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Sophos for Virtual Environments

Sophos Central edition

About these release notes

These are the release notes for Sophos for Virtual Environments managed by Sophos Central.

Note

You may find that you cannot yet download and use the latest version on the list below. This is because Sophos releases the software over a number of days, but publishes the release notes on the first day.

Version 1.2

Versions

Sophos for Virtual Environments

1.2.0 Hotfix

April 2018

Version 1.2.0

February 2018

1.2.0 Hotfix

This release addresses a potential security issue in the installation process of the Sophos Guest VM Agent on protected guest VMs.

Upgrading from 1.2.0

The upgrade only impacts the installation of the Sophos Guest VM Agent on new guest VMs. Existing guest VMs do not need to be changed. You will get the updated versions of the Sophos Guest VM Agent automatically.

Version 1.2.0

New features

  • Guest VM migration. You can enable guest VMs to move between Security VMs. This keeps guest VMs protected if they can't connect to their current Security VM. It also spreads the workload between Security VMs.
  • RS3 support. You can now protect guest VMs running Windows 10 RS3 or Windows Server 2016 RS3.
  • Engine update. We've updated the Sophos threat detection engine to version 3.70.2.

Upgrading from 1.1.1

You will be upgraded to 1.2.0 automatically. However, you must do as follows:

If you want Guest VM migration, reinstall Sophos Security VM.

If you don't want Guest VM migration, just restart Sophos Security VM to apply the security updates.

Resolved issues

Issue ID Description
VIRTHV-1274 We've resolved an issue where guest VMs that require SMB message signing or don't allow unauthenticated guest access to SMB shares couldn't access the Sophos Guest VM Agent installer

Version 1.1

Versions

Sophos for Virtual Environments

1.1.1

January 2018

1.1.0

August 2017

Engine update

Version 1.1.1

This release supports the changes required by Microsoft to protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities (the spectre and meltdown vulnerabilities).

Note

We recommend that you read the Microsoft knowledge base article (KB 4072698), which addresses other steps you may need to take when protecting server platforms against these vulnerabilities.

Upgrading from 1.1.0

You will be upgraded to version 1.1.1 automatically.

Version 1.1.0 Engine update

New features

  • We've updated the Sophos threat detection engine to version 3.69.2.

See Known issues for any new issues.

Upgrading from 1.0.1

You will be upgraded to version 1.1.0 automatically. However, you must restart Sophos Security VM to apply security updates.

Version 1.0

Versions

Sophos for Virtual Environments

1.0.1

June 2017

Engine update

1.0.1

May 2017

1.0.0

Feb 2017

Version 1.0.1 Engine update

New features

  • We've updated the Sophos threat detection engine to version 3.68.2.

See Known issues for any new issues.

Version 1.0.1

Upgrading from 1.0

You will be upgraded to version 1.0.1 automatically. However, you must restart Sophos Security VM to apply security updates.

Resolved issues

Issue ID

Description

VIRTHV-1120

Sophos Security VM is now configured with VMXNET 3 virtual NICs. These offer better performance than the "flexible" NICs used previously.

VIRTHV-1163

We've resolved an issue that resulted in Sophos Security VM having an up-to-date status of "Unknown" in Enterprise Console.

VIRTHV-1139

We've resolved an issue that caused Sophos Security VM installation to fail on VMware ESXi if you specified a dynamic port group as the virtual LAN.

VIRTHV-1172

The Sophos Security VM installer for VMware ESXi now checks that the Security VM name does not contain spaces, which cause error messages.

Version 1.0.0

This is the first release of Sophos for Virtual Environments managed by Sophos Enterprise Console.

Known issues

  • When installing the Sophos Guest VM Agent on a Windows server operating system disable Windows Defender, if it is present.
  • Sophos for Virtual Environments limits the number of subnets that can be connected to a Hyper-V Security VM to 3.

Migrate to Sophos for Virtual Environments

You can migrate to Sophos for Virtual Environments from these products.

  • Sophos Anti-Virus for vShield in a VMWare ESXi environment
  • Sophos Anti-Virus running locally on each guest VM in either a VMware ESXi environment or a Microsoft Hyper-V environment
  • Sophos for Virtual Environments running in VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V environments that are managed by Sophos Enterprise Console
  • Other vendors' anti-virus products in either a VMware ESXi environment or a Microsoft Hyper-V environment

You can find more details in the Sophos for Virtual Environments Startup guide -- Sophos Central edition.

Technical support

You can find technical support for Sophos products in any of these ways:

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