What files should Anti-Virus skip for TFS?

Question

http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1528183&SiteID=1

 

I haven't gotten an answer there, most likely because everyone think it is answered.  Anyways, I have the same problem.

 

Does anyone know what files we should make Symantec skip so this is not a problem?  We are having the same issues but do not have the option to disable Symantec.

 

Thanks,

 

Chad

 

Answer 1

i had simular problems, these were the problem files.

• ntuser.dat.LOG
• *.SUO

more details here:

http://getben.com/archive/2006/10/05/Speeding-up-Visual-Studio-2005-with-Windows-Live-OneCare.aspx

Answer 2

One recommendation is to tell the virus scanner to skip the entire folders that are versioned rather than specific file extensions. In the past, we've had reports of virus scanner interfering with TFS "get" operations.

-Tan

Answer 3

"Get" downloads files to the %temp% folder, so make sure you exclude it too.

Answer 4

Our issue is actually checking in files on TFS and staying connected to TFS.  What folders/files on the TFS server should symantec be skipping?  Getting Latest is easy and we can get thousands of files at a time.

 

I will follow your posts for our local computers though.  Thanks!

Answer 5

Bump.  Can anyone help me out on this?

Answer 6

Same issue... what is the recommended exlusion for Antivirus software for TFS. I know it's not something we want public, but I'd appreciate some feedback. Exchange Antivirus exclusions are listed, please help with TFS.

Answer 7

The referenced post deals with Visual Studio and applies to a client. I think we are talking about the actual Team Foundation Server rather than a client.

Answer 8

I would exclude the app tier cache (%programfiles%\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008\Services\VersionControl\Data) and maybe the SQL databases.  Beyond that, there shouldn't be any file activity happening on the server.

Answer 9

I've posted the folders that should be excluded from the Anti-virus software scan, on a TFS server. You can find the post here: 

http://blog.ozzie.eu/2012/03/microsoft-team-foundation-server.html

Hope this helps.