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  4. Add a new host in a scan host pool
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Add a new host in a scan host pool

Use this procedure to add a new scan host in the scan host pool configured.

Note:

To configure a new scan host See Prerequisites for scan host pool.

  1. On left, click Detection and reporting > Malware detection.
  2. Click Malware detection page, click Malware settings on the top-right corner.
  3. On the Malware scanner host pools page, select the desired scan host pool and click Manage hosts from the action menu.
  4. On the Manage malware scanner hosts page, click Add new.
  5. On the Add malware scanner host page, enter Host name.
  6. Click Save or click Save and manage credentials to update the credentials. See Manage credentials.

Note:

Three parallel scans are supported per scan host. This is a limit per scan host in the scan pool. Having more scan hosts in the scan pool will increase the number of parallel scans.

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