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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section X. Detection and reporting
  4. Malware scanning
  5. Perform a malware scan
  6. Assets by workload type
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Assets by workload type

This section describes the procedure for scanning VMware, Universal shares, Kubernetes, Nutanix, and Cloud VM assets for malware.

Note:

For YARA scanning, only Kubernetes is supported.

To scan the supported assets for malware, perform the following:

  1. On the left, select the supported workload under Workloads.
  2. Select the resource which has backups completed.
  3. Select Actions > Scan for malware.
  4. On the Malware scan page, perform the following:
    • Select the date range for the scan by selecting Start date/time and End date/time.

    • Select Scanner host pool.

    • From the Current infection status list select one of the following:

      • Not scanned

      • Not infected

      • Infection detected by malware scan

      • Infection detected by file hash search

      • All

  5. Click Scan for malware.

    Note:

    The malware scanner host can initiate a scan of three images at the same time.

  6. After the scan starts, you can see the Scan status on Malware detection, the following fields are visible:
    • Not scanned

    • Not infected

    • Infected

    • Failed

      Note:

      Any backup images that fail validation are ignored.

    • In progress

    • Pending

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