RE: Exadata and anti-virus

We had a push from Infosec to start installing AV on our Linux servers. They did and then we starting having all sorts of problems (crazy memory leaks) and the server would crash. Keep in mind these are just standalone db servers, not EXA. After asking the Linux admins to look, they said it was the AV software and promptly uninstalled from the affected machine with not even a slap on the wrist from Infosec. It was almost like it was an optional installation and wasn’t even necessary.

Thanks,

Jeremy

From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> On Behalf Of Svetoslav Gyurov Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 1:59 PM
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Subject: Re: Exadata and anti-virus

CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL Hi Brad,

Installed 20+ Exadatas and never had to justify the lack of anti-virus let alone install one.

I could somehow justify installing anti-virus on linux ftp/file server, serving Windows clients but on a database server, never.

Why would you want to do that and what would you achieve ?

Regards,
Sve

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 4:22 PM Brad Peek <dmarc-noreply_at_freelists.org<mailto:dmarc-noreply_at_freelists.org>> wrote:

Listers -- Looking for feedback regarding installing anti-virus software on Exadata compute nodes. MOS Doc ID 1935746.1 says “Anti Virus software is allowed, but it is not necessarily needed or recommended”. I’ve used Exadata since X2 and have not installed AV on it or seen much mention of it. I would like to get some feedback before deciding where I stand on this.

Have you installed it?

If yes, specifically what did you install?

Any issues or advice?

Thanks -- Brad Peek

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