Perform a malware scan
To perform a malware scan
- On the left, select Detection and reporting > Malware detection.
- On the Malware detection page, select Scan for malware.
- In the Search by option, select one of the following:
Backup images
Assets by policy type
Assets by workload type
For more information on the options for scanning, refer to the following on-demand scan:
- The following steps are applicable for scanning with the options Assets by policy type and Assets by workload type.
From the Client/Asset table, select a client or an asset to scan.
Click Next.
Note:
(Applicable only for Assets by policy type option) If the selected client in the previous step supports multiple policy types, then you have the option to select a single policy type for scanning.
For the Start date/time and End date/time verify the date and the time range or update it.
In the Scanner host pool, select the appropriate host pool name.
(Applicable only for the NAS-Data-Protection policy type) In the Volume field, select the volume that is backed up for NAS devices.
Volume-level filtering only fetches the top-level directories of the NAS-Data-Protection volume backup. Volume-level filtering is applicable only if the top-level directory is a volume. In this case you can select individual backup images with the Backup images option.
From the Current infection status, select one of the following:
Not scanned
Not infected
Infection detected by malware scan
Infection detected by file hash search
All
Click Scan for malware.
Note that NetBackup is unable to scan more than 100 images. In that case, adjust the date range and try again.
After the scan is initiated, the Scan status is displayed. Following are the status fields:
Not scanned
Not infected
Infected
Failed
Note:
When we hover on failed status, the tool tip displays the reason for failed scan.
The backup images which failed in validation, are ignored. Malware scanning is supported for the backup images that are stored on storage with instant access capability for the supported policy type only.
Pending
In progress