NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Perform the following steps to initiate the malware scanning

1. On left, click Detection and reporting > Malware detection.
2. On the Malware detection page, click Scan for malware .
3. In the Search by option, select one of the following:

   • Backup images

   • Assets by policy type

     Note:

     NetBackup supports MS-Windows, NAS-Data-Protection and Standard policy types for malware scan.

   • Assets by protection plans

     Note:

     NetBackup support VMware assets for malware scan.

   For more information on the above options of scanning, refer to the following on-demand scan:

   • See Backup images.

   • See Assets by policy type.

   • See Assets by protection plan.

   Following steps are applicable for scanning Assets by policy type and Assets by protection plan.

4. From the Client/Asset table, select a Client/Asset to scan.
5. Click Next.

   Note:

   (Applicable only if Search by option is selected as Assets by policy type) If the selected client in the above step supports multiple policy types, then user has an option of selecting a single policy type for scanning.

6. For the Start date/time and End date/time verify the date and time range or update it.

   Note:

   According to selection criterion, scan gets initiated to maximum of 100 images.

7. In the Scanner host pool, Select the appropriate host pool name.
8. (Applicable only for NAS-Data-Protection policy type) In the Volume field, Select volume backed up for NAS devices.

   Note:

   Volume level filtering only fetches 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 such case, user has the option to select individual backup images by using the Backup images option in the Search by option.

9. From the Current status of malware scan, select one of the following:

   • Not scanned

   • Not infected

   • Infected

   • All

10. Click Scan for malware.

    Warning:

    There are more than 100 images in your search. Unable to scan more than 100 images. Adjust the date range and try again.

11. Once the scan is initiated, the Malware Scan Progress is displayed on Malware Detection page. 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 backup image stored on MSDP storage with instant access capability for the supported policy type only.

    • Pending

    • In progress