Tips for running antivirus software
You can reduce the performance impact of running antivirus software on computers that run Spotfire Servers and node managers by excluding certain files from the system checks.
For performance reasons, the following are best practices for using antivirus software on server and node manager computers:
- Do not run full system scans during business hours because the I/O operations affect system performance.
- Exclude certain files from system scans, as indicated in the sections below.
Computers running Spotfire Server
In the
<server installation dir>/tomcat/temp directory, including subdirectories, exclude files with these extensions:
- *.cab
- *.config
- *.css
- *.gif
- *.gz
- *.ico
- *.js
- *.png
- *.svg
- *.tmp
- *.xml
In the
<server installation dir>/tomcat/logs directory, exclude files with these extensions:
In the
<server installation dir>/tomcat/application-data/library directory, including subdirectories, exclude files with this extension:
- *.log
- *.txt
- *.1, *.2, ..., *.n
- *.zip
Computers running Spotfire node manager
In the
<node manager installation dir>/nm/logs folder, exclude files with these extensions:
- *.log
- *.txt
- *.1, *.2, ..., *.n
In the
<node manager installation dir>/services/<ServiceFolder>/Temp folders, including subfolders, exclude the following:
- Files with the following extensions:
- *.dxp
- *.tmp
- Files without an extension