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8 Dell EMC XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems Best Practices for Running Windows Server 2016 with
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• Directories where virtual machines and virtual disks are stored
• C:\windows\system32\vmms.exe
• C:\windows\system32\vmwp.exe
If these exclusion rules are not created, you may encounter errors when creating and starting virtual
machines.
Furthermore, the use of anti-malware in the management operating system may be associated with a non-
trivial performance impact and premature wear out of the BOSS boot drive.
For additional information, see Microsoft’s Plan for Hyper-V security in Windows Server 2016
.
To remove Windows Defender Antivirus, use the following PowerShell command:
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name Windows-Defender
This uninstall requires a reboot.
For further information, see:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/windows-defender-
antivirus-on-windows-server-2016
1.5 Limiting additional Microsoft roles
Dell EMC and Nutanix recommend that you only install the following roles on an XC Series node running
Windows 2016 with Hyper-V:
• Hyper-V
• Failover clustering
• Remote desktop services when running the add-in GPU card.
Microsoft also recommends limiting or removing unnecessary roles and services installed on a Windows
Server running Hyper-V, as per the Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer
.