Virtualization Security and Management

Seamless Support for Hosted VMs and Physical Machines

Chris Goetti

NetChk Protect has had the ability to scan an offline Virtual Machine and deploy a package to the machine that will install when it next boots. In our next release of NetChk Protect 7.8 (Currently in Beta) we have expanded the functionality of our Hosted VM support. We have added the following features:

Support for Templates – You can now fully patch a template just like a physical or virtual machine.
Pre and Post Deployment Snapshot – Easy rollback for an entire deployment.
Stateless support for Hosted Virtual Machines – Scan online, deploy offline, mix and match any way you want. It …

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Shavlik NetChk Protect 7.8 Beta Coming Soon!

Chris Goetti

NetChk Protect 7.8 is nearing Beta.  We have a good list of participants started already, but there is room for more. Requests will be on a first come first serverd basis.  If you would like to participate please contact us at Beta@Shavlik.com.  This release boasts many new features, but there are a couple in particular that I know people are interested in.

Agent SP Deployment:  Now you can approve SPs and allow the agent to deploy them in a more automated fashion.

VM features:  Template support, snapshotting, state aware scan and deployment to on and offline VMs.

Archive File Support:  This will …

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