / 15.10 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu 16.04 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Ubuntu 16.10 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Amazon Linux AMI 2014.09 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Amazon Linux AMI 2016.03 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Amazon Linux AMI 2016.09 (64-bit only)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

¹	For VSEL 1.9.2 Kernel Module Compilation on Oracle Enterprise Linux with the 3.8.xxx.x.x.el6uek.x86_64 kernel, see KB85329.

VSEL Version	Support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)	Supported Platform and its versions on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
1.9.0	No	Not supported on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

1.9.1	Yes	RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux (5.2 to 5.11) Server / Workstation / Client (32-bit and 64-bit)
		RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux (6.x to 6.7) Server / Workstation / Client (32-bit and 64-bit)
		SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 10 /10SP1 / 10SP2 / 10SP3 / 10SP4 / 11 / 11SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
		Novell Open Enterprise Server 2.x and 11.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
		Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 (Desktop / Server) (32-bit and 64-bit)

1.9.2	Yes	RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux (5.2 to 5.11) Server / Workstation / Client (32-bit and 64-bit)
		RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux (6.x to 6.9) Server / Workstation / Client (32-bit and 64-bit)
		SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 10 /10SP1 / 10SP2 / 10SP3 / 10SP4 / 11 / 11SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
		Novell Open Enterprise Server 2.x and 11.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
		Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 (Desktop / Server) (32-bit and 64-bit)
		Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 (Desktop / Server) (32-bit only)

2.0	Yes	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11SP2 (64-bit only)
		SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11SP3 (64-bit only) NOTE: Installation of VSEL with HF1087457 or later is mandatory on this release of SLES.
		Novell Open Enterprise For Server 2.x and 11.x (64-bit)
		Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)

2.0.1	Yes	RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux (7.0 / 7.1) Server / Workstation / Client (64-bit only)
		SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11 SP2 (64-bit only)
		SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11SP3 (64-bit only) NOTE: Installation of VSEL with HF1087457 or later is mandatory on this release of SLES.
		Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit only)
		Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 / 14.04 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)

2.0.2	Yes	RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux (7.0 / 7.1 / 7.2) Server / Workstation / Client (64-bit only)
		SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11SP2 / 11SP3 / 12 (64-bit only)
		Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit only)
		Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 / 14.04 / 14.10 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)

2.0.3	Yes	RHEL / CentOS / Oracle Enterprise Linux (7.0 / 7.1 / 7.2) Server / Workstation / Client (64-bit only)
		RHEL / Oracle Enterprise Linux (7.3) Server / Workstation / Client (64-bit only)
		SUSE Linux Enterprise Server / Desktop 11SP2 / 11SP3 / 11SP4 / 12 / 12SP1 (64-bit only)
		Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit only)
		Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 / 14.04 / 14.10 / 15.04 / 15.10 / 16.04 (Desktop / Server) (64-bit only)

Supported file systems (NAS and SAN)

VSEL 2.0.x and 1.9.x feature enhanced file system support. For more information about verifying whether a file system running on the system is supported, see KB73344.

NFS Scanning (all versions)

NFS Action	NFS Server running VSEL (A)	NFS Client running VSEL (B)	NFS Server without VSEL (C)	NFS Client without VSEL (D)
A writes infection to B	Detected	Not Detected	N/A	N/A
A writes infection to D	Detected	N/A	N/A	Not Detected
B writes infection to A	Not Detected	Detected	N/A	N/A
D writes infection to A	Not Detected	N/A	N/A	Not Detected
B writes infection to C	N/A	Detected	Not Detected	N/A
C writes infection to B	N/A	Not Detected	Not Detected	N/A
B reads infection from A	Detected	Not Detected	N/A	N/A
D reads infection from A	Detected	N/A	N/A	Not Detected
B reads infection from C	N/A	Detected	Not Detected	N/A

NOTE: Microsoft Services for Network File System is not currently supported.

If you require a change to product functionality, submit a new product idea at:

https://community.mcafee.com/t5/Enterprise-Product-Ideas/idb-p/business-ideas

The Ideas forum is accessible only to McAfee business and enterprise customers. To access the Ideas forum, click Sign In and enter either your McAfee ServicePortal (https://support.mcafee.com) or McAfee Community User ID and password. If you do not yet have a McAfee ServicePortal or McAfee Community account, click Register to register for a new account on either website.

For more information about product ideas, see KB60021.

NOTE: The Ideas forum replaces the previous Product Enhancement Request system.

Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN)

VSEL Version	NAS	SAN
VSEL 2.0.2 (or later)	Yes	Yes
VSEL 1.9.1 (or later)	Yes	Yes

ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) and McAfee Agent (MA)

ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) support (Extensions required to support VSEL clients)
ePO Version	VSEL 2.0.3 HF1196448	VSEL 2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.0.3	VSEL 1.9.2 HF1196448	VSEL 1.9.0 1.9.1 1.9.2
ePO 5.9.0 ¹	Yes	No	Yes	No
ePO 5.3.x	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ePO 5.1.x	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

¹	The extension provided by VSEL Hotfix 1196448 enables support for VSEL 1.9.2 and 2.0.3 for ePO 5.9.0. To review the hotfix release notes, see PD27175.

McAfee Agent (MA) support
MA Version	VSEL 2.0.x	VSEL 1.9.x
MA 5.0 and later	Yes	Yes
MA 4.8 Patch 3	Yes	Yes

DAT, Scan Engine, Cluster, and Virtualization support

Scan Engine and DAT support

VSEL Version	Scan Engine	DAT
VSEL 2.0.x	5800, 5900, 6000	V2
VSEL 1.9.x	5800, 5900, 6000	V2

Cluster support

VSEL Version	Supported Clusters
VSEL 2.0.x	NCS, Corosync
VSEL 1.9.x	NCS, Corosync

NOTE: Veritas cluster is not supported.

Virtualization support

Virtualization	Supported VSEL Version
Supported OS platform as Guest OS in VMware Server, Workstation, ESX, and ESXi	2.0.2 (or later), 1.9.x
ESX and ESXi host OS	Not Supported
RHEL and SLES Xen virtualization (requires Xen kernels)	2.0.2 (or later), 1.9.x
Citrix Xen Virtualization	2.0.2 (or later), 1.9.x
Microsoft Hyper-V	Not Supported
Oracle VM Virtualbox	Not Supported
Paravirtual environment - Guest operating system on XEN hypervisor	2.0.2 (or later), 1.9.x
Virtual Box	2.0.2 (or later), 1.9.x
XEN	2.0.2 (or later), 1.9.x
KVM	2.0.2 (or later), 1.9.x

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