Installing the VMware Endpoint Service in NSX environment

- Updated:
- 8 Sep 2015
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- Deep Security 9.5
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Summary

Deploy the Guest Introspection service on the cluster containing your ESXi servers.

The Guest Introspection service is for NSX 6.1. If you are using NSX 6.0 and below, the name of this service is VMware Endpoint.

Details

To install the Guest Introspection service:

On your vSphere Web Client, go to Home > Networking & Security > Installation.
Select the Service Deployments tab.
Click the green plus sign (+) to show the Deploy Network & Security Services window.
On the Services & Schedule option, tick the Guest Introspection.
Under Select Clusters option, mark the cluster that contains the ESXi servers and VMs that you want to protect.
Select the datastore, the distributed port group used by your NSX cluster, and the IP assignment method.
Review your settings and click Finish.