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NOTE: CWS was formerly known as Cloud Workload Discovery (CWD).
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March 23, 2023
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March 14, 2023
Added CWS 5.3.4 General Availability (GA) release details.
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Product summary
The main purpose of CWS is to discover and automatically import Virtual Machines (VMs) from Data Centers in Public Clouds and Private Clouds. Then, it displays them in the ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) System Tree. An administrator can then deploy the Trellix Agent and other products to the VMs. The administrator can also view and query their virtualization properties, protection status, and security compliance, through several dashboards and queries.
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GA = General Availability
RTS = Released to Support
n/a = not available
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OpenStack is included in the CWD 4.x packages.
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New feature-only release. With this release, it's now possible to shut down your AWS and Microsoft Azure workloads, as a remediation measure, from the CWS user interface.
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Hotfix release notes that are only released to support (RTS). This file is included in the package that's sent to the customer.
CWS 5.3.x Extensions
Extension
CWS 5.3.4
(GA)
CWS 5.3.3
(GA)
CWS 5.3.2
(GA)
CWS 5.3.1
HF1265809
(Repost) (GA)
CWS 5.3.1
HF1266699
(RTS)
CWS 5.3.1
HF1265809
(GA)
CWS 5.3.1
(GA)
CWS 5.3.0
(GA)
AWS Connector
5.3.4.2
5.3.3.1
5.3.2.275
5.3.1.102
-
5.3.1.102
5.3.1.102
5.3.0.112
vSphere Connector
5.4.0.149
5.3.3.1
5.3.2.111
5.3.1.226
5.3.1.212
5.3.1.206
5.3.1.103
5.3.0.104
Azure Connector
5.3.4.6
5.3.3.3
5.3.2.212
5.3.1.107
5.3.1.107
5.3.1.107
5.3.1.107
5.3.0.108
OpenStack Connector
5.3.4.2
5.3.3.2
5.3.2.240
5.3.1.103
5.3.1.103
5.3.1.103
5.3.1.103
5.3.0.101
Citrix Hypervisor Connector
5.3.4.4
5.3.3.3
5.3.2.31
5.3.1.208
5.3.1.200
5.3.1.200
5.3.1.56.1
-
Hyper-V Connector
5.3.4.3
5.3.3.2
5.3.2.30
5.3.1.211
5.3.1.201
5.3.1.201
5.3.1.41.1
-
Data Center Controller (DCC)1
5.3.4.18
5.3.3.28
5.3.2.270
5.3.1.250
5.3.1.216
5.3.1.216
5.3.1.121
5.3.0.123
Data Center Metering
5.3.4.4
5.3.3.2
5.3.2.38
5.3.1.101
5.3.1.101
5.3.1.101
5.3.1.102
5.3.0.100
Data Center Visualization
5.3.4.4
5.3.3.2
5.3.2.279
5.3.1.265
5.3.1.225
5.3.1225
5.3.1.145
5.3.0.138
Data Center Assessment
5.3.4.3
5.3.3.2
5.3.2.203
5.3.1.109
5.3.1.109
5.3.1,109
5.3.1.109
5.3.0.117
CWS_LIC
5.3.4.4
5.3.3.2
5.3.2.27
5.3.1.100
5.3.1.100
5.3.1.100
5.3.1.100
5.3.0.100
Kubernetes Cluster2
5.3.4.3
5.3.3.2
5.3.2.93
5.3.1.112
5.3.1.112
5.3.1.112
5.3.1.112
5.3.0.104
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DCC is the base management extension for all CWS. When you check in the extension of a connector, it also automatically checks in the DCC extension. One CWS extension is shared among all connectors.
DCC is the base management extension for all CWS. When you check in the extension of a connector, it also automatically checks in the DCC extension. One CWS extension is shared among all connectors.
CWS 5.1.x and 5.0.x Extensions
Other Extensions
CWS 5.1.0
(GA)
CWS 5.0.1
(Update 1)
(GA)
CWS 5.0
HF1224396
(GA)
CWS 5.0
(GA)
AWS Connector
5.1.0.170
5.0.1.109
5.0.0.165
5.0.0.159
vSphere Connector
5.1.0.120
5.0.1.145
5.0.0.145
5.0.0.145
Azure Connector
5.1.0.147
5.0.1.101
5.0.0.161
5.0.0.153
OpenStack Connector
5.1.0.147
-
-
-
DPC
4.5.0.118.2
4.5.0.118.2
4.5.0.118.2
4.5.0.118.2
DCC1
5.1.0.241
5.0.1.111
5.0.0.200
5.0.0.193
Data Center Metering
5.1.0.102
4.0.0.153
4.0.0.153
4.0.0.153
Data Center Visualization
5.1.0.295
5.0.1.101
5.0.0.279
5.0.0.271
Data Center Assessment
5.1.0.167
5.0.1.101
5.0.0.209
5.0.0.202
CWS_LIC
-
5.0.1.102
5.0.0.102
5.0.0.102
n/a = not available
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DCC is the base management extension for all CWS. When you check in the extension of a connector, it also automatically checks in the DCC extension. One CWS extension is shared among all connector.
After installing the agent, these products can be installed on the instances.
Endpoint Protection
CWS
5.3.4
5.3.3
5.3.2
CWS 5.3.1
and
earlier
Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x - Threat Prevention
Yes
Yes
Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL) 10.x - Threat Prevention
NOTE: It's a best practice to install the vSphere connector and MOVE AntiVirus Agentless (MOVE AV Agentless) on the same versions.
When upgrading, implement the following upgrade steps:
CWS 5.0 and later running on ePO 5.9.0 requires the Common UI 1.3 extension.
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The ePO 5.9 Hotfixes (HF-EPO590HF1193951, EPO5xHF1202868, EPO590HF1208662, HF1191751) are a mandatory prerequisite to support CWS 5.0 cloud connectors.
Trellix Agent requirements
NOTE: McAfee Agent (MA) was rebranded to Trellix Agent in version 5.7.7.
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