SVE with VMware Horizon/VDI

Question

I can't find any resources on how to deploy the SVE client into a VDI environment? 
 
 Do you simply install it on the 'Gold Image'? 
 Are there any changes that need to be made, so the Securty VM can differentiate between guest VMs? 
 
 Is the complete lack of documentation simply because you install it on the master image and thats it? 
 
 Cheers 
 
 Pete

MarkToshack · Accepted Answer

Hi adrian yhy 
 >But there is no way to enforce which of the deployed VDI-clones go to which ESXi host. 
 With SVE 1.2 the Guest VMs will connect to one of the SVMs it has access too. When you install the guest agent you will be able to determine the SVM(s) the Guest VM will be able to try to connect to. For example you can specify that out of your pool of (say) 10 SVMs, half of the GVMS will connect to 5 and the rest of the GVMS will only try to connect to the other 5. With the migration feature of 1.2, the Guest VMs will connect to the most appropriate SVM based on factors such as latency. 
 As mentioned in another thread we have plenty of documentation explaining setup and deployment of SVM. 
 Here are the various documentation, located here https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/documentation/sophos-for-virtual-environments.aspx?platform=Version-1-2-for-Sophos-Central#Version-1-2-for-Sophos-Central 
 Depending on if you are using Sophos Central or Sophos Enterprise Control there is a guide 
 
 Version 1.2 for Sophos Central 
 Startup guide - Sophos Central edition 
 
 Configuration guide -- Sophos Central edition

Version 1.2 for Enterprise Console

Startup guide -- Enterprise Console edition 
 
 Configuration guide -- Enterprise Console edition 
 
 We have published a landing page which will have links to many key KBAs/FAQs https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/125791

We also have this KBA detailing the methods for deploying the thin agent: 
 https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/125589 
 If you are deploying using Group Policy deployment. For details, see this Microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102 
 Thanks 
 
 Mark

MarkToshack · Answer

Hello Pete Long 
 It is simply following the standard deployment methods to install the Guest VM Agent on a template virtual machine prior to the image being created. 
 Important . If you are not using the Guest VM Migration functionality introduced in Sophos for Virtual Environments 1.2.0 then please make sure that Guest VMs built from the template VM reside on the same host as the Security Virtual Machine. Although Guest VMs on a different host to their Security Virtual Machine are still fully protected you may notice increased latency when opening files as the scan data will need to traverse the network. 
 This above was copied from Guest Agent Deployment Methods and we also have a Landing Page which has other help topics. cheers 
 Mark