Antivirus exclusion list for SCOM 2012 and SCOM 2007 R2

Process Exclusion:

• monitoringhost.exe (Operations Manager 2007)
• monitoringhost.exe (Operations Manager 2012)

Directories and Filetype to be Excluded:

SQL Server:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
• D:\MSSQL\DATA
• E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Log

Change the drive letter appropriate to your environment where the Install,data and logs are.

Exclude the below file types

• MDF
• LDF

Management Servers, Gateway server and Agents:

• C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\Operations Manager\<Component>\Health Service State\Health Service Store

Exclude the below file types

• EDB
• CHK
• LOG

Also exclude the Pagefiles from real-time scanning.