Configure antivirus exclusions in a System Center Service Manager environment
Antivirus exclusions need to be properly configured in a System Center Service Manager environment in order to avoid potential performance issues due to antivirus scanning operations.
Original product version: System Center 2016 Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager Service Pack 1
Original KB number: 2787044
To configure the exclusions for your Service Manager environment, you will need to configure the exclusions documented below.
For Service Manager management servers
Exclude the following processes:
- All instances of
MonitoringHost.exe
HealthService.exe
Microsoft.Mom.ConfigServiceHost.exe
Microsoft.Mom.Sdk.ServiceHost.exe
Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.UI.Console.exe
Exclude the following folder and its subfolders:
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Service Manager
Exclude the files with the following extensions:
.EDB
.CHK
.LOG
For Service Manager database servers
For SQL Servers hosting the Service Manager related databases, configure the exclusion for the files with the following extensions:
.MDF
.NDF
.LDF
The files are often located in a folder like:
- E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
- E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Log