Data Center Security agent antimalware feature fails to install on RHEL server with less free space warning

Products

• Data Center Security Server Advanced

Issue/Introduction

When installing Data Center Security (DCS) agent with antimalware features enabled, the install fails on RHEL 7 servers with the following warnings: 

WARNING: /var dir has less than 1GB free space available 

WARNING: Antimalware feature is disabled

Environment

DCS 6.8.2 and above

Component : RHEL 7 agent 

Resolution

This issue is fixed in DCS 6.9.1, Resolved issues in 6.9.1

To ensure a successful install of the DCS agent for RHEL 7 on older builds with antimalware and auto protect features enabled, the following resources needs to be available:

/var directory needs 1GB free space

/tmp directory needs 1GB free space

/opt directory needs 4GB free space

DCS agent server needs 4GB RAM (physical RAM + swap space)

If any of these requirements are not met, the antimalware features will fail to install. 

Additional Information

For more info, refer Antimalware options available when installing the Linux agent