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NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

VM malware scan

You can create a malware scan a live mount from a NetBackup image with the NetBackup Recovery API. The live mount exports all of the VM files and folders with NFS or SMB protocol instantly. This action allows the NFS or the SMB client to mount the export path and perform the malware scan on the exported VM files and folders.

This feature provides the following malware scan APIs:

  • POST

    /recovery/workloads/vmware/malware-scan-mounts

  • GET

    /recovery/workloads/vmware/malware-scan-mounts

  • GET

    /recovery/workloads/vmware/malware-scan-mounts/{mountId}

  • DELETE

    /recovery/workloads/vmware/malware-scan-mounts/{mountId}.

For more details, refer to the NetBackup x.x API Reference on SORT.

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