The following prerequisites apply for the scan host:

• The malware tool must be installed and configured.

• The scan host must have a share type configured that is either an NFS or an SMB client.

• The scan host must be reachable from the media server over SSH.

  Note:

  SSH connection to scan host from the media server must be successful.

• OpenSSH must be configured on windows scan host.

  Note:

  For Windows 2016, get OpenSSH from GIT hub repository and for Windows 2019, enable OpenSSH server feature. For more details, refer to Microsoft documentation.

  Note:

  You can select the scan host pool irrespectively of the share type and scan host platform.

• The minimum required configuration for the scan host is 8 CPU and 32-GB RAM.

• NetBackup footprint is not required on the scan host. The existing systems with the NetBackup client or media server can be used as scan host, too.

• For the supported operating systems of the scan host, refer Software Compatibility List

• For non-root user on Linux:

  • Allow ssh connection using non-root user. For example: Add the Allow Users root scanuser entry in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.

    Note:

    Scanuser is a non-root user that is already created in the system.

  • Provide user permission to mount and umount .Add user permission entry in sodoers file. For example: In the /etc/sudoers file add one of the following as required: -

    • scanuser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

    • scanuser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/bin/umount, /bin/mount

  • Configure malware tool using non-root user on the scan host.

    Note:

    If scanning is done using root user previously, then change the permission of the /tmp/malware folder to give write permissions to the non-root user. For example chmod a+rwx /tmp/malware