Scanning backup images
This section describes the procedure for scanning client backup images of a particular policy for malware.
To scan policy of client backup images for malware
- On the 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
Displays all the supported policies which are enabled for malware scanning.
Note:
Nutanix-AHV policy would display Nutanix-AHV images, if the backups are taken via Nutanix-AHV policy.
Warning:
The Hypervisor policy type displays Nutanix AHV and RHV images. NetBackup supports malware scanning only for Nutanix AHV images.
Type of backup
Any incremental backup images that do not have the NetBackup Accelerator feature enabled are not supported for the VMware workload.
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.
Infection status
The malware infected status of the backup images can be searched based on the infection detected by malware scan, file hash search, not infected, not scanned or all.
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 the storage server which is configured with NFS/SMB share type.
- Click Scan for malware.
- After the scan is initiated, the Scan status 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 the 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.