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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section X. Detection and reporting
  4. Malware scanning
  5. Configuring a scan host pool
  6. Prerequisites for scan host pool
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Prerequisites for scan host pool

Scan host pool is a group of scan hosts. Scan host pool configurations must be performed from NetBackup Web UI before the scan host configuration is competed.

  • All the scan host added in the scan host pool must have same malware tool as that of the scan host pool.

  • All the scan host added in the pool must have same share type as that of scan host pool.

  • (Applicable only for Agentless scan host) To add scan host in a scan pool, credentials of scan host and RSA key are required. To get the RSA key of the scan host, refer to the following section:

    See Managing credentials for malware scanning.

  • (Applicable only for NetBackup client as the scan host) Credentials must be added only for SMB share type. To add the credentials, refer to the following section:

    See Managing credentials for malware scanning.

  • Before performing the scan, ensure that the scan hosts are active and available in scan host pool.

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