NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

To scan a policy client backup images for malware

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 Backup images .
4. In the search criteria, review and edit the following:

   • Policy name

     Note:

     Only supported policy types are listed.

   • Client name

     Note:

     Displays clients that contain supported policy type backup images.

   • Policy type

   • Type of backup

     Note:

     Incremental backup images without accelerator feature enabled are not supported for VMware workload.

   • Copies

     Note:

     If the selected copy does not support instant access, then the backup image is skipped for the malware scan.

     (For NAS-Data-Protection policy type) Select the Copies as Copy 2.

   • Disk pool

     Note:

     Only MSDP (PureDisk) storage type disks pools are listed.

   • Malware scan status.

   • On the Select the timeframe of backups verify the date and time range or update it.

5. Click Search.

   Note:

   Select the search criteria accordingly and ensure that the selected scan host is active and scan host availability.

6. From the Select the backups to scan table select one or more images for scan.
7. In the Select a malware scanner host pool, Select the appropriate host pool name.

   Note:

   Scan host from the selected scan host pool must be able to access the instant access mount created on MSDP storage server with configured NFS/SMB share type.

8. Click Scan for malware.
9. 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.

     Note:

     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.

   • In progress

   • Pending

     Note:

     You can cancel the malware scan for one or more in progress and pending jobs.