Supported platforms for VirusScan Enterprise for Linux
Technical Articles ID:
KB75270
Last Modified: 8/28/2020
Environment
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux (VSEL) 2.0.x, 1.9.x
Summary
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
August 28, 2020
Added VSEL 1.9.2 HF2637000 and VSEL 2.0.3 HF2635000 release details.
August 24, 2020
Added support for 6100 Scan Engine to the "Scan Engine and DAT support" section.
September 27, 2019
Added support for 6010 Scan Engine to the "Scan Engine and DAT support" section. Minor format correction.
December 10, 2018
Support for Novell Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 added.
November 30, 2018
Added support for 6000 Scan Engine.
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VSEL 1.9 HF960962 requires you to have VSEL 1.9 HF872066 installed on the computer you intend to update to this hotfix.
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VSEL 1.9.1 does not contain VSEL 1.9.1 HF988521 solutions; so, installing HF1065267 requires VSEL1.9.1 + HF988521.
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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.
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VSEL 2.0 HF960961. IMPORTANT: Technical Support strongly recommends that you reset the VSEL Administrator password after applying this hotfix.
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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.
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 needed 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
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)
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.
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN)
ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) support
(Extensions needed 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
Scan Engine and DAT support
Because of the security risks involved in running an out-of-date Scan Engine, McAfee actively enforces an End of Life (EOL) policy for older Scan Engines. McAfee stops all internal testing of DAT files on EOL Scan Engines, and any issues encountered with an EOL Scan Engine are out of scope for support.
For important information about the latest Anti-Malware Scan Engine, see KB66741.
VSEL Version
Scan Engine
DAT
VSEL 2.0.x
5800, 5900, 6000, 6010, 6100
V2
VSEL 1.9.x
5800, 5900, 6000, 6010, 6100
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
EOL period—The time frame that runs from the day McAfee announces product discontinuation, until the last date that McAfee formally supports the product. In general, after the EOL period is announced, no enhancements are made.
EOL date—The last day that the product is supported, according to the terms of the McAfee standard support offering.
