Data Loss Prevention

The number of physical servers depended on the number of your detection server.

You need 1 server to install Oracle and Enforce server. Then, you need 1 server to host the Network Monitor. You can deploy Endpoint Prevent and Endpoint Discover server into 1 physical server. And, you still need 1 server to host the Network Prevent for Email.

So, you will need 4 physical server to host all your available modules on your DLP license.

Can these 4 servers all be virtual machines all on one physical server instead needing 4 physical machines?

HI,

Check this thread

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/virtualization-and-minimizing-server-use-dlp-deployment

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/dlp-116-system-requirement

Symantec supports running the following server components on VMware ESX version 3.5 virtual machines instead of dedicated server hardware:

■ Enforce Server
■ Network Discover
■ Network Protect
■ Network Prevent Server (Email)
■ Network Prevent Server (Web)

yes netuesr, u can do those servers on VM as  single tier. but in production environment u need oracle DB on physical server rest others u can install on VM.

Please go through this helpful posts

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/dlp-virtualized

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/dlp-custom-tiering

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/virtualization-and-minimizing-server-use-dlp-deployment

We have up to 2 physical servers available and maybe we can offload Oracle to an existing Oracle server managed by DBAs.

Our VM environment is Hyper-V, not VMWare.

hi,

Check this thread

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/symantec-data-loss-prevention-hyper-v

the only servers that have to be physical are network monitor and oracle.

Net user try creating a 2 tier install so that means enforce and oracle are on the same box and network monitor would be your second physical box. I also have included the system requirements.

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Symantec_DLP_11.6_System_Requirements_Guide_2.pdf   903 KB 1 version

We do not have VMWare ESX available and there are no plans to purchase it.  So, if it is not supported on Hyper-V, we will not be able to deploy them as VMs. 

esxi is free and is supported,

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.html