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Chapter 6: Defining Background Scans
Key Parameters for Defining Scan Jobs
Introduction
Key parameters
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If you understand how to define ad hoc and background scans with Enterprise Scanner,
you can use this topic to quickly reference key scanning parameters.
The following table describes how to find and configure key parameters to define scans:
If you want to...
define perspectives to use for
your Site
define the perspective of an
agent
define the perspective from
which you want to scan a group
with a background scan
define the perspective from
which you want to scan a group
with an ad hoc scan
define the number of assets in
a subgroup to scan in one
a
subtask
define the duration of the
scanning cycle—the amount of
time that passes before the
scans automatically run again
and refresh the data—for a
group of assets
define the windows when
scanning is allowed
Table 34: Key scanning parameters
a. For guidance in determining the size of subtasks, see "Considerations for Subtask Sizes" on page 111.
Then, open the...
Network Locations policy for
the Site
ESM policy for the agent
Scan Control policy for the
group to scan
Remote Scan (ad hoc) policy
(right-click a group, and then
select Scan from the pop-up
menu)
ESM policy for the agent
Scan Control policy for the
group to scan
Scan Window policy for the
group to scan
And then...
add a new Network Location
Name.
select the network location
from the Perspective
(Network location) list.
select the perspective from the
Perform background scans
from this perspective
(Network location) list.
select the perspective from the
Perform one-time scan from
this perspective (network
location) list.
change the Maximum IPs per
discovery subtask and/or the
Maximum assets per
assessment subtask boxes.
configure Cycle start date and
Cycle duration for discovery
and for assessment scans.
configure the Discovery
Windows and the
Assessment Windows.
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