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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section X. Detection and reporting
  4. Malware scanning
  5. Managing a scan host
  6. Add an existing scan host
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Add an existing scan host

Use this procedure to add a same scan host in another scan host pool of same share type.

To configure an existing scan host

  1. On left, click Detection and reporting > Malware detection.
  2. On the Malware detection page, click Malware detection settings > Manage malware scanner host pools 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 scanner hosts page, click Add existing to select pre-existing host.

    Note:

    List includes all scan hosts from all scan host of agentless or agent based pools.

  5. On the Add existing malware scanner host window, select the desired one or more scan hosts.
  6. Click Add.

Note:

(Applicable only for NetBackup client as the scan host) After adding the scan host to the scan host pool, user has to manually activate the scan host if it is deactivated.

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