Backup images
This section describes the procedure for scanning policy of client backup images for malware.
To scan policy of client backup images for malware
- On left, click Detection and reporting > Malware detection.
- On the Malware detection page, click Scan for malware.
- In the Search by option, select Backup images.
- In the search criteria, review and edit the following:
Policy name: Only supported policy types are listed.
Client name: Displays the clients that have backup images for a supported policy type.
Policy type: Select the policy type as Cloud-Object-Store.
Type of backup
Copies: If the selected copy does not support instant access, then the backup image is skipped for the malware scan.
Disk pool: MSDP (PureDisk), OST (DataDomain) and AdvancedDisk storage type disk pools are listed.
Disk type: MSDP (PureDisk), OST (DataDomain) and AdvancedDisk disk types are listed.
Malware scan status
For the Select the timeframe of backups, verify the date and the time range or update it.
- Click Search: Select the search criteria and ensure that the selected scan host is active and available.
- From the Select the backups to scan table select one or more images for scan.
- In the Select a malware scanner host pool, Select the appropriate host pool name.
Note:
Scan host from the selected scan host pool must be able to access the instant access mount created on storage server which is configured with NFS/SMB share type.
- Click Scan for malware.
- After the scan is initiated, the Malware Scan Progress is displayed.
The following are the status fields:
Not scanned
Not infected
Infected
Failed
Hover over the status to view the reason for the failed scan.
Note:
Any backup images that fail validation are ignored. Malware scanning is supported for the backup images that are stored on storage with instant access capability and for the supported policy types only.
In progress
Pending
Note:
You can cancel the malware scan for one or more in progress and pending jobs.