To plug in Endpoint directly into the vSphere, which is the backbone of a vCloud environment, the following components are needed:
A SVA that will be hardened and delivered by VMware partners, such as Bitdefender, Symantec, Trend Micro, McAfee, and Kaspersky
The Thin Agent for virtual machines to offload security events, which is included in VMware Tools
vShield Endpoint ESXi hypervisor module (MUX) that enables communication between the first two components in the hypervisor layer
For example, in the case of an antivirus solution, vShield Endpoint monitors the virtual machine's file events, such as a file open request, and notifies the antivirus engine, which scans and returns a disposition. The solution supports both on-access and on-demand (scheduled) scans initiated by the antivirus engine in the SVA.
VMCI is an inter-process communication used between the thin agent and the MUX component. However, there are caveats around this. If you use...
